We had a bit of a storm up here a couple days ago, lost 3 trees at our commercial property, has a friend cut them up and he took the burnable wood and left the brush piles for me to move... about 6 very large ones. Took a hour with the grapple... huge huge time and back saver. When I got home, the top of a very large tree was broken off and blocking our road. My neighbors were out cutting it up and I unloaded the tractor again to pick up and move the piles. 4 trips to the brush pile and it was gone.. that grapple was 100% some of the best money I have spent on my tractor.
Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....
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Stupit
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Wow! That's a rock. Nice job Luke!
Stupit
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Thanks!
Luke'sScreenName
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I was pretty proud of the MX and, as always, glad to not break anything (thank you conservative Kubota engineers!)
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I too think they are conservative... I should have broken my FEL by now, the way I have abused it.
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Cut some new walking trail through thick re-growth today. A grapple makes a world of difference. Made 6 trip like this today with more to come.
(posting just to prove to Gordon that I don't neglect the big grapple
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(posting just to prove to Gordon that I don't neglect the big grapple
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goeduck
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Agree Kubotas generally can lift more than they are rated. Sometimes well more.
dragoneggs
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I have no clue if I have lifted more than rated but I know I have tried lifting pallets that I could only lift a foot in the air and moved them around. Also tried large tree stumps that lifted my back end w/BH wheels off the ground.
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Cut some new walking trail through thick re-growth today. A grapple makes a world of difference. Made 6 trip like this today with more to come.
(posting just to prove to Gordon that I don't neglect the big grapple
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Some how I missed that post. I feel better now
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