Grapple Versitile Grapple

[pitt_md]

I am constantly amazed with the things I am able to do with a grapple.
the guy that baled my hay told me I had a rock problem that had to be taken care of so he did not ruin his equipment. This rock stuck out of the groung just enough to be a problem. I didn't think I would be able to pull this chunck of granite out of the ground without digging down so I could scoop it out. I brought the grapple straight down and clamped on to the rock and lifted it clean. I don't know how I would have got that out with out the grapple.

 

[EddieWalker]

Very nice looking grapple. Where did you get it?

Eddie

 

[IslandTractor]

. I didn't think I would be able to pull this chunck of granite out of the ground without digging down so I could scoop it out. I brought the grapple straight down and clamped on to the rock and lifted it clean.

That is exactly what I did with this hunk of granite. It was poking out of the ground about 4 inches and my flail mower was hitting it. I thought it might be a small rock so I just jammed the lower grapple tines down next to it then clamped it and lifted. The grapple held on to it and I just wiggled it as I lifted to loosen the rock. The tractor grunted and goaned and then suddenly this monster rock just popped out of the ground. I got off to take a look and that's when I saw I had clamped it with only a single upper tine. Amazing what these grapples can do.

 

[pitt_md]

Very nice looking grapple. Where did you get it?

Eddie

That's a WR Long OBG2 54". I talked to the guys a WR Long and went to my dealer and they ordered it for me.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thank you. I'm checking out there website and comparing the different brands.

Eddie

 

[Redbug]

Those rocks are huge! I would never would have guessed that a tractor that size could lift a rock that size out. That's a testiment to what those hydraulic cylinders can do and the forces behind them. Now you guys have some holes to fill in...

 

[pitt_md]

Those rocks are huge! I would never would have guessed that a tractor that size could lift a rock that size out. That's a testiment to what those hydraulic cylinders can do and the forces behind them. Now you guys have some holes to fill in...

I had my doubts about the grapple getting the rock out of the hole. I had to dig down around the sides so I could get the grapple lowered straight down over the rock then just clamp and lift. Lifting rocks of that size is not a problem if you have enough weight on the back. Just go slow when moving them around. minor bumps seem to have a lot more affect on the tractor when you have that much weight on the front.

 

[Redbug]

I have a WR Long grapple but never have tried doing something like that. I've been wondering about stumps...

 

[woodlandfarms]

I don't think a grapple on a cut is going to get stumps.. With all those roots its like someone cemented the thing in the ground...

 

[IslandTractor]

I don't think a grapple on a cut is going to get stumps.. With all those roots its like someone cemented the thing in the ground...

I agree. You can easily knock over and then use the grapple to rip out the roots of trees up to about 5-6 inches. But you cannot just lift out a bigger stump unless it is pretty rotten. Tractor plus grapple does not equal excavator.

 

[jake98]

You keep on knockin' but you can't come in...
Stumps, that is..

 

[sandman2234]

Where do you guys get these rocks that are almost as big as my first tractor?
David from jax

 

[IslandTractor]

Where do you guys get these rocks that are almost as big as my first tractor?
David from jax

We grow rocks in New England. Maybe we should export them as a cash crop to Florida.

 

[Capt. Bob]

We grow rocks in New England. Maybe we should export them as a cash crop to Florida.

What would you want for a load of them rocks FOB to N. Florida. My wife wants a rock garden. Those things would keep her busy for a while. LOL

 

[sandman2234]

There are rock sales places all over town, selling rocks for people to build fireplaces, rock gardens, or just plaster all over the front of their house. Most I have seen are from N.C. so your going to have to beat the freight on those in order to compete with the current markets.
David from jax

 

[Capt. Bob]

I was just kidding Sandman. Besides I don't think any of the stone dealers around here are selling the kind of rocks he is talking about. Those things are boulders he is digging up.

 

[pitt_md]

I would have prefered to leave the boulder lay where it was but the guy that bales my hay said that his haybind would not do well hitting it so it had to come out. All of my friends from the city keep telling me that i should sell those big rocks. I have several of them that I have "collected".