Bucket Hooks Tine Bucket opinions

[Spydermike72]

Good Morning All, I am looking for a cost effective way to pick up lots of brush and limbs/trees on the ground and move them to another area on the property (I have 20 acres). The obvious choice is a grapple hook but the finances are not there at the moment. My tractor dealer quoted me a Tine Bucket this morning for $1800.00. Seems a bit high but I am considering it. I also ran across clamp on debris tines from Vevor at a much lower cost. Just wanted to get some opinions of those that may have purchased items from Vevor ?

For background info I am using and LS MT2 35. Currently only have the front end loader for the front of the tractor. It is a pain manually loading the FEL up with limbs and then having to break or cut up the ones that are too big to fit.

Thank you in advance!
Mike

 

[AndyMA]

Good Morning All, I am looking for a cost effective way to pick up lots of brush and limbs/trees on the ground and move them to another area on the property (I have 20 acres). The obvious choice is a grapple hook but the finances are not there at the moment. My tractor dealer quoted me a Tine Bucket this morning for $1800.00. Seems a bit high but I am considering it. I also ran across clamp on debris tines from Vevor at a much lower cost. Just wanted to get some opinions of those that may have purchased items from Vevor ?

For background info I am using and LS MT2 35. Currently only have the front end loader for the front of the tractor. It is a pain manually loading the FEL up with limbs and then having to break or cut up the ones that are too big to fit.

Thank you in advance!
Mike

https://www.palletforks.com/skid-steers/hay-handling/tine-buckets/

 

[ruffdog]

I have a Bobcat bucket with the added grapple tine kit and it works great for me. It was a lightly used bucket/grapple for $1100 so the price was right.

https://www.bobcat.com/eu/en/attachments/grapple-farm-utility-on-bucket

 

[ruffdog]

Just having the clamp on debris tines from Vevor is not going to help much....maybe double the branches per load. With a grapple, you can curl forward and compress way more debris and grab it with the grapple lid. Even a simple single lid bold on grapple would be an improvement.

 

[ruffdog]

Simple add-a-grapple to a bucket.

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[JCoastie]

did hurricane cleanup with forks, it worked, but I quickly bought a grapple. If you see yourself staying on that 20 acre property for a while and see moving brush as a reoccurring task, really consider the grapple and of course the additional expense of the 3rd function. Just being able to grab and not needing to stack things before moving is a huge benefit for me.

 

[ruffdog]

did hurricane cleanup with forks, it worked, but I quickly bought a grapple. If you see yourself staying on that 20 acre property for a while and see moving brush as a reoccurring task, really consider the grapple and of course the additional expense of the 3rd function. Just being able to grab and not needing to stack things before moving is a huge benefit for me.

Agree....what would take me and wife all day moving limbs to burn pile (trailer) I could do in an hour with a grapple. Once you learn how to make piles and pick them up, it goes very fast.

 

[ruffdog]

 

[oosik]

I have bucket tines from Rankin - $400. This setup works great when I have the bucket on the FEL and need to gather up brush and limbs.

Does not work as well as my grapple ( $4500 including WR Long third function ) but not nearly as expensive ( $400 ).

I converted the "clamp on" tines to a permanent installation. Four HD bolts all the way thru the bucket.

 

[jfsawatzky]

I found myself in the same situation you ar in. I decided on debris forks…

https://www.palletforks.com/skid-steers/pallet-forks-and-accessories/clamp-on-forks/clamp-on-debris-forks-v2/CODBF.html

 

[Carl_NH]

JFS - I bought the same debris forks 48" when Titan had a sale on these a few years ago. I haven't used my pallet forks much since I got these.

Easily allows me to carry 3x the capacity of brush and stuff - also good for picking up logs - they are very sturdy and well built, easy on/off - 2-3 minutes.

if I had a QA bucket I would probably have a grapple.

 

[jfsawatzky]

JFS - I bought the same debris forks 48" when Titan had a sale on these a few years ago. I haven't used my pallet forks much since I got these.

Easily allows me to carry 3x the capacity of brush and stuff - also good for picking up logs - they are very sturdy and well built, easy on/off - 2-3 minutes.

if I had a QA bucket I would probably have a grapple.

Overall I agree but I think you can get more than 3 x because you can heap the bucket more and you can extend past the bucket width.
One unexpected use is in the winter and spring to remove piles of compressed snow that fell off from metal roofs otherwise my yard stays wet for longer. My tractor and loader doesn’t always have sufficient power to break into the bank but the debris forks concentrate the force and breaks off larger pieces than I could without the forks.

 

[WranglerX]

Made my own.... Used 1.5 X 1.5 in. square stock, found it to be a bit light... Would use 2X2 inch thick wall square if I had to do it again...

 

[jfsawatzky]

One limitation I found is debris forks do not handle light material very well unless it is piled and creates resistance. And when it’s piled it’s easier to balance on the loader which helps since you cannot clamp and hold the load like a grapple.

 

[WranglerX]

Simple add-a-grapple to a bucket.

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Keep in mind with adding a grapple, if grapple does not come with 3rd function hydraulics it is a addition charge for hydraulics ($300-$500)....