Please Recommend a Grapple

fishfactor · Feb 23, 2011

I am in need of a grapple for out Bobcat T320. The one we had claimed to be heavy duty, so I guess I need extreme or severe duty. It lasted about 25 hours before bending and warping. The tines are 1/2" steel and it's made by piranha. In these few hours we have bent tines, cracked welds, and one of the top grapples opens too far and hits the hydraulic coupler on the machine.

Everyone on google claims to be the strongest, etc so I need some real world experience. Any help would be appreciated. Either for a good one, or stay away from a particular one.

QwikDraw · Feb 23, 2011

Bradco Root Rake Grapple....

Bradco 72" Skid Steer Quick Attach Root Rake Grapple - eBay (item 390261545055 end time Mar-11-11 18:06:26 PST)

Timark80 · Feb 23, 2011

I bought the bobcat brand grapple 2 years ago and have worked it pretty hard picking up large trees. So far it has held up great. You can see a pic of it when it was new at keenlandclearing.com

QwikDraw · Feb 24, 2011

Four years old and holding strong. It works good on popping small stump and raking mulch in to piles.. When I get another it will be the 84" instead of the 72" that I have now.

fishfactor · Feb 24, 2011

Quickdraw - looks like a nice setup. I'll check into that one. How does it do carrying stumps (big ones) without the bottom.

hunting4deere · Feb 24, 2011

I always wanted a ANBO, I bought a W.R. Long for my tractor and like it.

ANBO Manufacturing, Makers of agricultural and construction attachments for all types of loaders, backhoes and tractors

RBG

Rio_Grande · Jun 4, 2011

I have one from Markham welding and that thing is tough. It spent most of it's life loading metal onto trailers, roots stumps and trees are not even a challange. We have it on an 80 hp machine. I did get the extra heavy duty reinforcement cost 100.00 more but it keeps things from falling through the tines and the teeth are double reiforced.

All of that and it was one of the cheapest on the market when i bouht it. I have one bent tooth but that was because I got it hung up in the tracks on an old tile setter and the loader nosed over. When it hit the tooth that diddnt slip bent up about 3/4 in and my spleen has never been the same since.