Sawyer Rob - About that Fork/Grapple combination

[PHPaul]

That looks like something that would be just the ticket for my needs.

Is that a commercial unit, or did you build it?

Do you have some detail pictures of how the grapple is mounted, hinged and powered?

Thanks.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I bought the combo from ALO, they are IMO the best loader mfg. on the market! ALO makes the factory loaders for all the bigger Massey's, CIH, NH's ect...

You buy their pallet forks, and they sell the grapple as an option. It slides right on the pallet fork frame as it's made right for it, it's about as perfect design as it could be.

It's powered from the remotes out on the loader arms, and activated by a button on the joy stick,

They are super strong, I slide the pallet forks together, and push them right into the ground, grappling a big rock and pulling it right up and out of the ground!! lol

They are just so usefull!!

SR

 

[PHPaul]

Thanks. I'll look into it.

 

[k0ua]

That is a BFR... Big Fine Rock!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

BFR for sure! lol

Here's one that I had to "chain up" and drag out,

THEN go get reinforcements to get it, and an even bigger one out,

ALL in a days work! lol

SR

 

[k0ua]

I suppose those are all big glacier deposited boulders. Some people would pay big money to have one of those things in their yard.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

That's where those two went, lol

SR

 

[PHPaul]

The ALO/Quicke website isn't very forthcoming.

I expect the grapple attachment only fits their fork frame?

I'd be looking at building one anyway.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

The ALO/Quicke website isn't very forthcoming.

I expect the grapple attachment only fits their fork frame?

I'd be looking at building one anyway.

What was you expecting on their site? Them to give you a blue print?? lol lol

They design/build their own tools, not buy them from Woods or ?... SO, all I can tell you is, it's about a perfect design, to compliment their forks...

SR

 

[Creamer]

Rob - How well does that setup work for brush?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Excellent, I use it for gathering and moving brush quite often. My help and me cut out quite a bit of brush this last week,

We moved every bit of the brush and piled it with the forks/grapple...

SR

 

[PHPaul]

Well, more than one picture from too far away would've been nice. Perhaps a video of it in action, and maybe even (gasp!) a price?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

They have software that reads your mind...they knew you were just going to build one anyway, so....

SR

 

[ovrszd]

You guys had to get him started..........

Let's see,,,,,, I'm thinking of a good comeback for Rob,,,,,,,, okay, I've got it. (Cue movie As Good As It Gets.......)

I never have to get off my tractor and adjust my Grapple's grip width.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I never have to get off my tractor and adjust my Grapple's grip width.

And "I" do?? I didn't know that...

SR

 

[ovrszd]

And "I" do?? I didn't know that...

SR

Oh, you have hudraulics that change the fork width?? I didn't know that!!! Very cool! Post some pics.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Oh, you have hudraulics that change the fork width?? I didn't know that!!! Very cool! Post some pics.

There's always a doubter in every crowd!! lol

"IF" THAT feature is important to you, then look no further than ALO,

Power Lift-n-Stack Hydraulic Pallet Forks

It's just not that important to me...

As for powering them, I can easily add a second set of remotes out on my loader forks, ALO offers that"kit" too.

SO, how do you adjust the "width" of YOUR grapple??? Don't tell me you are stuck with only ONE width ?.

SR

 

[ovrszd]

There's always a doubter in every crowd!! lol

"IF" THAT feature is important to you, then look no further than ALO,

Power Lift-n-Stack Hydraulic Pallet Forks

It's just not that important to me...

As for powering them, I can easily add a second set of remotes out on my loader forks, ALO offers that"kit" too.

SO, how do you adjust the "width" of YOUR grapple??? Don't tell me you are stuck with only ONE width ?.

SR

Rob,

I take these discussion with you as pure entertainment. I like how you claim something that is obviously not true. Then wait for the unaware doubters to step into the fray. Then quickly detour the original statement with distractions that lures the responder away from the first untruth. I enjoy playing this game with you and consider it just that.

You know what your original claim was that started this particular discussion. And you know what I meant in my original response. Now you have cleverly moved completely off subject and are referring to an attachment that neither you nor I have. The unexperienced reader is now scratching their heads and wondering what the subject is??? Nicely done.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

WHAT?? You mean you or I couldn't buy that pallet fork set?? It sure looked like it would fit my loader when I saw it at a show. My forks adjust just fine, I don't need hydraulics to do that job for me.

Being adjustable, is just ANOTHER thing, that the dedicated grapple won't do.

I've used both, my combo and a dedicated grapple a lot... I know what they will do, YET there's plenty of guys "here", that have NEVER owned a set of pallet forks with a "properly designed" grapple for those forks. And they are trying to tell me/everyone, that they know all kinds of things that the combo won't do. It's BS, and I'd like to see, the picts. for proof, that it's not...

So far, I've not seen this long list of things that makes the dedicated grapple better, yet I have plenty of picts. showing the dedicated grapple isn't better, 99.99% of the time...

I'm just trying to figure out how you "non believers" got to be such experts of something you don't even own and in most cases, have NO experiences with.

Show me the proof, pictures... If you are right, I have no problem admitting it, but you just saying you're right, doesn't make it so. lol

SR

 

[Underdog57]

I use a 36" "Thumb" on my forks, works well but it is too short. I'm thinking of welding an extension to it.

Moves brush good but is messy, (spills a lot of small stuff). If I had a lot of grapple work to do I would buy 2 more forks and work it with 4 forks.