Grappling fun - A Picture Thread....

PSEbowhunter · Jan 21, 2016

Playing around, I mean getting tedious work done, this morning.

Piston · Jan 21, 2016

IslandTractor said:
Narragansett Bay. Lovely in the summer. Coastal breezes but no ocean swell. Rather nasty this time of year.

That is absolutely gorgeous. I'm sure I've been by there (or darn close) by boat or ship at some point in my career!

EverythingAttachments · Jan 21, 2016

IslandTractor said:
Narragansett Bay. Lovely in the summer. Coastal breezes but no ocean swell. Rather nasty this time of year.

Grappling in Paradise! :thumbsup:
Travis

IslandTractor · Jan 21, 2016

EverythingAttachments said:
Grappling in Paradise! :thumbsup: Travis

Prudence Island is a sweet little place that functions as though it were 1950. Can't get there without a ferry so no running off to big box stores when you need a part. As such neighbors rely on each other, share, and come up with "Prudence" solutions that any good redneck would recognize. The relative isolation gives it much more of a funky rural feel than one would expect from a place within an hours drive of Boston and in full view of the fancy sailing scene in Newport just five miles away. And yes, it is my little patch of grappling heaven. Me, the tractor and the grapple versus Mother Nature. Toe to toe.

Navasot · Jan 21, 2016

My baby

Industrial Toys · Jan 21, 2016

NICE! But BABY needs to see the dentist.

Jim Timber · Jan 21, 2016

Industrial Toys said:
NICE! But BABY needs to see the dentist.

Trying to hammer it back could make it snap off.

k0ua · Jan 21, 2016

Jim Timber said:
Trying to hammer it back could make it snap off.

Use the "smoke wrench" on it before whanging on it?

Jim Timber · Jan 21, 2016

Getting it red and realigning it would be a good option as long as it's not tempered steel. If that's abrasion resistant or some kind of alloy tooth, you'll turn it soft getting it hot enough to work and if you just dowse it with water it could crack.

If it's A36, then have at it!

Piston · Jan 21, 2016

Navasot said:
My baby

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Mean looking machine! I like it just the way it is!

Jim Timber · Jan 21, 2016

I wouldn't mess with the bent tooth either.

Ain't hurt'n nuthin.

Luke'sScreenName · Jan 21, 2016

Piston said:
Mean looking machine! I like it just the way it is!

I was wondering how he bent it. Bet that jarred the hech out of the operator!

Navasot · Jan 22, 2016

Luke'sScreenName said:
I was wondering how he bent it. Bet that jarred the hech out of the operator!

Lol I was ripping small yaupon and cedar out of an oak sections and a giant oak root jumped out and bit me and shut the loader down HA! No worries though she can take much more than that... and the bent tooth makes no difference still works just the same... made me puker up a bit though there shouldn't have been a root for a good 20yrds... apparently one of the trees has long toe nails

4570Man · Jan 22, 2016

I want this grapple and a machine to put it on!

Luke'sScreenName · Jan 22, 2016

Navasot said:
Lol I was ripping small yaupon and cedar out of an oak sections and a giant oak root jumped out and bit me and shut the loader down HA! No worries though she can take much more than that... and the bent tooth makes no difference still works just the same... made me puker up a bit though there shouldn't have been a root for a good 20yrds... apparently one of the trees has long toe nails

Not sure where you are but live oak on limestone can do that.

IslandTractor · Jan 22, 2016

4570Man said:
I want this grapple and a machine to put it on!

Top hinged grapples are fine for brush but don't work as well as L shaped grapples for carrying logs,rocks etc. Gravity is your friend with fixed bottom tines but an enemy for top hinged grapple or 4n1.

4570Man · Jan 22, 2016

IslandTractor said:
Top hinged grapples are fine for brush but don't work as well as L shaped grapples for carrying logs,rocks etc. Gravity is your friend with fixed bottom tines but an enemy for top hinged grapple or 4n1.

Look at the cylinders on that thing. It looks like 5" or maybe larger cylinders. I think it would be fine for carrying rocks or logs.

Xfaxman · Jan 22, 2016

4570Man said:
I want this grapple and a machine to put it on!

Yep, had that style on the V518, don't want another one.:thumbdown:

But I would like to see the machine that uses it.

Not much room in that style.

I agree with IslandTractor :

IslandTractor said:
Top hinged grapples are fine for brush but don't work as well as L shaped grapples for carrying logs,rocks etc. Gravity is your friend with fixed bottom tines but an enemy for top hinged grapple or 4n1.

IslandTractor · Jan 22, 2016

4570Man said:
Look at the cylinders on that thing. It looks like 5" or maybe larger cylinders. I think it would be fine for carrying rocks or logs.

It's not the power, it's the geometry. When the upper arm makes solid contact with a log, it jams in that degree of closure and anything lower will fall out when lifted. Not an issue with compressible brush but an issue with non compressible things like logs and rocks. You can absolutely grapple one but anything smaller that's lower in the pile will not be secured and as the bottom tines are stubby and don't hold weight by themselves, the lower material falls out. Same with 4n1.