Is there a Vertical grapple type attachment?

[MikeR 2018]

I love my grapple. It has so many uses but, sometimes I find myself wishing for a grabber that is at right angles to the grapple. I want to grab something that is vertical, rather than horizontal. Is there such a thing?

 

[bcp]

The most common are for handling round bales, but they may not close tightly.

round bale clamp at DuckDuckGo

Or maybe you need a tree puller.

tree puller at DuckDuckGo

Bruce

 

[oosik]

I read a couple posts here on TBN about a grapple with a gimbal head. Could rotate from H to V. I think it was on a unit like Xfaxman has - a telehandler. You could send a PM to him.

 

[Xfaxman]

Mine is a long arm tree puller, vertical only, does not rotate:

What do you want to use it on?

This is a post grapple:

 

[oosik]

Well - JMHO, but if Xfaxman doesn't know of it - it must be extremely unique, rare or non-existent. However - I pondered further. I think it was one of those tracked forestry fellers/buncher machines. Grab the tree when vertical, cut it off at the base - slowly rotate and lower the tree to a horizontal position.

Not a piece of homeowner equipment. However, if you want to see one - - John Deere 955M Feller Buncher

That vertical tree puller of yours - Xfaxman - is a real nut cracker. You are able to reach out and simply pull big trees right out of the ground?? That represents a lot of brute power.

 

[ddbackhoe]

I love my grapple. It has so many uses but, sometimes I find myself wishing for a grabber that is at right angles to the grapple. I want to grab something that is vertical, rather than horizontal. Is there such a thing?

Cascade - Bale Clamps. I havent seen a front bucket adapter on smaller stuff that will rotate 180 degrees Tilt Attachment | Attachments Converters | Skid Steer Attachments | Erskine Attachments LLC

 

[Xfaxman]

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That vertical tree puller of yours - Xfaxman - is a real nut cracker. You are able to reach out and simply pull big trees right out of the ground?? That represents a lot of brute power.

Yep, over 6,000 pounds of lift and 7,000 pounds of push/pull, plus the boom extension force that I haven't measured.

Clamp on the tree trunk, raise up, curl down, extend the boom moving forward, then still pulling up, curl up in reverse, retract the boom and out it comes:

Here it is pulling 2 for 1: Tree Puller?

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[ruffdog]

This guy uses his vert grapple to pick up logs with his toolcat (ssqa).

 

[MikeR 2018]

Well, after reading all these posts, I realize that I am probably asking for something that is much more than I need. Upon further thought, I realize that all I really need is to pull fence posts – T-Posts and wood posts. I see other threads about post pullers. I’ll try one of those.

 

[M5farms]

a 5/8 thick piece of flat with a hole in it attached to a piece of chain used with a fel will pull post . you could even bolt it directly to a bucket and pull post without ever leaving the seat

 

[nybirdman]

Three point has a lot more power for pulling fence post;draw bar and chain should work.

 

[ruffdog]

Two people using a choker chain or strap can pull lots of posts in a day. Some of my wood posts rot off at ground level so then I dig down to good wood and choke a strap on the buried part of the post. I may even use the high lift jack to pull a post using that same choker strap.

 

[AlaskaL3130]

I love my grapple. It has so many uses but, sometimes I find myself wishing for a grabber that is at right angles to the grapple. I want to grab something that is vertical, rather than horizontal. Is there such a thing?

Rotating quick attach. Would be nice if someone produced a manual one that you could pin or bolt into the vertical position.

 

[thekkfan]

Rotating quick attach. Would be nice if someone produced a manual one that you could pin or bolt into the vertical position.

Ditto. That would be sweet!

 

[aeblank]

Just weld an SSQA plate to an SSQA adapter (Universal Mini Skid Steer Adapter Plate) 90 degrees from each other. WHEN you need it rotated, get the adapter.

Though, you'd most certainly need some sort of hoist or another tractor to get things lifted/situated where you'd need it. Or a tractor-anti-gravity device (rotate the tractor on its side).

aaah well, nevermind.

 

[Lowcountry Rebel]

They make articulated grapples.

Look up Gator grapples- they are expensive.

 

[CADplans]

This vertical grapple flattened 30 acres on my place this spring,, in nothing flat,,

It could cut and lay down a 22" diameter, 150 foot tall tree,,,