Titan17
Member
Equipment
L3901 TLB, Caroni RFM, Scag Wildcat ZTR, Piranha TB,York RE 96", MTL HD 48" grap
Been a while since I posted but I read constantly.
Reviews and opinions on tools and attachments are helpful so I'd like to give mine on a recent purchase of the MTL economy 48" root grapple.
My tractor is an L3901 TLB so the 48" sounds small but in reality it's the perfect size for this tractor. A 60" or 72" in this brand of grapple is weight prohibitive. If I had big pockets I would have liked a EA 60" Their combination of engineering and a higher grade of steel makes for a really tough, light weight unit ($$$).
But this review is about the economy MTL ($). Their entry level model @ $1129.
Weight. Doesn't weigh much more than stock 66" bucket and doesn't stick out much further. On a BX you'll loose a lot of lift capacity but L3901 not much. That's important because they don't lift much either, it's not an L39.
Design. I like the long flat bottom. The CV-60 was another good option but for clean up purposes this scoops more I think.
Width. 48" is fine 54" would be nice but you still have to center long loads and you can't really grab anything more.
Strength of design. Gussets where they should be. Tubing the size it should be. Tines the thickness they should be. Pins/bosses the diameters they should be. Grease fittings, piston, hoses, fittings, etc. all quality. It'll take a beating.
Paint - who cares it's getting worn off anyway. Kubota paint sucks too.
Customer service was great. Text is best with one day response time on 4 separate messages.
Shipping time - 8 days from order to delivery. $40. lift gate residential service.
I didn't want to overestimate my tractor or my operator skills so spending lots of money would be foolish.
It's not a Blue Diamond but on the other end it's not an economy Tomahawk which was my last grapple (very cheaply made)
Overall a great homeowner grapple that's well suited to a chicken s### homeowner like me.
Reviews and opinions on tools and attachments are helpful so I'd like to give mine on a recent purchase of the MTL economy 48" root grapple.
My tractor is an L3901 TLB so the 48" sounds small but in reality it's the perfect size for this tractor. A 60" or 72" in this brand of grapple is weight prohibitive. If I had big pockets I would have liked a EA 60" Their combination of engineering and a higher grade of steel makes for a really tough, light weight unit ($$$).
But this review is about the economy MTL ($). Their entry level model @ $1129.
Weight. Doesn't weigh much more than stock 66" bucket and doesn't stick out much further. On a BX you'll loose a lot of lift capacity but L3901 not much. That's important because they don't lift much either, it's not an L39.
Design. I like the long flat bottom. The CV-60 was another good option but for clean up purposes this scoops more I think.
Width. 48" is fine 54" would be nice but you still have to center long loads and you can't really grab anything more.
Strength of design. Gussets where they should be. Tubing the size it should be. Tines the thickness they should be. Pins/bosses the diameters they should be. Grease fittings, piston, hoses, fittings, etc. all quality. It'll take a beating.
Paint - who cares it's getting worn off anyway. Kubota paint sucks too.
Customer service was great. Text is best with one day response time on 4 separate messages.
Shipping time - 8 days from order to delivery. $40. lift gate residential service.
I didn't want to overestimate my tractor or my operator skills so spending lots of money would be foolish.
It's not a Blue Diamond but on the other end it's not an economy Tomahawk which was my last grapple (very cheaply made)
Overall a great homeowner grapple that's well suited to a chicken s### homeowner like me.
