Section 1: Assembly & Set-Up
SGC1060 & SGC1072 Grapples 380-092M
5/18/21
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Hook-up to Universal Quick Hitch
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking the
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to the implement or pulling away from the implement. Do not
operate hydraulic controls while a person or animal is directly
behind the power machine or near the implement.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
Check hitch fit-up frequently. An improper fit-up can cause the
attachment to come loose from the loader hitch plate and fall.
This Claw Grapple is designed for tractors with front
mounted loaders with universal quick attach hitches.
Refer to Figure 1-2:
1. Check for and remove any debris in the hitch point
areas before hooking-up to grapple.
2. Rotate top of front mounted loader tilt arms forward
and lower arms down until top of quick hitch is low
enough to fit under the grapple’s top angle bars.
3. Drive tractor slowly forward until top of quick hitch is
positioned under the grapple’s top angled bars.
4. Slowly raise quick hitch up while rotating top of
loader tilt arms back until quick hitch is fully seated
under the top angle bars and grapple hitch plate has
made full contact with face of quick hitch plate.
5. Push lock handles fully down. Make sure locking pins
go through bottom slots in grapple hitch plate.
on page 12.
Unhook From Universal Quick Hitch
Refer to Figure 1-2:
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
Store attachment with hydraulic cylinders fully retracted,
upper claw fully open, and upper and lower teeth pointing
down resting on the ground. The attachment can tip-over if
stored in the upright position.
on page 17 if parking
grapple for long periods and end of season.
2. Park tractor on a flat level solid surface.
3. Fully open upper claw, rotate front mounted loader tilt
arms forward, and lower loader lift arms until both
upper and lower grapple teeth are resting on the
ground as shown in Figure 1-2.
4. Place transmission in park, set park brake, shut
tractor off, and remove switch key.
5. With grapple upper and lower teeth resting on the
ground, operate all hydraulic control levers back and
forth to release hydraulic system pressures.
6. Disconnect hydraulic hoses from tractor and store
hoses on grapple.
7.
Pull lock handles up to remove pins from bottom slots in
hitch plate.
8. Return to tractor and rotate bottom of loader tilt arms
up and slowly back tractor away from grapple until
top of universal quick hitch and grapple top angle bars
have separated.
9. Continue to carefully back away from the grapple
until clear of the grapple.
10. Rotate front mounted loader quick hitch vertical and
raise loader arms up to a suitable traveling height.
Hook-up to Grapple With Universal Hitch Plate
Figure 1-2
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Top Angle Bars
Hitch Plates
Bottom slots