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Message: <blockquote data-quote="500K_773" data-source="post: 171" data-attributes="member: 33">I was actually thinking of building one like the Loflin Fabrication one.  Shipping to Alaska is kind of expensive, unless it is from the Seattle area.  I have been looking on eBay and there is alot of attachments and equipment that I would buy if I could get it too Alaska inexpensively.  The root grapple design looks like you could drive forward with the "teeth" about 6" under the soil until the grapple was full, then give it a quick shake to get any soil off of the roots.  Also look heavy duty, I really like the pipe pieces between the teeth near the front of the teeth.I was also thinking of building a snow blade out of a piece of 36" sch 40 pipe, with "wings" set at 30°.  With 30° of angle on the blade, the leading "wing" would be straight ahead allowing you to clean real nicely along a building or sidewalk.  I was planning on using the same hydraulic cylinders from the grapple for the anlgle cylinders for the snow blade.  Just remove a couple of pins and hoses, then I would be able to utilize the cylinders year-around.I used the teeth on my bucket as a poor man's root rake last year, but it just wasn't the same.  Also, my bucket doesn't have the grapple to grab the roots.</blockquote>