MTL Attachments Root Grapple

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@lt190b Delivery was $60. Either that or deliver to my wife's place of work and have to deal with fitting it in the pickup. I didn't have a clue what size container it would be coming in, so went the easy route and shipped to (rural) residential. I found the prices on their website to be slightly better than their eBay store. Unless you find a xx% off eBay coupon, but I was tired of waiting.
 
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For those of you that have gone the diverter route, would you prefer the grapple function to be split with the loader or bucket circuit? I think I have room to plumb it up either way... Can't decide if I would rather have loader/bucket and loader/grapple control or loader/bucket and bucket/grapple control.
 
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... also Pic #1: you may want to get that grill guard filled in a little better before your JD loses an eye! :laughing:

She could use a bath too! Maybe someday soon now that this winter is almost over.
 

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Got to work a little on installing the diverter circuit. Cut up some angle iron to make a bulkhead for quick connects at the end of the loader. Drilled a hole to mount a button in the handle and carefully drilled a small hole to route wires through. Hopefully get around to mounting the valve next week.

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Got everything buttoned up tonight. Had to rebend a couple of the hardlines to fit the valve placement. Really happy how the line routing turned out and how the valve is tucked in close to the tractor. I'll need to practice a bit to get a full grab.

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Got everything buttoned up tonight. Had to rebend a couple of the hardlines to fit the valve placement. Really happy how the line routing turned out and how the valve is tucked in close to the tractor. I'll need to practice a bit to get a full grab.

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Looks real good and you saved a lot of money over some of the Brand X grapples out there to boot. Grapples are fairly basic, no sense spending too much on them. :thumbsup:
 
 

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