Beefing it up a little

First one · Feb 26, 2012

I posted about buying a grapple that when it came was not really what I thought it was going to be . Being made out of thinner metal, I was worried that it might not hold up for what i wanted to do with it. I liked the way it was made and after talking to some other's about what they had for a grapple ,I decided to keep it . I've used it and think it works great. I did bend the top tine points (two) while trying to pick up a lg. rock. After hearing what some of you have done to beef up your grapples I wanted to do the same to mine before I bent it all up. I had a good friend do some welding on it , and he did an awesome job. I have posted pic's of it on another thread but thought some might miss it , so here are a few that I took today . The first one is before the welding got done to give you an idea how the points of the top tines were weak. Also had him weld a couple of hooks on it to. The rock is the one i bent the tines on the first time .:thumbsup:

2458n · Feb 26, 2012

Some people can break an anvil

creekbend · Feb 27, 2012

:thumbsup: That is a big rock.

High Compression · Mar 4, 2012

2458n said:
Some people can break an anvil

There's nuthin wrong with breakin stuff. It just mean we gotta make it better and stronger.:laughing::thumbsup:

Bob77064 · Mar 4, 2012

High Compression said:
There's nuthin wrong with breakin stuff. It just mean we gotta make it better and stronger.:laughing::thumbsup:

Agreed, you buy things to use them.

First one · Mar 4, 2012

I guess maybe I pushed it to see just what I could do with it right out of the crate . Just because something looks like it could take anything you throw at it doesn't mean it won't show it's weakness . I just thought that I'd post some pic. of what I had come up with to make it better. I'm learning sometimes the hard way ,you still can push things until they break , no matter how well it's built .