I just traded in my NH TC33D for a new Kubota L4060 with LA805 loader. If there was one implement I wished I had over the last 16 years it would be a grapple, so I went ahead and got the new loader equipped with a third function kit so its all ready for one. There are three main uses I want to be able to do with this: moving brush, cleaning out matted hay/manure from my barns and clearing roots/rocks from a logging operation I'm having done on my property to reclaim an old pasture.
Lift capacity on the loader is supposed to be 1720lbs at full height, and the 72" HD bucket on it weighs in at 397lbs so I figure the grapple should weigh in around there as well. Width I'm thinking 54' or 60", wide enough so I can get close to the walls in the barn, but not so wide it makes grubbing out a rock or root difficult. I prefer the profile on the bottom teeth to be the pointed/chisel type with enough length that if can scoop out a bucket load, with tine spacing in the 5-8" range. Something that can get under those hay matts without completely digging up my barn floors. Budget range $1000-2000.
I've tried doing some research on what's out there but there are so many different types and manufacturers of these things that I may be missing something that would work better for me. It seems like in order to get the tooth profile I want most models get into the heavy duty types that weigh in more than I think I should go for. Something like the Titan Extreme and Wallace Series I look good, but weigh in the 650-850lb range. I'd prefer not to use too much lift capacity on the implement if I can avoid it. I'd go with something like the Wicked Root Grapple if it weren't for those rounded, upturned teeth. Maybe the Anbo UT-S 60" would be a good compromise.
Let me know if you've got a recommendation that would work for me.
Lift capacity on the loader is supposed to be 1720lbs at full height, and the 72" HD bucket on it weighs in at 397lbs so I figure the grapple should weigh in around there as well. Width I'm thinking 54' or 60", wide enough so I can get close to the walls in the barn, but not so wide it makes grubbing out a rock or root difficult. I prefer the profile on the bottom teeth to be the pointed/chisel type with enough length that if can scoop out a bucket load, with tine spacing in the 5-8" range. Something that can get under those hay matts without completely digging up my barn floors. Budget range $1000-2000.
I've tried doing some research on what's out there but there are so many different types and manufacturers of these things that I may be missing something that would work better for me. It seems like in order to get the tooth profile I want most models get into the heavy duty types that weigh in more than I think I should go for. Something like the Titan Extreme and Wallace Series I look good, but weigh in the 650-850lb range. I'd prefer not to use too much lift capacity on the implement if I can avoid it. I'd go with something like the Wicked Root Grapple if it weren't for those rounded, upturned teeth. Maybe the Anbo UT-S 60" would be a good compromise.
Let me know if you've got a recommendation that would work for me.
