The Thumb

[George2615]

I have to drag the forks out of the frozen snow so I can take them to my friends shop.
He will reinforce them where the mounting plate will attach.

Here's the thread I started on my thumb install and how I reinforced and mounted the base to the fork back plate with pics. Hard to believe its been almost 5 years. For bucket mount I had to add angle to the bucket top (see post 7)

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/313144-added-thumb.html

 

[Foodplot]

I stopped by their shop and picked one up a few years ago. It's the best bang for your buck for such things. I use mine with forks constantly. I can grab a 16' log, lift it to working height, and cut firewood rounds off very quickly. It's been great. The cylinder is well matched for size and power.

 

[srs]

Has anyone used one of these? Opinions about construction and materials.
For the money, it offers the "casual" grapple user a decent tool. It looks pretty good.
http://user1197575.sites.myregisteredsite.com/index.html

Used their thumb when I built my grappler instead of making one, works great and highly recommend it.

 

[cre73]

Thanks guys, I think this is just what I have been looking for. Even better is they are about an hour south of me so I can hopefully save on the shipping and maybe a little cash discount. Now to decide on a 3rd function setup they aren't cheap.

 

[shooterdon]

Thanks guys, I think this is just what I have been looking for. Even better is they are about an hour south of me so I can hopefully save on the shipping and maybe a little cash discount. Now to decide on a 3rd function setup they aren't cheap.

To save money and simplify the install, I am going with a diverter valve set up off the curl circuit. I will not be able to curl and grab simultaneously but I can live with that...I think.

 

[Fiziksgeek]

I have one and love it. I had a piece of 3/8 flat bar welded to the top edge of the bucket as reinforcement before bolting it on.

 

[oldbones]

I have a Thumb, and like it fine. Does what I need. I had it on my regular fork attachment, with a slide-on mount. It worked OK, but not what I wanted. So I found another fork attachment and mounted the Thumb to that, and made it the dedicated "grapple unit". Pics show it on both fork attachments.