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In the current market you'll be able to switch if you really need to. Our principle reason for justifying the order of the L3902 was the wood chipper purchase. If we purchased a stand alone wood chipper with engine as large as the L3902 can run off its PTO... it would cost more than the price...

According to EA, the smaller forged forks (2000lb range) which are what subcompact and compact tractors need are unavailable most of the time. Which is why they started making welded hardox fork blades that have the light weight and 2000lb capacity. That's probably why the prices are insane...

That's because the EA Compact tractor forks just went up in price when they changed the design. They've got a video on it. EA hardox tine compact tractor fork kit Apparently there are no small capacity forged forks available anywhere, they all come from China and are backordered to...

The link to the sub-compact grapple from homestead was also interesting. It only opens to 29"... BUT it's 54" wide and only 190lbs! That puts it 49lbs lighter than the Wicked 55. That really could be the absolute ideal option for the smallest tractors. I've got a L3901 coming and have a few...

The reason everyone orders the EA grapple is because they are up front about the weight and the materials used. The hardox and 450 steel is simply top shelf steel. And they laser cut the holes in it for weight. It's pretty much the strongest grapple you can get in the 200-something pound...