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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Today we remove the 72" Granite Grapple from the RK 37 and put the 54" on and talk about things to consider when buying a Grapple. Weight, Max Opening, Width, and Others.
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Our channel takes you through the day to day chores here on our rural property in Western Pennsylvania. We also work on new projects and maintain old ones. You will find both compact and subcompact tractors here. Lots of 3 point attachments like tillers, box blade, rear blade, cultipacker, disc, brush cutters, augers and post hole diggers and several more. We have backhoes and grapples as well.
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RK 24 With Loader and Backhoe
RK 37 With Loader
RK 55 With Loader and Backhoe
RK by Top Dog Granite Grapple
Bad Boy Zero Turn Mower
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Subaru Crosstrek
Black Diamond Log Splitter
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Stihl MS 362 Chainsaw
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We do product reviews, build stuff, break stuff, hunt deer, cut firewood and enjoy life with our family, Chickens, and Three Golden Retrievers. Oh and Jinx the Cat!
Happy Mother’s Day! I wished heaven had visiting hours so I could talk to my mom. I really miss her! Y’all have a good-un!
That Grapple is one handy piece of equipment... Happy Mothers day to All
Shooting the grass at the chickens was hilarious!!!
I've got at 55" Wicked Grapple from EverythingAttachments on the way. I've got a 37hp Kabota L3830 HST that I think the 55" Wicked Grapple will be perfect for. I mainly wanted more lifting power so I decided against the 5 foot or 6 foot grapple.
I agree with your comments. EA builds a lighter & stronger tool (AR450 Steel)
A trick that will help with the lack of visibility with smaller grapple is to add a small rod with a bright ball on the end somewhere on the back plate of the implement, just so it sticks up in view, you will be able to tell the angle by the tilt of the rod and height by how much it sticks up as you raise and lower it!
Watching your "grapple videos" help plant the seed of desire for me. I would up buying a Wicked 60 from Everything Attachments. It is a wonderful addition to my tractor implements. And it hasn't been off my Kioti since I got it several months ago!
I bought the RK 72" grapple in March for my Kubota L4330. Thanks to Mike for the earlier videos demonstrating it. I debated for a long time; what size to buy, single lid vs double, and who to get it from (EA vs RK). I'm happy with the RK 72" and really like how it's designed - details such as the laser cut, welding and a design that balances strength vs weight. I'm clearing trails and building a drive on 20 acres of forested land in West MI. It's getting a work out and winning the battle with Autumn Olive roots and hauling a lot of logs. Thanks to Doug at the RK Power Equipment team and the Sean at the Hartland MI store for an excellent buying experience. Also thanks to Mike for an inspiring series of videos - I've learned a lot from you! Jon.
Just watched grapple video from 4 years ago what a change in landscape/property and also in equipment a video showcasing this transition would be very interesting 👍👍great channel been watching for a couple years I am gonna look for more older videos now keep up the good work
Mike great comparison and perspective from the drivers seat. Good to info. Cutting firewood has been replaced with cutting grass. Just helped the in laws get their camp all squared away with 20 tons of #3 and put the travel trailer in place. Keep the videos coming. Still waiting to see that mid mount mower in the RK24. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Mike and Melissa. Yes animals do have feelings. Always appreciate your attention to details and how you present them. It's raining here in Texas again. Hope your weekend is enjoyable. ☝👍👉
I have the 54” Granite Grapple on the RK24. With the 54” your review is spot on, it is more difficult to pick out a log when driving in to a pile. Often I come in over the drop and drop down on the log, this gives me good visibility and I similarly use the bottom hooks to pick out the log. Great review, the 54” and RK24 are a great match.
A very useful and informative video (thanks) unfortunately ruined by 6 video ads. I am a retired biotech patent attorney in MA and based on your videos contacted RK about their small tractors. They sent me an automated “we’ll contact you” email but then never did. Apparently no interest in Ma based customers. Kubota showed no such reluctance. You are an excellent ‘sales rep’ even if not intending to be but not yet backed up by the company. Keep up the informative and entertaining videos!
Finally got nice day have a great day and happy mother's day to you Melissa 😘
happy mothers day melissa, and all the mothers who might see this comment. that was a very good video yall. i put just under 12hrs on the rk55 today. most of it was bushhogging but i did a little box blading and then put the carry-all on and ran around gathering up firewood rounds. ive got alot of splitting to do and that wolf ridge splitter sure would be handy. HAVE A DAY and tell hunter hey from matt in central ky.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Getter done with the mowing! And the Graple on the tractor the combination is a great pairing!!👍👊
I grew up in Avon Lake, OH and we kept our boat in Sandusky. I was going to Cedar Point in the 60's. We watched the wooden roller coaster get built from our boathouse.
