the pictures of the small kinda pitifull grapple represent my first atempt at building a lightwieght simple rotating grapple it worked well for a couple of years , it did however keep breaking at the end of the cylinder and had only about 190 degree rotation , so I decided to build a new one around an old sander motor given to me by a friend this one uses a rubber coupler that simply pops out if you over do it on the twist and has 340 degrees of rotation.
loader trailer rotating grapple upgrade
- Thread starter sizzami
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Rustyiron
Super Member
Looks like you've made big advancement with your newer grapple! Looks nice, I have been wanting to make one my self. I would use it for my own wood collection and can't justify $1500 for a store bought. Let us know how the rotator works out, that's another $700 bucks or so for "store bought", just to get cont. rotation. Nice job!
Ductape
Elite Member
New one looks good...... but I liked your original also. I've just started collecting a few pieces to make a small grapple / loader of some kind. Since mine would mostly be used on stove length pieces, i think i might be able to get away with manual rotation...... but hydraulic sure would be slick.