Rotating Grapple for Loader

[Dillweed]

Anyone used one these grapples with powered rotation?
The top one is a company called KRPAN in Canada. It has a 60" opening. It's on sale for $3,900 right now. The bottom one is the comparable one by Branch Manager. It has a less 53" opening. It's $5,499. Both have same lifting capacities.
My machine is a Wacker Neuson WL32, pictured with brush cutter.
Never heard of KRPAN. Definitely heard of Branch Manager.
Which should I get?

 

[lone wolf]

Anyone used one these grapples with powered rotation?
The top one is a company called KRPAN in Canada. It has a 60" opening. It's on sale for $3,900 right now. The bottom one is the comparable one by Branch Manager. It has a less 53" opening. It's $5,499. Both have same lifting capacities.
My machine is a Wacker Neuson WL32, pictured with brush cutter.
Never heard of KRPAN. Definitely heard of Branch Manager.
Which should I get?

 

[Philbert]

T. C .I. A. Magazine has an article on this topic in the current issue (September, 2020): ‘ Choosing the Right Attachment for Your Loader’
https://tcimag.tcia.org/category/current-issue/

Philbert

 

[gorman]

Save yourself a head slap and get the branch manager. That much of a price difference would indicate a huge disparity in quality. I have two branch managers and I’m very very happy with them. One is eight years old with no issues.

 

[tree MDS]

I got the Valby Boss. Thing is bulletproof. I really like Dave’s hanger too.

 

[Dillweed]

Awesome Valby. If this is a measuring contest you win!

 

[tree MDS]

Awesome Valby. If this is a measuring contest you win!

Thanks. And yes, I’ve been in this business 30+ years, 25 for my self, and I have to say, at the end of the day it pretty much comes down to doing quality work while smacking my dumb **** competition in the side of head with my... err, equipment (as a side benefit). Lol. Yep, that’s pretty much the game.

 

[mikewhite85]

Love my bmg. I have the base one that does not articulate but we've gotten pretty good at using it. My machine is smaller though as I recognize the articulation setting makes the attachment a lot heavier.

We also use a root grapple on the John Deer. Works awesome for pushing stuff and loading all the piles of rakings (which we pushed with the bmg grab rake!)

 

[holeycow]

Save yourself a head slap and get the branch manager. That much of a price difference would indicate a huge disparity in quality. I have two branch managers and I’m very very happy with them. One is eight years old with no issues.

It's probably due moreso to the exchange rate.

 

[Bearcreek]

It's probably due moreso to the exchange rate.

That would make the difference even more significant.

 

[holeycow]

One of us is thinking backwards

 

[Bearcreek]

One of us is thinking backwards

How so? The exchange rate is currently $1.00 CA = $.76 US. https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=CAD&To=USD If that grapple is $3900 Canadian, that means it's $2964 US, making the difference between that and the Branch Manager (which is priced in USD) greater. No?

 

[holeycow]

I thought it was 3900 usd, making it about 5200cad to the canadian company?

perhaps i didn't understand correctly?

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Have had one for several years now. Best $5K we ever spent (CAD$). Wallenstein makes them out of Ontario.