Happy Mother's Day to the Beautiful Melissa !!! Hope your Big Day is Fabulously Amazing. Another Great Video Guys. I think the 72 incher on the RK37 is a BEAST !!!
I have always wondered about adding a camera on the loader arms, and have a small monitor in the cab or mounted above the steering wheel for non-cab tractors so that you could see what the front implement is doing.
You know, Mike, The Benny Hill theme would have been appro for the fast track lawn mowing....
Yakety Sax
Root grapple, deeper base, double independent grapples, works well on uneven loads. Love mine.
Even with single top lid, I like that style better since you can really get under stuff and just lift like a set of forks rather than having to clamp down on whatever the material is. I've put about 100 hours use on mine from Everything Attachments and cleared a good few acres and move tons of rocks and debris. It stays on my L3301 99% of the time.
My son bought a grapple for his "Bota" it was kinda expensive but it brings so much value in usefulness that just last evening we commented how much value it brings to the wood cutting process I believe his grapple is only 48 inches but seems to work well with his BX2670. Ours was made by Everything Attachments. Free Shipping on that too.
the 3rd function valve I needed to add first was cost prohibitive!
@@urbanothepopeofdeathIf I recall his came with the 3rd control valve so I do not know what one separate would cost.
Cedar Point is on the Banks of lake Erie, Sandusky Ohio. Geauga(sp?) is where Sea World used to be. FYI
Hey Mike, now that it is mowing season, I would love to see the RK 24's mowing deck in action. Thanks!
Hey mike, what brand are your grapple?
Hope you have a great Mother's day Melissa. God bless
Just picked up a 66" grapple and used it for the first on Saturday. Love it so far. Moved lots of dead trees and old root balls. Don't like the way the hoses run and can see wire braid already. I have a new Kubota L3901 that I am using it on. Have a good weekend and Happy Mother's day to Melissa.
40 and chilly in upstate NY haven’t been able to get on the lawn for 2 weeks with all the rain and more to come. Great video have a good week .
im going back thru the archive of videos and this is a great review!!!!
Thanks mike and Melissa I get up at 4.30am every morning during the week so I know where you are coming from going to bed early also that camera angle when you were mowing haven't seen that before looks good. nice info on the grapple.
The music during the grass cutting sequence was like one of those films from the 50’s about what the future would look like. I half expected to see Melissa in a dress showing off a turkey cooked with atomic power.
You can mow and weed eat really fast. Thanks for sharing your information on what you like and dont like. I used this information when ordering mine. I ordered a Severe Duty Grapple Rake from Blue Diamond. Should be here in a week just in time for a few big projects.
Was getting ready to go to bed then get notified that there is a new episode of Outdoors With The Morgans so naturally I had to watch it.
I want to get a grapple but unfortunately no one sells them here. Mike that is good looking grass you have.
Thanks Mike. Imo, the larger grappler looks like overkill on the RK37 tractor, to big & bulky. The smaller grappler appears correctly sized & looks better on the RK37. However, functionally you have some valid points preferring the larger grappler on this small tractor. I have been to several implement dealers in both VT & NH around my area & all of them are stocking the conventional grapplers with the JD quick release functions I will need. These units are the typical narrow jawed grapplers & all the dealers claim they will do the same thing these monster units can do... My 16 yr. old JD-990 is not plumbed for a grappler, therefor hose ines have to be custom made, a Fesse valve & brkt welded in place & a hydro/electric switch installed on the bucket control arm lever. Of the (4) current bucket arm hoses, (2) get switched over to the Fesse valve, this is what allows for the opening & closing of the jaws... Cost wise for my particular setup runs in the $2300.00 range... In the meantime, I will do the " poor man's " approach to this & simply purchase a good set of forks with a full rack. Through my JD dealer a set of HSA's run about $960.00 with little to no rack. A set of JD 48" forks with a full rack runs about $1250.00. I have looked at the Chinese stuff out there, not impressed at any price...
Thanks Bill on the Hill,
Vermont... :~)
Hi Bill on the Hill. Does your JD have a rear remote? I ran a grapple with a rear remote, the remote lever was very close to the loader control and it was easy to move my hand from one to the other. And when the grapple wasn't being used I had the remote available for other uses. Just another option for you to consider.
Very informative. Tell Hunter hello.
Hello Mike, I have a small loader and I have a small camera and a monitor, so you can see what you are doing. Works great
Cedar Point is in Sandusky Ohio , Geauga Lake Park was a totally different park. That is my old neck of the woods. I am now in North Pole, Alaska. Keep it up Mike you guys are doing great
That's why I love cattle and sheep
I grew up in Avon Lake, Ohio about 20 miles west of Cleveland. Cedar Point is the BEST amusement park EVER!!! Always had the best roller coasters. Geauga Lake (at one time it was renamed as a Six Flags) used to be in Aurora, Ohio. Google says they closed in 2007.
