Cat® Contractors’ Grapples are a proven product built for your high-volume material handling needs. Designed for long-lasting durability, Contractors’ Grapples are made to help you in the toughest of applications.

G149 TB-Linkage Contractors' Grapple
Open Grapple
Contractors' Grapple loading scrap
Contractors' Grapple loading scrap
Contractors' Grapple loading scrap
Contractors' Grapple clearing trash materials
Contractors' Grapple unloading into a bin

Features

  • Strong and Durable

    Strong and Durable

    • Wide surface area for demolition and material handling applications with a rigid, box-type design.
    • Penetrate, securely grasp, and retain materials better with two-over-three interlocking tines.
    • Keep an eye on your work with long, wide-spaced tines for better visibility.
    • Tips, wrapper, and wear strips are made of AR400 steel, for long-lasting, durability in the harshest applications.
  • Increase Productivity

    Increase Productivity

    • Debris loads and unloads seamlessly without catching due to the tips mounted flush with the wrapper.
    • Optimize material flow and penetration into piles with less curvature in the lower jaw.
    • Maintain high-volume production when using the grapple pinned to the machine or with a Pin Grabber Coupler.
    • Purpose-designed to match their respective machine sizes for maximum performance in break out and lift capacity.
    • Share your grapple across similar-sized excavators for maximum utilization with the use of replaceable pins to match different linkages.
    • Capacities calculated according to SAE standard J2754, an industry-leading standard for fabricated grapples.
    • Optimal for applications such as: structural demolition, material handling and sorting, loading and unloading rock, scrap, pipe, waste material, and other debris.
  • Easy to Maintain

    Easy to Maintain

    • No need for added hydraulics or hoses. Contractors’ Grapples utilize the bucket linkages for operation.
    • Long-lasting, field-serviceable tips have extended service life without extra weight.
    • Jaws stay connected when the grapple pin is removed with the advanced modular pin hub system.
    • Field-install an extreme duty wear package for extra protection on your grapple.

Specifications

Units for specifications

General

Machine Class 30-52 Ton Excavators
Weight 6724 lb 3050 kg
Jaw Opening 135.2 in 3433 mm
Inner Wrapper Thickness 0.8 in 20 mm
Outer Wrapper Thickness 0.8 in 20 mm
Wear Plate Thickness 1 in 25 mm
Upper Jaw Tine Count 2
Lower Jaw Tine Count 3
Linkage TB

Videos

  • Contractors' Grapples DNA Video
Open Grapple

Documents