Grapple Dueling Buckets - Grapple vs. Standard

[txdon]

On the left: Bobcat 66" industrial grapple bucket "Gray"
On the right: Kubota 72" HD bucket with teeth "Orange"

 

[txdon]

Round one:
Objective: Pick up tree.

Orange tries but the large tree keeps slipping off.

 

[txdon]

Gray's turn, but first he has to stretch.

 

[txdon]

Gray picks up the tree easily.

 

[txdon]

Round two:
Brush pile:

Orange's approach looks promising!

 

[txdon]

But Orange fails to execute the lift & pull away.

 

[txdon]

Gray's approach.

 

[txdon]

Gray's pickup.

 

[txdon]

Now, I am using the "Orange" for digging and clearing brush and then for the cleanup I slip on "Gray" to haul to the pile.

I currently do not have a tooth bar on the grapple and sometimes I was picking up sand so I will be getting one soon.

Since I will not be using the grapple bucket for digging, only moving brush, I was thinking it would work out best to find a tooth bar that has more but narrow teeth. Does anyone know if someone makes a spear bar?

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Hey, that was fun. All the competition was missing was the beer commercial in the middle.

Cliff