Mini Skid Steer Log Grapple Hydraulic Spring Centered Heavy Duty Wood Handling Attachment

Product Overview

The Mini Skid Steer Log Grapple is a heavy-duty hydraulic attachment engineered for compact mini skid steer loaders that need to handle logs, timber, brush piles, and large organic material with precision and control. Designed for professional use in forestry operations, land clearing, landscaping, firewood processing, and wood industry applications, this log grapple transforms your mini skid steer into a capable material handling machine that can grab, lift, rotate, and place large and irregularly shaped loads that no standard bucket attachment can manage. Whether you're stacking firewood, clearing fallen trees, loading timber onto trailers, or cleaning up after storm damage, this grapple delivers the grip strength and operational flexibility to get the job done efficiently.

The grapple features a spring-centered design with multiple locking positions, which means the grapple arms automatically return to a neutral center position when hydraulic pressure is released, giving the operator consistent, predictable control throughout every grab cycle. The locking positions allow you to set the grapple opening at a fixed width for repetitive tasks, reducing the need for constant hydraulic input and lowering operator fatigue during long working sessions. This spring-centered mechanism is a significant operational advantage over fixed or free-floating grapple designs, particularly when working with logs of varying diameters across a single job.

The cantilever cradle design is one of the most important structural features of this attachment, providing a stable support platform that cradles logs and timber from below while the grapple arms secure them from above. This dual-contact grip prevents logs from rolling, shifting, or slipping during transport — a critical safety and efficiency factor when moving heavy timber across uneven terrain or loading material onto vehicles. The cradle geometry also distributes the load more evenly across the attachment frame, reducing stress concentration and extending the service life of the grapple under repeated heavy-load cycles.

This log grapple also functions as a bypass grapple, meaning the arms can open wide enough to pass around large objects and close down to grip smaller ones within the same attachment — no need to switch tools when log diameters vary significantly across a job site. With an impressive opening range of 80 mm to 1,220 mm, this grapple handles everything from small branches and bundled brush to large-diameter logs and stumps in a single versatile attachment. This wide operating range is a key competitive advantage over narrower-range grapples that force operators to reposition or use secondary tools when material sizes change.

Rated to a safe working load of 1,360 kg, this log grapple is built for the demands of professional heavy-duty use, not light-duty occasional tasks. It operates at 20 MPa with a hydraulic flow requirement of 60 LPM, compatible with the auxiliary hydraulic systems on most mini skid steer models. At 171 kg, the attachment weight is appropriate for the lift capacity of compact mini loaders while still delivering the structural strength and clamping force needed for serious timber and land clearing work. Compatible with the MP600 mount plate system, it connects directly to mini skid steer brands running that standard, making installation straightforward and swap-out time minimal.

Details

Features:

· Log Grapple

· Bypass Grapple

· Spring-Centered Grapple with Locking Positions

· Cantilever Cradle

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