Bobcat 78" Industrial Tine Grapple Bucket

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dozer

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I recently borrowed my father-in-laws Bobcat industrial tine scrap bucket for a few weeks use. In that time it moved manure, bales, concrete, straw, railroad ties, feed bunks and a few other odds and ends,
The first thing that will jump out at you is the weight. This thing is HEAVY! it seems like ivery piece of steel on the bucket is 3/8" or thicker steel. The teeth are very heavy but not gussetted down too far. The tines are thick and the back plate looks like something out of a hitchcock film.
The independent grapples work as advertised and with enough pressure allow you to really clamp down on things. They are also offset just enough to allow the teeth pass the tines by an inch or so at full closure. The tines did not bend even under a 2x4x8" piece of concrete held out the long ways and I doubt there are many machines with enough power to bend them.
The only beef I have with the bucket is the backplate that holds the tines is reinforced with vertical plates. Manure, dirt, straw, rocks were continually getting stuck in these plates and had to be pryed out. The manure and dirt I simply waited until I was done with a day before I cleaned out but getting rocks out of it proved to be very time-consuming. The other thing would be weight. To run this bucket in any machine with less than a 2000# ROC would be a waste of time since your bucket would have to be near empty to be useful.
All in all its a wonderful bucket and my only real regret is giving it back to my father-in-law. It I could clear the $4000 to buy my own I would. Until then I will start making my own grapple bucket.

Dozer
 

Dirtwise

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Have you looked at the Quick attach ( eagle Talon ) it has a more open design at the back making for less cleanup. Later Dirtwise
 
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