Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

fruitcakesa · Oct 31, 2019

goeduck said:
The only drawbacks as I see it are the added weight and if you need to lift a tall load with the forks. But it looks like you could pull a few pins and remove the thumb? I am surprised fork grapples are not more common. :thumbsup:

The additional weight is minimal for the M and yes, if necessary, the thumb is easily removed.

Newby first timer · Oct 31, 2019

dragoneggs said:
Tough call as I have neither in hydraulic but for log gathering/brush clearing seems a grapple would be best. For picking rocks, maybe a thumb. I do get by with my mechanical thumb on rocks now. My vote considering my circumstances would be the grapple.

I Have picked up Cedar trees maybe 15 foot tall with my Backhoe Thumb and moved them around to pile them up. The Thumb also makes it real nice to hold the trees up while I cut them up for Firewood. I do not have very much Brush on my property. My Situation makes it hard for me to Justify the Cost of a good Grapple. Everyone that owns a Tractor has different Needs with Different Typographical areas where they are using them. I would Love to have a Grapple but I think that it would just be sitting on the ground most of the time in my case.

fruitcakesa · Nov 1, 2019

Newby first timer said:
I Have picked up Cedar trees maybe 15 foot tall with my Backhoe Thumb and moved them around to pile them up. The Thumb also makes it real nice to hold the trees up while I cut them up for Firewood. I do not have very much Brush on my property. My Situation makes it hard for me to Justify the Cost of a good Grapple. Everyone that owns a Tractor has different Needs with Different Typographical areas where they are using them. I would Love to have a Grapple but I think that it would just be sitting on the ground most of the time in my case.

That is the reason I went with the fork grapple. I already owned the forks and the cost of the thumb was minimal compared to dedicated grapple.

dragoneggs · Nov 2, 2019

Newby first timer said:
I Have picked up Cedar trees maybe 15 foot tall with my Backhoe Thumb and moved them around to pile them up. The Thumb also makes it real nice to hold the trees up while I cut them up for Firewood. I do not have very much Brush on my property. My Situation makes it hard for me to Justify the Cost of a good Grapple. Everyone that owns a Tractor has different Needs with Different Typographical areas where they are using them. I would Love to have a Grapple but I think that it would just be sitting on the ground most of the time in my case.

Now that most all the clearing I wanted to do is done, I can’t justify a grapple either. The thumb will do.

calpalmer · Nov 26, 2019

My 1154 FEL on a M7060HDC has about 3K lifting capacity, and the EA 66" grapples eat up a bunch of that weighing in at 770 lbs. Off hand, I don't know the add-back of the bucket, but the forks have to be less so maybe only a 4-500lb penalty.... Good provocation!

Xfaxman · Nov 26, 2019

calpalmer said:
My 1154 FEL on a M7060HDC has about 3K lifting capacity, and the EA 66" grapples eat up a bunch of that weighing in at 770 lbs. Off hand, I don't know the add-back of the bucket, but the forks have to be less so maybe only a 4-500lb penalty.... Good provocation!

770 lbs. sounds too heavy. Did you weigh the grapple?

calpalmer · Nov 26, 2019

You're right!! I operated from memory on the grapple weight. The 66" unit is 660 lbs. Thanks!

lostcreekranch · Nov 26, 2019

Xfaxman said:
770 lbs. sounds too heavy. Did you weigh the grapple?

My 73" EA grapple for Utility Tractors is on 665#.

Mega Compact Utility Tractor Wicked Root Grapple from Everything Attachments

The 66" shows 452# or 410#

Compact Tractor Dual Lid Wicked Root Grapple from Everything Attachments

Single Lid Wicked Root Grapple Lightweight Strong Large opening

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calpalmer · Nov 26, 2019

Best Rated 66 Inch Wicked Root Rake Grapple from Everything Attachments

This is the one I have

WoodChuckDad · May 30, 2020

Had some grapple fun a couple weeks ago.

Moving large rocks with a grapple. W.R. Long OBG grapple and Kioti RX7320 tractor - YouTube

goeduck · May 31, 2020

^^ nice job!

WoodChuckDad · Jun 1, 2020

Thanks.

Maddog10 · Jun 1, 2020

Been having some fun with the new toy.

IslandTractor · Jun 16, 2020

WoodChuckDad said:
Had some grapple fun a couple weeks ago.

Moving large rocks with a grapple. W.R. Long OBG grapple and Kioti RX7320 tractor - YouTube

Try this one with a DK40se and a $500 Millonzi grapple:

Doofy · Jun 16, 2020

Very Impressive! Nice stone.

IslandTractor · Jun 16, 2020

Doofy said:
Very Impressive! Nice stone.

I thought it was a smaller rock sitting on the surface. Pulled it out in one big grunt. Bent the grapple tip a bit as I had only one upper jaw tip on the rock. Heat and hammer fixed that.

AllByteNoBark · Jun 16, 2020

That is a big rock! Good job. I hope to get back to some grapple fun by the middle of July. It even makes the brush work kind of fun.

dragoneggs · Jun 16, 2020

:thumbsup: IT! My hole would have been three times that trying to get that one dislodged and then I would have realized that I ain't lifting with my BH and thumb. How much do you gather it weighs?