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Grapple Fork Made From Cultivator Shanks
"I've used it for several years. It handles 1,700-lb. round bales with no problems," says Tim Bruckner, Malta, Mont, about the grapple fork he made from a junked-out Deere 1600 field cultivator. It's mounted on his 1975 Deere 7520 4-WD tractor.
"It works better than the conventional grapple fork mounted on my ot
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Grapple fork made from cultivator shanks CULTIVATORS Cultivators (58C) 17-3-11 "I've used it for several years. It handles 1,700-lb. round bales with no problems," says Tim Bruckner, Malta, Mont, about the grapple fork he made from a junked-out Deere 1600 field cultivator. It's mounted on his 1975 Deere 7520 4-WD tractor.
"It works better than the conventional grapple fork mounted on my other loader tractor," says Bruckner. "I had a lot of problems with teeth bending and breaking. The field cultivator shanks are built so strong they never bend or break. My only expense was for a 30-in. hydraulic cylinder that raises or lowers the shanks."
He used square tubing, round axle tubes, and bearings from the field cultivator to build the frame of the grapple. Four up-rights, attached to the back of the bucket, support a length of pipe - fitted with four pieces of square tubing - that pivots on four bearings.
A pair of 2 1/2-ft. long bale spears, which Bruckner made out of truck axles, bolt to the bottom of the bucket. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tim Bruckner, HC 65, Box 6180, Malta, Mont. 59538-9602 (ph 406 658-2111).
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