Buying Advice CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy?

   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy? #31  
I was looking into a 50" grapple at EA and the prices where good except I live in Canada and it would cost me a fortune to get one there. Can't seem to find anything in Canada. Any Canucks out there know where to get one at a decent price in Ontario. I will phone my Kioti dealer and see what they can get.

If you live near the US border, couldn't you have EA ship it to a commercial facility near the border and then just go pick it up?
 
   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy? #32  
It is not that easy as I live 3+ hours from the border and then it would have to get cleared at the border. I would have pay duty,taxes etc etc. No big hurry to get one yet. I will continue to look in Canada and see what I can find. Thanks
Gilles
 
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#33  
I don't have that much use for a grapple right now to justify the cost, and my local rental house charges $58 a day. I figure I could try one out to see how I like it and see if using the rear remote is tolerable or if I want to put the extra outlay for a true 3rd function valve on the loader. I figure $58 is a pretty cheap test to see if I eventually want to spend $2-3K.
 
   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy? #34  
I don't have that much use for a grapple right now to justify the cost, and my local rental house charges $58 a day. I figure I could try one out to see how I like it and see if using the rear remote is tolerable or if I want to put the extra outlay for a true 3rd function valve on the loader. I figure $58 is a pretty cheap test to see if I eventually want to spend $2-3K.

I never thought about an extra hydraulic outlay to operate the grapple. I already have four on the front for the loader but then I would need an extra somewhere to operate the grapple jaws. Thanks for mentioning
Gilles
 
   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy? #35  
It is not that easy as I live 3+ hours from the border and then it would have to get cleared at the border. I would have pay duty,taxes etc etc. No big hurry to get one yet. I will continue to look in Canada and see what I can find. Thanks
Gilles

I thought NAFTA meant there was not longer duty on items produced in North America.
 
   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy? #36  
I don't have that much use for a grapple right now to justify the cost, and my local rental house charges $58 a day. I figure I could try one out to see how I like it and see if using the rear remote is tolerable or if I want to put the extra outlay for a true 3rd function valve on the loader. I figure $58 is a pretty cheap test to see if I eventually want to spend $2-3K.

Your rental place most likely has only skidsteer grapples. Those are likely to be wider than you want and certainly heavier. Might give you a distorted picture of what a lightweight CUT type grapple is capable of. You want something like the 48" lightduty I have on my avatar photo.
 
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#37  
Your rental place most likely has only skidsteer grapples. Those are likely to be wider than you want and certainly heavier. Might give you a distorted picture of what a lightweight CUT type grapple is capable of. You want something like the 48" lightduty I have on my avatar photo.

It is a Bobcat rental store, and I specifically asked for a 48" and they have them. I think they are used for the walk-behind and smaller skid steer units.
 
   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy? #38  
It is a Bobcat rental store, and I specifically asked for a 48" and they have them. I think they are used for the walk-behind and smaller skid steer units.

That's what you want. Just make sure it is a standard SSQA mount. Some of those Dingo things have smaller quick attach plates.
 
   / CK4010 Purchase-Am I crazy?
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#39  
That's what you want. Just make sure it is a standard SSQA mount. Some of those Dingo things have smaller quick attach plates.

Gotcha. I'll make sure. Thanks for all the help with the beginnings of this new adventure!
 
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