Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?
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chiselbit
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I like the offset and heel, your design?
evo
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- My Island, WA
Bigger properties I’ll forward the my mini skid trailer to load it in various staging sites.
Obviously you have to drop the trailer then load then hook up to move it, repeat, then all over again to offload and chip.
Doing this with a mini x makes all the sense in the world.
Obviously you have to drop the trailer then load then hook up to move it, repeat, then all over again to offload and chip.
Doing this with a mini x makes all the sense in the world.
Yessir, it is. If you soom into the stick, you can see where I added a hydraulic multiplier onto the bucket cylinder circuit. That’s the right joystick handle itself going left and right, and I set up a 3 position switch (momentary/off/on) on that joystick. With the grapple on, the heel isn’t really a primary function, so the switch toggles the joystick between heel up/down and grapple rotate L/R. I usually latch it in the on position to keep it on rotate until I want the heel. I did beef up the yoke on the heel after a while.
The dangle grapple vs. rigid is debatable. I prefer the rigid, but the dangle is soooooo nice for feeding a chipper. It’s just so forgiving and smooth overall, but the rigid is definitely more versatile.
chiselbit
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I hated my rigid for the longest time, I was so used to dangles but after I finally got the hang of it I really like it now. There were some exciting times near the chipper though. That looks like a really well thought out set up. Hope they sell like hot cakes
I really appreciate that! Thank you. It’s funny because I went to my local dealer and the grapple was on at the time. All the sales people were loving on it. Maybe there is something there. I’ve seen other brands that are so tall that there isn’t much room to lift anymore after you’ve grabbed the piece. Seems like just a little more engineering can solve that one…
I would have made one if I would have thought of it back in the Day
I am building one now - I love my 350 Mustang EX and BM ridged grapple
personally would love to have a dangle and Ridged grapple
seen a design that would work from a Europe MFG, Big Money
a huge challenge to do -- so BM is not doing it
I prefer my ridged hands down to a dangle
Ck out our BM Dangle and Ridged Excavator Grapples
we tighten the Length you speak of as much as possible
Treetopflyer
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@oceans How wide does the rotator grapple open whip? What’s the capacity it can hold?
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It’s in the mid 40” range. I’ll have to put a tape on it as it’s been so long since I ordered it and I just can’t remember.
Treetopflyer
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- Coastal N.J
Do you have a stump planer attachment as well For your mini ex?
Yessir. Quite a nice tool combination since you can switch back to a bucket for tracing smaller roots, backfilling and grading.
chiselbit
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Mini ex was perfect for this Gray pine removal, steeper than it looks and the limbs are 20’+
Treetopflyer
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What kind of grapple do your run on the chisel?
chiselbit
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That’s a Valby
Just measured and it’s 50” tip to tip. I’ve held pieces over 1,000 for sure but I don’t have any data to provide hard numbers.
chiselbit
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Looks like you have a 45 degree offset as well? That’s the jam.
I do like the cleanliness of tour setup, @chiselbit . Mine’s a bit different as I went for the worm drive style. I was wanting the solid rotational holding power of it. I had to make the 45 offset to include the Bobcat X-Change coupler plate.
chiselbit
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No offset, it’s just curled out or up in that pic. In any case I didn’t do anything to it, stock set up from kubota.it does bleed off like if I grab a log off center, if it’s big enough it will rotate heavy side down. Kind of a pain if I’m in the middle of something delicate like the other day ground man was trying to untie a rope while I held log up off of a retaining wall and it kept rotating down and he kept sliding down hill with it,, finally had to chase him off and bring it down to me rope and all.
