Here's a shot at my first post on this forum. I have about 15 hours on my new GL 5240 with LA 854. I have a good set of root grapples I bought from Grace Mfg several years ago when I was renting Bobcat's T190 to move felled trees and brush. Worked quite well and now I'm concerned their application on the new GL. The grapples weigh 1100 lbs. I used them for a few hours without ballast or an implement on the three point. I feel that I need to go to a lighter grapple. Doesn't bother me now to make more trips to burn pile since I'm not on the rental clock as before. I know weight and durablity factor in and I'm not real familiar with the lift capacity treminology in the loader manual. I appreicate any suggestions and assistance with the terminology. Aren't the capacities based on the use of the FEL and Bucket?
Grapple weight and lift capacity GL5240
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They give a couple of different weight capacities. It's confusing to say the least but I think your loader is in the neighborhood of 1700lb lift cap. I have heard it's close to 2x the loader number. Yours is a 854 so 2x that will be close to what it will lift.
The loader number on a Kubota loader is the lifting capacity at the bucket pins WITHOUT a bucket expressed in KGs. multiply by 2.2 to get lbs.
remember, the bucket (and grapple) is part of the weight.
Hopefully I have attached the Schematic and here's my understanding given the good feedback I have received. At point U at maximum height is the bucket pivot pin where I have the maxium weight including the bucket or grapple of 2489 lbs. At point V its 1878 lbs. As the bucket or grapple is lowered the weight capacity increases at points w,x,y and z. Am I there??
The lower I keep the bucket or grapple I can manuvere more material.
The lower I keep the bucket or grapple I can manuvere more material.
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The same information applies to rock buckets. I bought a used 6' heavy duty rock bucket for my 55 hp New Holland. It works ok but the bucket itself is way too heavy consuming much of the lift capacity. I am going to sell it and build a light duty version that better suits my needs.