Best attachment for clearing roads/trails after loggers mess

[EverythingAttachments]

Well built grapples are heavy, very heavy. More width adds weight and cost.

That was the case............until the Single Lid and Dual Lid Wicked Grapples arrived on the scene!!:thumbsup:
Travis

50" Single Lid Grapple: 255 pounds without intermediate tines and 274 with them. Tines are included, but can easily be removed.
54" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 349 pounds
60" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 382 pounds
66" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 410 pounds
72" Dual Lid Wicked Grapple: 435 pounds

 

[Ken45101]

That was the case............until the Single Lid and Dual Lid Wicked Grapples arrived on the scene!!:thumbsup:
Travis

I said weight AND COST. There is a 50% ($600) difference in your prices for the different widths.

Eddie Walker mentioned using forks, with the difficulty in balancing a load. Brush forks might be another option:

 

[David_Kb7uns]

Have a Bradco grapple it has a flat bottom and around 5-6 inches between tines and a flat bar welded across the tips around 4 inches in with dual clamps. I can rake, level dirt, scoop large rocks move logs, pickup slash, toss burn piles and they spend more time on the tractor then the dirt bucket. You need a good set of grapples that are full width of tractor for the best use in cleanup along with the W R Long style third function valve kit, using a diverter or a separate rear remote complicates things and makes the grapples less efficient with having to use two hands to curl and close. Being able to scoop, curl and clamp at the same time with a loader will amaze you. For those that say you want to feather the clamps, a properly sized restrictor on each cylinder will give the proper closure rate and keeps them well synchronized in use with the electric third function valve.

David Kb7uns

 

[Coyote machine]

I said weight AND COST. There is a 50% ($600) difference in your prices for the different widths.

Eddie Walker mentioned using forks, with the difficulty in balancing a load. Brush forks might be another option:
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Your pic of the bucket forks looks heavy duty. Do you own one? If so, your experience and where and how much, please?

And I agree that the difference between 66 and 72 won't matter in most situations weight-wise or $ wise.
Personal choice really. For the OP try to look ahead to what you might use whichever attachment for in the long term, not just today's task(s). I suggest buying what you can afford, best quality holds better value over time and balances initial outlay of $$. Worst case when done you sell what you bought and buy a different implement for a totally different need/use.

 

[LSU L4330]

Your pic of the bucket forks looks heavy duty. Do you own one? If so, your experience and where and how much, please?

And I agree that the difference between 66 and 72 won't matter in most situations weight-wise or $ wise.
Personal choice really. For the OP try to look ahead to what you might use whichever attachment for in the long term, not just today's task(s). I suggest buying what you can afford, best quality holds better value over time and balances initial outlay of $$. Worst case when done you sell what you bought and buy a different implement for a totally different need/use.

Thanks Coyote. That is exactly how I "try" to base most all of my decisions to help avoid making bad choices in the long run, which are usually more costly. Live and learn. I always try to look at the big picture. I do not ever see not having a need for a grapple so grapple it is and while the EA Wicked Grapple is a little more than others I have looked at after looking it over quite a bit, comparing and watching videos and talking to Travis this one seems well worth it.

 

[k0ua]

I am late to the party, but I will "me too" the grapple, I use mine all the time for logs, rocks, and brush removal. They are always handy. I have the smallest of the EA's but it does a good job for me.

 

[Msamt]

If you shop around you can you can find deals on a grapple, this 66" cost me 800$ at the auction.


Finally got it dirty too!

 

[jeff9366]

I have 58" aluminum clamp-on Debris Forks from Payne's Forks. Good implement, 2,000 pounds lift capacity, but pricey @ $800.

They work good for debris transport but not scooping up debris over sand. When you get the forks under the load you pick up as much sand by weight as debris.

Once you learn how to pick up, usually by pushing the debris against a tree to compact debris before lifting, the loads stay on the forks.

 

[Sparky64]

If you can create the right conditions, a burn may take care of a lot of the stuff.
Sparky

 

[newbury]

If you can create the right conditions, a burn may take care of a lot of the stuff.
Sparky

Like I wrote, napalm.

