How to Grapple without a Grapple - Pictures please

[dragoneggs]

Chain and bucket.
4n1
neither comes close to the grapple however.
forks plus thumb for certain things like logs work fine (but anything with a thumb is a grapple)

Interesting... thanks for posting IT. I am definitely getting use of my chains for stump maneuvering!

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Any updates as to if the "arborist" got the tree down?

 

[Aquamoose]

Looks good... thinking also of some type of quick bolt on attachment but it has to mate decently with my Piranha toothier. I love that so much I will never take it off.

You can simply customize the position so it would sit on the tooth bar. It was easy to make.

 

[dragoneggs]

You can simply customize the position so it would sit on the tooth bar. It was easy to make.

That is what I am thinking. On my list of things to fab!

 

[dragoneggs]

Another day wishing I had a grapple.

 

[IslandTractor]

Another day wishing I had a grapple. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=465156"/>

You only live once.

 

[AlbionWood]

Finally got the Thumb working. Does this qualify as a not-grapple?

 

[dragoneggs]

Finally got the Thumb working. Does this qualify as a not-grapple? <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=465706"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=465707"/>

That's borderline, buddy!

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Finally got the Thumb working. Does this qualify as a not-grapple?
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I'd have to say no, it does not qualify.....I have a similar setup. A thumb on forks certainly makes them more useful in some situations though

 

[stuckmotor]

Finally got the Thumb working. Does this qualify as a not-grapple?
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I like that setup. Have you had any indication that full down pressure on a solid load might bend the top of the rack at the back that the forks attach to?