The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!

   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #3,551  
Glad you guys like my pics, I love that grapple. It's great for all the firewood I process!
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!
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#3,552  
Glad you guys like my pics, I love that grapple. It's great for all the firewood I process!

Heck yeah. They're great, man! :thumbsup: We appreciate you showing off the versatility.
Travis

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   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #3,553  
I'll keep sending them when I get more. I use the tractor to move all the firewood I process from the logs to the split and dried stuff in the picture above. Once the ground freezes I have a lot of wood to cut and stack. Me and the two labs are ready for an actual winter.
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #3,554  
Question, why is the back center section of almost all grapples open?
If it is for visibility then wouldn't expanded metal welded in this area provide protection for the tractor and still provide visibility once the bucket is lifted above the hood?
One of the first things that disturbed me while using a grapple was a limb headed straight for the hoses while clearing brush.
drew a circle around the area in question.
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   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #3,555  
Question, why is the back center section of almost all grapples open?
If it is for visibility then wouldn't expanded metal welded in this area provide protection for the tractor and still provide visibility once the bucket is lifted above the hood?
One of the first things that disturbed me while using a grapple was a limb headed straight for the hoses while clearing brush.
drew a circle around the area in question.
View attachment 630297

Ever since I had a bit of debris flip open my SSQA lever on my Kioti where I wound up dropping the entire grapple into a slash fire, Everything Attachments has been offering struts in the open area as a safety against what happened to me. These days my slash fire burns go much more smoothly.

 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #3,556  
Amazing how fast an open fire can burn a pile of dry debris. Nice!
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!!
  • Thread Starter
#3,557  
Question, why is the back center section of almost all grapples open?
If it is for visibility then wouldn't expanded metal welded in this area provide protection for the tractor and still provide visibility once the bucket is lifted above the hood?
One of the first things that disturbed me while using a grapple was a limb headed straight for the hoses while clearing brush.
drew a circle around the area in question.
View attachment 630297

Visibility and weight savings are the two reasons I know of. Adding expanded metal to the tractor grille guard has been a very popular, widespread mod.
Travis
 
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Would be a nice photo op for a wicked grapple ;-)...if you need some testing and advertising?!?
Own a 55” WG for a smaller tractor and love it!
 
   / The WICKED Root & Debris GRAPPLE!!!!!!! #3,560  
Wicked Root Grapple version 1.0 at work (which is also kind of a demo of how to grapple stuff).

 
 

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