Just ordered "The Thumb"

[fruitcakesa]

Played with it today:

 

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What made you decide to go this route versus a grapple? Not a huge difference in cost

 

[fruitcakesa]

What made you decide to go this route versus a grapple? Not a huge difference in cost

I initially thought about getting a grapple of some sort but during my research I came across this.
I decided, that while I can come up with any number of uses for a grapple, truth is I will primarily be picking up logs either for piling for firewood, holding a firewood log while I cut it up and occasionally to load logs on a truck to go to the mill. And I still have my pallet forks for regular use.
Price wise, all in with hoses/fittings and freight, I am under $700.