Happy Mother’s Day Melissa!
Cedar Point is in Sandusky Ohio. On the lake. Geauga Lake has been closed for years.
I think Geauga lake is six flags now
Kevin Mason go to RUclips abandon check out amusement parks
This video made me nervous. Just bought a 66” grapple and was worried you were going to find out that smaller is (for the first time ever) better. Whew!
Great stuff, as usual. Thanks for all you do! Say “Hey” to Hunter for me!
I should add, we can’t get RK grapples here in Ontario, so I ordered the HLA Grapple like Gord uses on GP Outdoors. Between the two of you, I get all the information I need to make good buying decisions, maintain our new farm and keep my equipment (and me) running all the time.
Thanks!
Nice Video Mr. Morgan , really like either grapple . I have to tell you we walked into the bush here in Northern Ontario , the snow is almost all gone only in the low spots that don't get much sun . We had a bumper crop of snow this year something like 84" average now we have little creeks that are now rivers and now mud season . That grapple would be handy here to move all the branches out of the creeks have a nice weekend
Great video and a Happy Mother's Day to Melissa.
One thing with a little grapple on a bigger tractor is that the bigger tractor has more force and can bend the smaller grapples. To pick up logs, you can point your grapple down, put the fixed teeth between you and the log and then squeeze on the log. When we first built the grapple for my wife's tractor, ti did not have much gripping force and would not pick up a log unless the grapple was at least half way around the log. We re-engineered the hydraulics and it will now crush a refrigerator.
Melissa wishing you a Happy Mother's Day! Mike looks like the log pile is piling up, soon time for a woodmizer lol... Looks like it's going to be another rainy Sunday here in the eastern pa.
Mike I think your going to have to grapple with the rain next week as well and Melissa Happy Mothers DAY...Have A Day !
Mike I don’t know what I’d do without my grapple. You can clear brush, lift logs, whatever you need to do with them. I have a John Deere 6415 and my bucket and grapple are 7’ which really comes in handy. Anyway I really enjoyed the video as always. Say hi to Hunter for us. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
Higher RPM gives you more power in the hydraulics. The pump is directly related to speed and power of operations. I have two grapples for my Deer and one is a monster. It can dig and work. It weighs almost double as my double grip version. Martin p.s. could have a camera and display - think backup in a truck unit - one to look over the top as it were - maybe on a mast over your head looking over. Might be of use.
How are things in my neck of the woods...... I have everything I need, I don't have everything I want but who does. Health could be a lot better but I woke up this morning so... it's good. Hi to all the Morgans, make sure Hunter gets his BK Chicken sammich. Milwaukee WI Condo Dweller.
@@Morgansunleashed I Love your videos and am living vicariously through them. We have always wanted a nice piece of land but the cards went another way for us. Thanks for the reply.
Good morning from So.
Ca. Beautiful weekend in store here.
Always good information and I would agree that it'd be nice if the tines were longer one smaller grapple. Otherwise, enjoy your Saturday and play safe.
I heard you say try it out and immediately knew you were from western pa
That’s a strong little tractor. Surprised it can lift that oak log.
Cedar Point is in Sandusky , Ohio on Lake Erie. Which is about 35 miles north of where I live in Attica , Ohio know for our dirt track racing.
No mowing here yet. NE MN. Usually have to think about the dreaded mosquitoes about now. Not this year. Fishing opener this weekend, today, and the lake closest to my house still has ice at the landing. :(
Mike has way too much Fun.
Rain and more rain in our neck of the woods.
Really like the rk37. Great info on the grapples.
Thank you.
Nice informative video I wish I'd have seen it sooner. Before I placed my diverter valve. I like where yours is placed on your rk37. Could have saved me some trouble and some hoses.
Great video mike
Happy Mothers Day!!
Nice grapple reviews. Would love to get on for my massey 1735m
thanks for this video it helps
Great video, as per your usual standard Mike, very interesting. Very humid here on Phuket, wet season so it's to be expected, some rain and some hot sun, we need a whole lot more over here, having a bit of a drought at present, temperature range 27 degrees Celsius of a night to 33 degrees Celsius during the day. Cheers guys
Great video Mike in explaining the different pros and cons of the different sizes of grapples . Showing us what you see from the seat was a great idea . Can't see the grapple would certainly be a pain . Have seen many videos with the Artillian grapple with the separate moving jaws . Too bad you don't have one of those to compare and give us your opinion . If I was in the market for a grapple I would be hard pressed in picking which one to purchase . Personally I like the Granit grapple but what do I know . Calling for rain tomorrow . Beautiful Saturday so I'm gonna go visit Mom at the Cemetery today and plant some flowers . She loved flowers . Hope Melissa gets her Mothers Day photo of the family .
Thanks for the grapple review, Mike.
