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another grapple, but on a modified tooth bucket
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<blockquote data-quote="jklingel" data-source="post: 38007" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Tazza: Thanks for the compliment, and the offer. bobbie-g sent me a bunch of pics of his Bobcat grapple and 4-1, but I just don't see how I can do that on my JD. The Bobcat lift arms stick way out compared to the JD, and the fitting would be entirely different. I have tried making it work, and thought I had it this morning, but it would have meant raising the hoses 3" off the bucket, right in front of the tire, to have the hoses bend at the pivot point. There is only 7" of clearance there to start with. If I would have held the hoses close to the bucket there, they would have had to move several inches at the bottom of the bucket. I sent pics of my machine to bobbie-g, and he thought it was all to compact, too. All in all, I think what I am now fabricating will work, depending on how much these hoses flex, or don't.... I think.... I think. This deal required purchasing two, $55 swivels, but what the hey; I didn't want to eat for a while anyway. I will add pics on PhotoBucket of what I figured out for mine in a day or two; I am just about to tack some plates in place so I can see how everything will operate. The links to bobbie-g's equipment are listed under the Gen Questions --> Commercial Grapple.... thread. john</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jklingel, post: 38007, member: 1409"] Tazza: Thanks for the compliment, and the offer. bobbie-g sent me a bunch of pics of his Bobcat grapple and 4-1, but I just don't see how I can do that on my JD. The Bobcat lift arms stick way out compared to the JD, and the fitting would be entirely different. I have tried making it work, and thought I had it this morning, but it would have meant raising the hoses 3" off the bucket, right in front of the tire, to have the hoses bend at the pivot point. There is only 7" of clearance there to start with. If I would have held the hoses close to the bucket there, they would have had to move several inches at the bottom of the bucket. I sent pics of my machine to bobbie-g, and he thought it was all to compact, too. All in all, I think what I am now fabricating will work, depending on how much these hoses flex, or don't.... I think.... I think. This deal required purchasing two, $55 swivels, but what the hey; I didn't want to eat for a while anyway. I will add pics on PhotoBucket of what I figured out for mine in a day or two; I am just about to tack some plates in place so I can see how everything will operate. The links to bobbie-g's equipment are listed under the Gen Questions --> Commercial Grapple.... thread. john [/QUOTE]
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