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<blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 4718" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>Russell -- I'll get in here before Tazza! He will recommend a 4-in-1 bucket. These gadgets look like a normal dirt bucket, but open up a the bottom near the back of the bucket, like a clamshell. Thomas make most of the ones I've seen. I have one and love it. They are evidently more popular in Aussie-land than here in the States. Cost new nearly $2K, used or on ebay for generally $1K or so. I have used mine only a little so far to try to pull up Gambel Oak (oak brush) stumps. I can't yank out a 4" stump with my 751 (probably weighs about what your 742 does). I think 2" stumps pull pretty easily, and maybe I can pull a 3" one? --- Having just made a brush grapple bucket with a couple of hydraulic cylinders, I can say that it's a real time-sink for me to figure out how to get the stroke length and both pivot points right on the cylinder placement. I would not recommend such an endeavor for the beginner. Unless you are duplicating some other piece of equipment nearly exactly. You also have to come up with some really heavy duty pivot bushings or bearings. I used pillow block bearings from Northern Equipment, which seemed to work OK. But I used a 1" mild steel bar through the bearings. The bar sort of took on the shape of a pretzel after about 5 minutes of use. Back to the drawing board. The 1.25" bar upgrade is still in progress...... ---Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbie-g, post: 4718, member: 26"] Russell -- I'll get in here before Tazza! He will recommend a 4-in-1 bucket. These gadgets look like a normal dirt bucket, but open up a the bottom near the back of the bucket, like a clamshell. Thomas make most of the ones I've seen. I have one and love it. They are evidently more popular in Aussie-land than here in the States. Cost new nearly $2K, used or on ebay for generally $1K or so. I have used mine only a little so far to try to pull up Gambel Oak (oak brush) stumps. I can't yank out a 4" stump with my 751 (probably weighs about what your 742 does). I think 2" stumps pull pretty easily, and maybe I can pull a 3" one? --- Having just made a brush grapple bucket with a couple of hydraulic cylinders, I can say that it's a real time-sink for me to figure out how to get the stroke length and both pivot points right on the cylinder placement. I would not recommend such an endeavor for the beginner. Unless you are duplicating some other piece of equipment nearly exactly. You also have to come up with some really heavy duty pivot bushings or bearings. I used pillow block bearings from Northern Equipment, which seemed to work OK. But I used a 1" mild steel bar through the bearings. The bar sort of took on the shape of a pretzel after about 5 minutes of use. Back to the drawing board. The 1.25" bar upgrade is still in progress...... ---Bob [/QUOTE]
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