The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!

   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!
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Looks like he's got it figured out.

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Finished eating brush for the day!
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!
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Wicked tines are great for ripping and gripping. They also promote the ability to push through the ground with minimal disturbance!

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   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #1,175  
Wicked tines are great for ripping and gripping. They also promote the ability to push through the ground with minimal disturbance! <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=480547"/>
To be fair, the trade off is that a load of brush is more difficult to dump as the sharp backwards oriented tine teeth will snag brush while the other style is smooth and doesn't snag.
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!
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To be fair, the trade off is that a load of brush is more difficult to dump as the sharp backwards oriented tine teeth will snag brush while the other style is smooth and doesn't snag.

I'll still take the one on the left any day. If you can't handle the Wicked sharpness, file em down!!
Travis
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #1,177  
To be fair, the trade off is that a load of brush is more difficult to dump as the sharp backwards oriented tine teeth will snag brush while the other style is smooth and doesn't snag.

Interestingly I do not find it very difficult to dump. At least not in my personal hands on experience... I have not used a smooth grapple and cannot compare, but I have had no major hangups that would cause me grief with the Wicked Grapple. And I have plenty of reasons to not have a pile of burning nuggets and brush following my back out of the fire! :D

Perhaps catching could happen in some circumstances, but I have never found it to be problematic. I suppose if you wanted to slide in and out of piles like with pallet forks, but I don't do any of that. I like to grub, rip, grab, haul, and dump.

Check out the type of roots and brush here. Lots of stringy roots, brush, and deadfall.

Just sharing some empirical input from an actual user.

Fall cleanup
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Spring Burn
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   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #1,178  
To be fair, the trade off is that a load of brush is more difficult to dump as the sharp backwards oriented tine teeth will snag brush while the other style is smooth and doesn't snag.

They are sized pretty well that anything that hangs up will break and fall out. Yet still rip out roots pretty good and great grip on odd shaped or small surface area stuff you want to grab.

 
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The one on the left does look like it would do a better job of bringing the bacon home.

The most amazing thing to me is that after about 100 hours of abuse I still can't slide a piece of paper between the lid and any of the teeth when it's closed. Hard to explain but there is a good 1 1/2"-2" matching surface top and bottom and it's still air tight when the grapple is closed. Figured something would have shifted by now:eek:
 
 

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