Best brand of skid steer grapple?

[Tucker943]

Talk to me fellas..... dollar for dollar, what brand of skidsteer grapple has pleased you? Im thinking about going with Erskine, flat bottom, dual 3000 lb grapples on top.

 

[SkwerI]

Hah! You need to talk to TNT Dave.

 

[MasterBlaster]

+10!

 

[SkwerI]

I may have been a bit hasty. I know Dave's grapple works great on minis and on articulating loaders, but I haven't seen much about using them on skid steers.

 

[arborworks1]

Are you looking a brush grapple or a skidder grapple?

 

[Tucker943]

Brush. Im not actually purchasing. My buddy is. He is giving me a say so in the brand and style, as i rent the machine from him more often than he actually uses it. He figures giving me some say in the matter would be wise, because if it doesnt suit me, I wont use it, and he will be out a good bit of money each month. he wants a grapple for demolition work but has no preference on the brand.

 

[Rborist1]

I have one of Dave's large skid steer grapples as well as 2 of his mini grapples, they work awesome!

 

[lumberjack]

How do you plan on using it?

 

[Tucker943]

My buddy intends on using it for demolition and Id like to use it to grab logs, branch piles, raking piles.

 

[devil dog]

http://faverinc.com/grapple_rakes.htm We have one of these and it works great. No bar in between bottom tines. Just strong metal

 

[tophopper]

My buddy intends on using it for demolition and Id like to use it to grab logs, branch piles, raking piles.

and do what with those logs, branch piles, raking piles? I know dumb question right? Both grapple styles have their place. For forwarding material backyard to front yard, a skidding style grapple is best in most cases as you can pull out loooong pieces and even feed them into your chipper (12" dia. plus , 40 feet long +/-).
A bucket style grapple is better for loading a truck, moving heavier pieces of wood, and obviously better for any raking piles. The downside to forwarding tree sections with a bucket grapple is, you are limited by the width of your access path.

We use and carry both for our swinger loader. 85% of the time we use the skidding grapple (purchased from tntdave) , the other 15% the bucket grapple (bobcat brand).

 

[tntree]

Best scenario
Demolition - you need a bucket style - trees skidding style

Bucket will do trees and Demo, skid style will only do trees efficiently
sounds like your buddy's needs will win out - less money also