 

[LSU L4330]

Well thanks to all the help on here, the help from Travis at EA and Brian with Fit Right Hydraulics the deed is done! :thumbsup::thumbsup:


Brian got me setup with my front hydraulics and controls and was a huge help with guidance on my present and future needs for getting this new to me tractor setup correctly.

Then Travis over at EA took his time to understand my task at hand and also future needs in choosing the right implements to get this job going. I went with the 72" Wicked Root Grapple and then he helped me understand the benefit of combining this with a 72" Severe Extreme Duty Landscape Rake so these are both on the order and running them together will be the cats meeeeoooowww! :cool2:

Now time to get to work..... :drink:

 

[k0ua]

Well thanks to all the help on here, the help from Travis at EA and Brian with Fit Right Hydraulics the deed is done! :thumbsup::thumbsup:


Brian got me setup with my front hydraulics and controls and was a huge help with guidance on my present and future needs for getting this new to me tractor setup correctly.

Then Travis over at EA took his time to understand my task at hand and also future needs in choosing the right implements to get this job going. I went with the 72" Wicked Root Grapple and then he helped me understand the benefit of combining this with a 72" Severe Extreme Duty Landscape Rake so these are both on the order and running them together will be the cats meeeeoooowww! :cool2:

Now time to get to work..... :drink:

Congratulations, I am glad we could help spend your money. I am sure you will get a lot of use out of your new setup.!

 

[SPYDERLK]

Well thanks to all the help on here, the help from Travis at EA and Brian with Fit Right Hydraulics the deed is done! :thumbsup::thumbsup:


Brian got me setup with my front hydraulics and controls and was a huge help with guidance on my present and future needs for getting this new to me tractor setup correctly.

Then Travis over at EA took his time to understand my task at hand and also future needs in choosing the right implements to get this job going. I went with the 72" Wicked Root Grapple and then he helped me understand the benefit of combining this with a 72" Severe Extreme Duty Landscape Rake so these are both on the order and running them together will be the cats meeeeoooowww! :cool2:

Now time to get to work..... :drink:

Sorry. Too big for your tractor. Youll encounter many limitations pushing it.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Sorry. Too big for your tractor. Youll encounter many limitations pushing it.

Larry, if all he is doing is going forward and picking up loose stuff, what are his limitations going to be :confused3: other than the grapple gets full very fast. It's not like he is digging in the ground with it, anyway that is not my understanding of the situation.

 

[Hill Farmer]

If you can create the right conditions, a burn may take care of a lot of the stuff. Sparky

That's what I was thinking. He needs a disc (for a firebreak) and a match.

 

[kevinwak]

I cleaned the ditch in front of my yard with a landscape rake. Very handy for piling up the branches and debris. That combo'd with the grapple for moving the piles will be great!

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[SPYDERLK]

Larry, if all he is doing is going forward and picking up loose stuff, what are his limitations going to be :confused3: other than the grapple gets full very fast. It's not like he is digging in the ground with it, anyway that is not my understanding of the situation.

Things tend to be imbedded and sticking up. Its nothing like scraping a hard surface. As conditions vary its always better to have the option to take a small bite than be stuck with marginal or insufficient forcing capability. Also, narrow is more forgiving of off flat situations, and where a straight on approach is difficult.
larry

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Things tend to be imbedded and sticking up. Its nothing like scraping a hard surface. As conditions vary its always better to have the option to take a small bite than be stuck with marginal or insufficient forcing capability. Also, narrow is more forgiving of off flat situations, and where a straight on approach is difficult.
larry

Maybe it's a set of conditions that just has to be seen in person. I don't see any problems, or very few. Wouldn't know for sure without being there.

 

[David_Kb7uns]

If it is too big for tractor then why can my L3130 do this?

 

[k0ua]

If it is too big for tractor then why can my L3130 do this?

Because your L3130 is just one heck of a tractor, that's why!