Dingo with grapple loader

[Tom Dunlap]

On Friday a buddy of mine helped me with a takedown. Jim has a new Dingo with the diesel and a grapple. What a little work horse!

Tom

 

[Tom Dunlap]

When the 066 was blocking the log it was spitting out chips that were blood red. I knew it was going to be a dark log. This is the reddest BE that I've seen in thirty years of doing treework. The log will go to my sawyer to be made into lumber. I can't wait to see the dissection.

Tom

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Lift the log!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Can it load the log into a truck?

What does that thing cost?

Looks kinda neat!

 

[tophopper]

wow Tom,
I would have to agree, Ive never seen A boxeleder that red either!

Does Jimmmy's grapple still bypass so he can feed 2" limbs into the chipper?

Butch- i would guess it cost around 12k, maybe 13 with the diesel.
Will load into a 1 ton truck, but I think around 4 1/2 ft is max lift.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

When the clam is shut it can still grab some thin limbs. Don't know the dimensions.

The grapple doesn't have a rotator so the operator has to finesse the load around. It was fun to watch Jim pick and stack.

I've seen these little skid steers move around on wet yards with minimal scuffing damage.

Tom

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Sean G. asked me to find the name of the fungus that stains the wood.

from the silvics man.

A red stain in the wood of living trees caused by Fusarium reticulatum var. negundinis apparently is specific to boxelder. The stain regularly is associated with Cerambycid beetles and the galleries of other insects, but itself does no damage to the wood

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Today was the first snow day in the Cities. Freezing rain and snow. I took the log to the sawyer at noon. Within minutes it went back on the trailer as slabs. Wow! The stuff is like fire! In the morning its coming onto the front porch to get stickered. I'll get pics and post a few. This is some beautiful wood. I'd like to just lean it up against the wall to look at even if it doesn't serve a purpose.

Tom

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Tom, is that an Implimax grapple?

The gas version is around $13k and the deisel is around $16k

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Not am Implemax. I'm not sure who makes the grapple. Jim is a little disappointed with the routing of the hoses. He's careful but feels that they would get torn apart with someone who doesn't pay attention.

Jim says that it would be a simple job to re-route the hoses.

Adding a rotator adds cost and more importantly, weight to the grapple. With the weight up and forward it already changes the balance of the machine.

Tom

 

[Menchhofer]

Tom,

Can you find out who makes the grappel? I would be interested in additional information, i.e. is the grappel aftermarket or is it available to purchase with the dingo?
I have been looking at these noted below. These are the only grappels I have been able to find at a reasonable price.

http://www.valbysales.com/newpage12.htm

 

[tophopper]

the grapple is made here in the Twin cities by an equipment dealer. PM me and i will give contact information.
They are not made by dingo, they are purely an aftermarket item which i believe can be custom made to fit various machines and apps. I am not at liberty to say what they cost.

 

[SilverBlue]

OOOOOH BABY! Cool Machine! I will have to get the CAD fired up and design one.
Tom do you have any pics of the sawn wood?

 

[SilverBlue]

Nevermind... found the thread

 

[Toddppm]

http://onlinestore.forestindustry.com/baileys/images/items/redgrapple.jpg

How about this one, seems very reasonably priced.

Well it didn't show where it came from? It's on www.Baileys-online.com $1695.00!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Don't expect to use that one on a mini-skidsteer. They have a limit of how much weight they can lift. The guys that I know with grapples don't have rotators. A skilled operator can nurse the grapple onto logs without a rotator.

Tom

 

[SilverBlue]

Looky what I bought today

This is a beast to say the least! (large Pic).

 

[FBerkel]

Wow! Can you give some specs on that? (weight, width, max load etc ).

 

[FBerkel]

Tom,

Can you get that grapple attachment around a wider log than that one (understanding the weight issue)?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Vermeer has a similar unit that looks better and has a OEM grapple fork. They say thiers will put a log in a one ton dump where the dingo cant quite reach

At the show they wanted 1900 down and like 290 a month for the base unit. Maybe 1200 for the grapple. so you have the grapple and a bucket to rake sawdust into .