Branch Manager Grapple!!! Real Cheap!!

[ROYCE]

Ha, You thought I was selling one, ay!! No, I just bought a toro dingo today. It only came with a bucket. We all know how well a bucket is for doing tree work. So, I am looking for anyone who might have a used grapple hanging around that maybe they want to sell. I know it is a long shot, but I figured I would try.
If you don't have a grapple, maybe you have some forks! They are better than a bucket, but not as good as a grapple. I was quoted 995.00 to buy them new. I passed, I would rather put that money towards a grapple. Almost halfway there by then anyways.

 

[jim454]

I don't know who quoted you that price but a set of forks can be bought for about $500.

 

[ROYCE]

vermeer northeast!!

 

[climbhightree]

These are the forks I have for my mini...what I used before the BMG (still use for big rounds). They are built extremely well, both the back, and forks. Other forks that I had rented, or looked at, got bent when over weighing them. $495 plus $149 shipping from this place.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toro-Dingo-...ass-2-Pallet-Forks-Ship-for-149-/201212431831

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

I just received my CID forks and snow litter bucket last night. The forks are extremely well built for a little machine. $475 plus freight. And I had them in two business days. If you are interested in the contact info for our dealer down here PM me.

 

[treevet]

Buy the Dingo grapple you will never regret it even tho a little more.

 

[climbhightree]

I just received my CID forks and snow litter bucket last night. The forks are extremely well built for a little machine. $475 plus freight. And I had them in two business days. If you are interested in the contact info for our dealer down here PM me.

Cid 48" bucket? You think it will work good on snow, and digging stump grindings out?

I've been looking into them, but struggling to find a local dealer (cause I wanted to look at it). I want to mount it under my platform, so I always have a bucket with me.

 

[ROYCE]

Buy the Dingo grapple you will never regret it even tho a little more.

Whats the dingo grapple. Just a regular grapple? Does dingo make it?

 

[treevet]

way better than the floppy bmg Royce, I had both at one time.

 

[treevet]

just bought one of these for my Dingo (sorry off topic...but oh well) but mine is 48" and not 36"

and (still off topic) one of these...

 

[brendonv]

I cant imagine a grapple bucket or that toro grapple. No freaking way. Bmg and forks. I think i brought forks to two jobs since 2006 tho.

 

[treevet]

toro grapple the best. like to see a vid of you and your bmg going at a pile of logs...pos...cheap tho, and it should be.

like playing that game in restaurants where you try to grapple a stuffed toy and you always come up empty.

 

[Lumberjack]

Sounds like you have a hard time running machines... The floppy BMG is an awesome all around grapple for the tree world.

Seems like grabbing specific things isn't so hard.

 

[jim454]

I have a BMG and a grapple bucket. Both have their place.

 

[treevet]

Sounds like you have a hard time running machines... The floppy BMG is an awesome all around grapple for the tree world.

Seems like grabbing specific things isn't so hard.

I think I remember you sell floppy grapples. Furthermore, like a Reg vid, that is a piece of fiction...in that it is edited in your favor...both for speed...and removing mistakes. Also ...where is the pile of logs that are side by side and interwoven? It is near impossible to penetrate logs that are side by side with the floppy grapple regardless of editing or not. You cannot doze them to get in position to grab either, you cannot pull logs backwards and you cannot flick anything over or push a stump over or pull backwards...with your floppy grapple...relative to the better, more expensive (around 34 hundred if I remember) grapple. If you are even a tree guy and don't work on driveways predominantly...let's see your tree work video as requested, unedited. And isn't that a more expensive bmg with a twist control? If not...still inferior. I probably have forgotten more tree jobs than you have actually done running machines or not running machines.

 

[TheArborMan]

treevet you are so far off, might as well be on mars... BMG is far superior to any grapple bucket... Where on a tree job are there logs side by side and interwoven?? If your logs are piled up you arent moving shit as it hits the ground and your making a rats nest... not efficient and waste of time

If you are going to use a grapple bucket you might as well use forks because they are lighter. Because the forks are lighter and can pick up a larger round you have to make less trips making the whole process more efficient. The grapple bucket on a machine the size of a dingo is worthless, no need to respond it is fact bro. Try dragging brush with a grapple bucket as efficient as BMG ;( game over

 

[treevet]

Where on a tree job are logs side by side and interwoven? You must be a beginner and unless you plan to send me some money, I don't have the time nor the inclination to teach you right now.

The ONLY advantage a bmg has is in grabbing a few large limbs to drag...but even then with the thing flopping and free spinning attempting to get properly oriented, I still out drag you in both time and stringing a line under a dozen BIG branches, choking them with a snap, and attaching them to the mini porty lashed to my Dingo grapple...just like you getting off your bmg fitted mini to arrange a log virtually every time to grab it.

Not even gonna discuss forks for tree work...def. a beginner!!

You'd paid less, leave it at that. Mission accomplished

(grapple bucket...?? who said grapple bucket?..duh)

 

[brendonv]

Royce. If you have intentions on moving logs longer than two feet, or dont want your groundy to have to position them for you (both shown in video above) go with a bmg.

Im betting there is less than 1 toro grapple for every 50 bmgs.

Good luck!

 

[Pelorus]

I very rarely use the set of (used) Toro forks I purchased for a SK650
Own a 48" Versatech grapple bucket (also purchased used) which has been excellent. With that bucket I can move and load logs by pinching a log endways like a Popsicle, or widthways, can plow snow, move chips and debris, back drag client's gravel driveways (not many paved driveways in cottage country) to make it as smooth as a billiard table. Can pinch and move Alturnamats and plywood for making plywood highways. The forks in comparison are pretty useless, except they weigh very little.

Have wanted to buy a "floppy" BMG or Ryan's grapple for awhile, but truthfully, I don't know if and when that day is gonna come. The only real downside I find with the grapple bucket I own is the weight, which is ~375lb. Added counterweights to side and bottom of operator platform to offset that, and it works well.

 

[treevet]

Royce. If you have intentions on moving logs longer than two feet, or dont want your groundy to have to position them for you (both shown in video above) go with a bmg.

Im betting there is less than 1 toro grapple for every 50 bmgs.

Good luck!

You cannot be serious. I can pick up a log as wide as this continent...if it wasn't too heavy for the machine. Yesterday I loaded my 23' flatdump in about 10 minutes with some pieces 14' long. No groundy ever helped loading ever.