High mike a family. Did u ever here back from bukin Billy about the tree across the pound every body was giving u carp about. Been watching buckins videos what a good guy. Love the videos thanks
Cedar Point is in Sandusky O-Hi-O near lake Erie and is world reknow for Its coasters, Geauga lake was in Aurora, but now is wasting away.
Just finissed all épisodes... love your channel...from chicoutimi, qc, canada
I have seen a shocking amount of posts on FB with guys who have destroyed their tractor/FEL using a grapple to bulldoze trees.
As a general rule I like to have an implement wider than the tractor.
grapple looks like a good tool, would be handy picking debris off the property now that the flood is receding, Grand Lake New Brunswick
Hi from Allen and Brenda from canada nice Have a fun day its all good to day
Rain Rain and more Rain in West Virginia can’t get a dry week here.
I’m sure you have thought of this but I would feel terrible if I didn’t relay a personal experience. My Mother had a beautiful black Lab. The Lab had gotten older and had slowed down considerably. The Lab was under the farm truck and didn’t get out fast enough. It didn’t kill her but it was a traumatic experience for us all. She survived but she was stove up for awhile. Just a reminder our pets slow with age as we do. You have beautiful dogs and it’s obvious they love to be where y’all are. Tell Hunter an old guy from Texas said hello.
I know what you mean about the grass just growing out of control. I mow a cemetery and it was extremely high in just 2 weeks.
That is the LAST thing i would want to do.... Nice play on words, Mike.
Cedar Point is in Sandusky, Ohio.
Had one thought while watching you haul pole wood from the trails on the loader, ever considered a trailer like a hay rack with stations ( up Rights) to load wood and then pull a loaded trailer to where you process the fire-wood? Is lots of stress on expensive front axels. Northern sells nice looking small scale hay rack running gear easily made into a log bunk. Will make getting more to processing area faster plus they unbolt for smaller storage.
could also put a cheap wireless camera on the hood on the rk 37 to see the smaller grapple
Thanks for the info 👍👍
Great job enjoyed that
Happy mother's day mellisa from mass.
Just an FYI - I added a third function valve and a 5' Lucas grapple to my 38 hp Mahindra. Lucas uses independent jaws so if you are moving a lot of limbs and brush around, you can clamp down on both sides of an uneven load. The grapple weighs 450#. I am sure there are other manufacturers with similar designs. Just giving a heads up on an alternative.
I keep hearing that adding a Third Valve is really expensive. What was your take there Sir/Ma'am ??? Cost of implements aren't mention much hear, but for us Unlucky Sponsor- less Commoners, it can Add Up Substantially. No Hate On Brother Mike tho. I Appreciate his Teachings. I'm Learning a lot.
@@georgecharokee4570 My valve kit plus fittings and hoses ran $700. You can install yourself or have a shop do it.
Thanks @@kellyhart9711 good to know
Do you get a sore back using the string trimmer because either your to tall or it's to short your bent over all the time you're using it?
Nice work Mike, Hi Hunter 👍🏴
Happy Mother's Day to you all!
Awesome job guys...Have a Blessed weekend and Happy Mothers Day Melissa :)
Cedar Point Sandusky Ohio on Lake Erie
Greetings from East Central MN. I see your dandelions have gone to seed already, our yellow flowers are just starting to pop out. Great info on the grapple, I am trying to figure out how to make it work on my Kubota BX2660. Hi to Melissa and Hunter! Cheers!
where I live is cold and snow like you seen mike
The only other consideration Ii can think of is that tractor implements are usually built with a maximum tractor size. By putting a small grapple on a larger tractor, one might be able to over power the grapple and cause it the bend or break.
Notice Stanley is not bothered about being a bit heavy for college, actually didn't seem bothered about anything. As far as implements go, I think vision of at least the periphery is important. You could put some little flags up but if cost is a factor buy the correct size grapple and go cheap on your bucket.
Take piper for extra walks and no ice cream nor candy for piper. LOL
80 degrees here!!
Mike thanks for doing the video demo's. I've been searching for a grapple for my 26 hp tractor and this RK 54 seems it will work great. Only question I have is how does it work on picking up and moving decent size rocks?
Nice vid Mike. Good info, going for the 5'.
It’s on Lake Erie
like all your viddeo hi hunter&all god bless
Great video Mike and Melissa. Good information and comparison on what to expect by up or downsizing while shopping for a Grapple. Gives a person something to look at before buying one. Thanks for sharing. Hey Hunter, what Day is it?
Mike Mike Mike, what day is it? What daay is it? Its BK chicken day! WOOP WOOP! Get Hunter and and go get the sandwich.
I think the ones with the split top grapple would work better, I've watched many videos trying to see which ones are better, and it seems that the those grab piles of brush better because there are three points of contact.
How do you maintain a weed free driveway? Does the base layer include fabric guard?