Grapple Grapple Rakes in New England

century3045 · Feb 22, 2006

Another pic. Dubba, I'd like to see another pic of the Addington Rake.

Jw5875 · Feb 22, 2006

Posted pix on "Kubota" forum, cost was " $2300 + - U.S

Did some serious clearing today (I hope the tractor seat has birth control!!!)

jw5875

couchsachraga · Feb 24, 2006

Hmmm. well, now that I'm back in my chair after the "stick shock" of what the Addington and Anbo rakes go for now (they are about the same, even with shipping from WA for the Anbo), I'm starting to look at other options.

I really liked the idea of the hardened steel in the Anbo and Addington (AN 400 I believe).

I'm rather tempted by the WR Long setup- I had a nice chat with them this morning, and apparently they use hardened steel for the "teeth" that go into the ground, but not the upper tines. They have seen a few bent upper tines, but only in the thinner steel, not anything that is part of the structure.

Any thought from those of you that have them, on whether this is a good compromise ("medium" cost for some hardened steel parts). The really cheap E-bay ones of a similar style I don't find that tempting-they are all much heavier (800lbs for a 60"!), and have no hardened steel.

Thank you as always!
Couchsachraga

century3045 · Feb 25, 2006

The WR Long I have is a tough one, It has done some rough work and came out looking good but I have seen a couple with the "round tube" upper structure slightly bent, looked like from maybe misuse or abuse. But as I recall the price was around 23-2500 also.