B2650 Grapple

[DuckDog]

Getting ready to pull the trigger on a B2650. I live on 10.5 acres in Northern Indiana. My wife and I just built a new home and will be using the new Kubota to plant the yard, landscape, plant a garden, grade some areas, finish up the tree clearing and maintain our 600+ foot gravel drive along with the rest of the general up keep with the property. We cleared 1.5 acres and own 1 acre of the surrounding crop land the remaining 8 acres is woods. After several months (probably more) of being cheap clearing brush and trees by hand for our home site. A family friend of mine let me use his skid steer w/ a grapple bucket. I didn't want to do another days worth of work without it.

That being said I've read all the posts I can and still can't make my decision...

EA 50" Wicked Root Grapple
(perks seem to be design and strength)

or

LandPride SGC0554 Grapple
(perks: lighter weight at 100 less pounds and kubota financing)

Both have same sized Jaw opening and Prices are very similar

 

[Tractor Dell]

I just picked up my 55 Inch Wicked Root Rake Grapple this week. While it is a lot more of a lightweight one than the one you are looking at, it looks to be a very solid piece of equipment, and in the short time I have used it, it has been great! I did a lot of research on grapples before I picked the EA one. All in all the EA grapples seem to be very strong and most people that have one seem to be happy with the purchase.

Not sure if you read the tractorbynet.com forum, but here is a huge thread bout EA grapples. I kind of skipped to the end to get more up to date information. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/267492-wicked-root-debris-grapple.html

 

[captmikem]

I have the Land Pride 72" and have praised it many time on this forum. It is the most useful implement on my tractor.

I do not think you can go wrong with either. I like the Land Pride because I have it. I also like the full length top part as I use it as a rake for limbs and rocks floating in reverse. I think the wicked root has an option for one or two.

here is one of the posts with many opinions:

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32303

Good luck and enjoy you Grapple.

M

 

[DuckDog]

Thanks for the reply Captmikem thats one use that could come in very handy. I tried to do something like that with the skid loader and grapple but you can't get the same angle that you could by using the top teeth.