Grapple for Full Size TLB

Swetz said:

I have thought about the good over the top forks for the full size tractor, but I have a clamp on set on my small tractor. They lift ok, but I cannot see where they are. I wouldn't think it would be any better on the full size tractor.

Willie B, One of the reasons I want the grapple is poison ivy...I am currently recovering from over 2 weeks ago working on the branches....it is getting old having getting poison ivy every time I clear branches! The chain method keeps me in touch (in a bad way) with the poison ivy, which is everywhere on my property. As far as getting rid of the brush (branches, because I save the main trunk to burn), with like 40 acres of woods, i just push them in, and don't give it a second thought...out of sight and out of mind.

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Poison varieties I thankfully don't have. Yes, I'd be all over a grapple if I did.

Nothing complex about building one. Mine had had one but it was removed when I bought it. Grapples don't need a great deal of force, they grip, but don't need to crush.

If fabricating I suggest it be only mounted to bucket or fork, not boom. When a hydraulic implement is used, pressure in the cylinder is limited by pressure relief in the pump circuit, or valve. Hypothetically, 3000 PSIG. If your grapple is boom mounted, you can now squeeze against it with the bucket increasing pressur above that as the valve is closed leaving no place for excess pressure to go & doing damage.

Some factory systems have port relief valves giving a 4000 PSIG relief. That'd be pretty expensive to create aftermarket.