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

[heavy hammer]

Sometimes you just got to get it done when out in the field.

 

[FTG-05]

Sometimes you just got to get it done when out in the field.

Sure as heck beats having to take it off the tractor and back to the shop! I'm gonna put that little trick in the memory for future use.

 

[EverythingAttachments]

FIRST Wicked Grapple painted in our new facility was a Dual Lid 60"...taken this morning!
Travis

 

[Xfaxman]

:thumbsup: congratulations.

 

[Mad Mac]

Congratulations, Ted, on your new facility. Here is a follow up on my bent Wicked.

...Over the phone while standing in front of my crippled 72-inch Wicked, Travis gently pointed out that my 6,000 pound, four wheel drive Mahindra 5555 might benefit from the heavy duty 73-inch Wicked for mega utility tractors.

After I abused a Wicked for more than three years, Ted weighed in and went above and beyond to work with me and made me an offer to get into the big heavy duty 73 inch Wicked that I couldn't refuse...

In the end, I didn't take that offer and decided to let Ted off the hook and have my cousin repair my 72 inch single lid. Cousin Dave knows how to weld and he owes me big time. (I've been letting him hunt on my property for nine years free, even though I've been offered as much as $8,000 a year.)

To straighten out the bent frame, we chained the lid shut. Cousin Dave applied heat to the frame around the bracket while I fondled the power beyond lever. That hydraulic cylinder straightened the frame member good. Cousin Dave reinforced the bracket area with plate and gusset. However, don't make our mistake and cut the bracket out of the frame member because the frame member bent back a little. But we got it within tolerance for continued hard service.

Here is an example. This ancient black walnut tree split almost in half. Black walnut is so dense and heavy, we cut it into manageable pieces to haul it to the burn pile. Could not have done this job without the Wicked.

Thank you, Ted.

 

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Congratulations, Ted, on your new facility. Here is a follow up on my bent Wicked.



In the end, I didn't take that offer and decided to let Ted off the hook and have my cousin repair my 72 inch single lid. Cousin Dave knows how to weld and he owes me big time. (I've been letting him hunt on my property for nine years free, even though I've been offered as much as $8,000 a year.)

To straighten out the bent frame, we chained the lid shut. Cousin Dave applied heat to the frame around the bracket while I fondled the power beyond lever. That hydraulic cylinder straightened the frame member good. Cousin Dave reinforced the bracket area with plate and gusset. However, don't make our mistake and cut the bracket out of the frame member because the frame member bent back a little. But we got it within tolerance for continued hard service.

Here is an example. This ancient black walnut tree split almost in half. Black walnut is so dense and heavy, we cut it into manageable pieces to haul it to the burn pile. Could not have done this job without the Wicked.

Thank you, Ted.

I'm glad it's working for ya, Mac. Just let us know if we can ever assist you with anything!
Travis

 

[EverythingAttachments]

:thumbsup: congratulations.

Thanks Xfax!!
It was definitely a welcome sight to see.
Travis

 

[heavy hammer]

Mad Mac you have any pics of the repaired grapple! Glad to hear you got it working.

 

[Mad Mac]

Here she is in action after the repair.

 

[Mad Mac]

I'm no engineer and never built anything but if EA made the bracket for the hydraulic cylinder
a combination hinge/bracket I think it would take much of the stress off the frame.
The current design allows the hydraulic cylinder to push the center of the frame
away from the lid which is hinged on the ends, spreading them apart.