Grapple millonzi grapple?

hunt2771 · Jun 26, 2008

Anybody know what the deal with Millonzi is? I've been trying to contact them for a month with no response. I was wanting to order a LD-60 grapple. Does anyone have a number other than the one on their website? Thanks

Rara Avis · Jun 26, 2008

hunt2771 said:
Anybody know what the deal with Millonzi is? I've been trying to contact them for a month with no response. I was wanting to order a LD-60 grapple. Does anyone have a number other than the one on their website? Thanks

They seem to go incomunicato at times...

3695 Shepard Rd Perry, Ohio 44081
Our Phone numbers have also changed!
Local: 440-259-3706
Fax: 440-259-3707<<<<<<<<<<<<<Did you try a FAX???...That would at least let you know if their phones are up...

Toll Free: 800-995-6552

pitt_md · Jun 27, 2008

hunt2771 said:
Anybody know what the deal with Millonzi is? I've been trying to contact them for a month with no response. I was wanting to order a LD-60 grapple. Does anyone have a number other than the one on their website? Thanks

Order one with the quick attach connections....

davey4000 · Jun 27, 2008

I had good luck with e-mail. I got an LD-60 about a month ago and I'm delighted with it.

hunt2771 · Jun 27, 2008

Davey, if you don't mind me asking, what did you give for the LD-60?

IslandTractor · Jun 28, 2008

If you don't get a response, call and ask to speak with John Millonzi who is the president. I cannot recall his email address but I think it is posted on the website.

irwin · Jun 28, 2008

IslandTractor said:
If you don't get a response, call and ask to speak with John Millonzi who is the president. I cannot recall his email address but I think it is posted on the website.

I called 5 days running, several times a day. No voice mail, just a ringing phone line, no replies to e-mails. I had already just about decided on a WR Long open bottom grapple ( which I ordered), but wanted to double check on shipping times at Millonzi.

Either they are overwhelmed with orders, or problems with management or production, or they all went on vaction and the answering system failed.

Hopefully they get themselves straightened out soon.

newtattoobob · Jun 28, 2008

I'm in the same boat, I have been trying to contact them all week too. I've tried both the local and toll free number and it does the same thing, just rings and no response.

Silver_Knight · Jun 28, 2008

Well I would buy somewhere else then. If the don't answer the phone when your trying to give them money you think they are gonna answer after they get tyour money? Try wildcat attachments....very clost to millonzi.

Rara Avis · Jun 30, 2008

IslandTractor said:
If you don't get a response, call and ask to speak with John Millonzi who is the president. I cannot recall his email address but I think it is posted on the website.

The president is John Millonzi and his email address, again from the website, is jmillonzi@miproductsgroup.com.

pitt_md · Jun 30, 2008

irwin said:
I called 5 days running, several times a day. No voice mail, just a ringing phone line, no replies to e-mails. I had already just about decided on a WR Long open bottom grapple ( which I ordered), but wanted to double check on shipping times at Millonzi.

Either they are overwhelmed with orders, or problems with management or production, or they all went on vaction and the answering system failed.

Hopefully they get themselves straightened out soon.

I ended up going with a WR Long OBG2-54". After seeing both the LD60 and the OBG2-54" up close and I think I ended up with the better unit anyway. Both look very rugged but the welds on the WR Long were much cleaner and it had grease zerks on all the moving parts not to mention the cylinder gaurds on the grapple. There seem to be a lot of people that have a Millonzi and are very happy with them. I hope parts/repairs don't become an issue down the road.

davey4000 · Jun 30, 2008

hunt2771 said:
Davey, if you don't mind me asking, what did you give for the LD-60?

$1,554 + shipping, and I am very pleased with it.

IslandTractor · Jun 30, 2008

pitt_md said:
I hope parts/repairs don't become an issue down the road.

I've never heard anyone with any grapple complaining of parts or repair issues. A few of the guys with high end grapples made with high tensile steel have managed to bend unsupported tines which I imagine are a pain to fix but the basic grapples made by Millonzi and WRLong are mild steel and can be heated and beaten back into shape if necessary without much fuss. The hydraulics and pins, bushings etc are all commodity items on these things too. Overall, I am coming to think of grapples much as we all think of "bush hogs"...pretty much indestructible when used properly.

pitt_md · Jul 3, 2008

What's the status? Were you able to get in touch with Millonzi company?

wedge40 · Jul 3, 2008

pitt_md said:
What's the status? Were you able to get in touch with Millonzi company?

Ya what he said. I've been temped to call and just get a price quote, even though I wont be able to buy till September or October. Any chance they have been effected by the heavy rains in the last month or so?

Wedge

KRBrouwer · Jul 11, 2008

hunt2771 said:
Anybody know what the deal with Millonzi is? I've been trying to contact them for a month with no response. I was wanting to order a LD-60 grapple. Does anyone have a number other than the one on their website? Thanks

I too have been trying to get in touch with them. I finally got an e-mail message from Joe Millonzi, saying that John would get in touch with me, however I haven't received anything from him, and that was 2 days ago. I really like the setup that Island Tractor has and was hoping to duplicate it on my new New Holland. I would be curious if anyone has been able to get in touch with them.

Ken

waytech · Jul 11, 2008

My wife was talking to John a day or so ago. We are looking to have him make us a 48" grapple. He just made us a Quick Attach for the tractor, and modified our existing bucket to work with it.

He is sometimes hard to get in contact with.