Grapple designs

[BFreaky]

I did it as a bucket with detachable grapple. Sort of all in one... When you don't need a grapple it's simply removed by two people

 

[Smokeydog]

Interesting project and maybe designed for a specific task. You have rare skills and ambition. No mention of steel grade. Mild steel may work on small tractors but not on larger, tlb, or skid steer. Been using/abusing grapples for decades. I’m a Pretty good fabricator, but can’t compete with high strength steel manufacturers. A grapple made of T1, 50-60 steel would have be twice as thick, twice as heavy and not abrasion resistance if made of mild steel. Would really hurt performance.

 

[BFreaky]

Done. Wear parts are made of Hardox 500 steel, everything else is construction steel, pins are made of 4732.4 high quality steel

 

[Smokeydog]

Very well done. Good looking job. Like the welding and reinforcement design. Looks professionally built.

With the side panel extensions is there a specific material you plan on grappling?

 

[BFreaky]

Side panels are there to hold more volume when loading light materials, corn etc. They need to be removed in order to get more reliable log/branch/waste grab. The curved design of side plates ensures a good hold

 

[ovrszd]

Very nice work.

I bought a Bobcat LoPro bucket and built a two lid Grapple on it.

I really like the bucket plus Grapple concept. I very, very rarely swap the original Kubota bucket back onto the FEL.

 

[goeduck]

Any pictures of the back side with the cylinders? Sure looks great !

 

[BFreaky]

Ofcourse:

 

[ovrszd]

I'm a bit concerned about the strength of the four bolts that hold the claw. There's a tremendous amount of load at that point.

 

[BFreaky]

I don't expect any problems with that. Those are 4 M20 bolts, it's strong enough