Utility Grapple

[sd455dan]

Thanks, I was thinking that...

Great buy. And Contrats

I think you will find that the open tine design excels at penetrating into brush piles, stall cleaning and slash piles due to not having a tie all the way across the front of the tines.



Another neat feature of the round tine design is that extensions of round tubing can easily be made to slide over the tines.
I did this with mine and it is helpful when cleaning up a lot of branches from downed trees. I get a grapple full and squeeze it and then slide on the extensions and lock nut them onto a couple of tines.
Open the grapple and then can hand load a bunch more. I have also just slid under the pile and grappled with the extensions but one needs to be careful to not dig the extensions in.


Anyway I think you will be well pleased with your new tined grapple. :thumbsup:

 

[Xfaxman]

Anybody have experience with a grapple like this? Guy selling a tractor has this attachment with it and I'm just wondering what the pros and cons are of this style vs most the others I see on here.

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I ended up getting it for $500.

How about an update.

Have you used it yet?

 

[mx1alex]

How about an update.

Have you used it yet?

Not yet. I'm headed to pick it up tomorrow and it's been raining for 24 hours here so it will be a while before I get to use it.

 

[mx1alex]

Finally got around to using the grapple a bit. Worked great what I needed it for, cleaning up limbs and trees I had cut up.

 

[Xfaxman]

:thumbsup: Good deal. Need more pictures.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Great buy. And Contrats

I think you will find that the open tine design excels at penetrating into brush piles, stall cleaning and slash piles due to not having a tie all the way across the front of the tines.



Another neat feature of the round tine design is that extensions of round tubing can easily be made to slide over the tines.
I did this with mine and it is helpful when cleaning up a lot of branches from downed trees. I get a grapple full and squeeze it and then slide on the extensions and lock nut them onto a couple of tines.
Open the grapple and then can hand load a bunch more. I have also just slid under the pile and grappled with the extensions but one needs to be careful to not dig the extensions in.


Anyway I think you will be well pleased with your new tined grapple. :thumbsup:

Your one of those guys that can't leave well enough alone. Are you bucking for a Tim the Toolman Taylor "more power" award? :laughing:
Wouldn't it be easier to just make two trips from the pile to the fire etc. ?