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Read articles →This is a real owner's first-use test of a grapple attachment on an L3400, not a dealer demo: he's clearing 12- to 16-foot telephone poles from a neighbor's yard, running a finish mower on back for counterweight, and talking through a third-function valve glitch that got fixed under warranty. It's a short, practical field report on how the grapple handles real loads, useful for L3400 owners considering this specific attachment setup.
Posted by the Joe Brown Artist Blacksmith just me doing life channel, an owner sharing hands-on impressions from his own property.
The owner moved 12- and 16-foot telephone pole cuts of varying sizes, going slow and keeping the load low, and said the grapple handled the job fine.
He used a Befco six-foot finish mower mounted on the back of the tractor as counterweight, which he said made it hefty enough to handle the grapple loads.
The third function valve's electric valve got stuck, closing slowly instead of fully. The company sent a replacement electric valve under warranty and it fixed the issue.
The grapple came from Kenneth Hunter Industries and the quick attach hydraulics setup came from skidsteer.com, which the owner has used before.
