Section 1: Assembly & Set-Up
SGC1060 & SGC1072 Grapples 380-092M
5/18/21
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Hook-up to Kubota B Series 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 Kubota B tractor hook-up points frequently. Make sure
attachment’s top hitch pins are fully seated in the loader hitch
hooks. Lower hitch pins must be fully inserted and secured
with wire retaining pins. An improperly attached unit can fall.
This Claw Grapple is designed for tractors with Kubota B
Series front mounted loaders.
Refer to Figure 1-3:
1. Check for and remove any debris in the hitch point
areas before hooking-up to grapple.
2. Remove wire retaining pins from loader hitch pins
and pull hitch pins from loader.
3. Rotate top of loader hitch forward and lower loader
arms down until upper hitch hooks are in-alignment
with the grapple’s upper hitch pins.
4. Drive tractor slowly forward to the grapple until upper
hitch pins on grapple are caught by the front mounted
loader upper hitch hooks.
5. Slowly raise loader arms up while rotating top of
quick hitch back until the front mounted loader upper
hooks are fully seated in the grapple’s upper hitch
pins and lower saddle plates are seated against the
grapple’s lower hitch pin spacers.
6. Raise grapple off the ground and insert lower hitch
pins. Secure hitch pins with wire retaining pins. Make
sure wire retainers are caught over end of pins.
NOTE:
Lower wire retaining pins and hitch pins are
supplied with Kubota B Series Loader.
Unhook From Kubota B Series Hitch
Refer to Figure 1-3:
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 1-3.
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, release all hydraulic system pressures by
operating hydraulic control levers back and forth.
6. Disconnect hydraulic hoses from tractor and store
hoses on grapple.
7.
Remove wire retaining pins from the loader hitch pins
and pull lower hitch pins from front mounted loader.
8. Rotate bottom of loader hitch up until loader saddle
plates are clear of grapple’s lower hitch pin spacers.
9.
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lowly back tractor away from grapple until top of
Kubota’s B Series hitch has separated from grapple’s
upper hitch pins.
10. Continue to carefully back away from grapple
until
clear of grapple.
11. Rotate B Series hitch vertical and raise loader arms
up to a suitable traveling height.
12. Reinsert lower hitch pins and secure in place with
wire retaining pins.
Hook-up to Grapple With Kubota B Series Hitch
Figure 1-3
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Upper Hitch Pins
Lower Hitch Pin Holes
Lower Hitch Pin Spacers
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1
2
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