Old Tractor Gets A New Artillian Grapple (w/Diverter)//John Deere 755 855 955 Compact Tractor 

💥 Welcome to the Artillian club! I love all my Artillian accessories! You will find that system very useful. 👍 *Keep on tractoring!*

Absolutely love the old 55 series JD. My 955 amazes me everytime I use it. Love to see videos on someone installing all these cool new compact tractor attachments that are designed for newer tractors.

A grapple is the handiest implement I have for my JD 2025r- you deserve it! :)

True ingenuity. The outtakes were great. “If it isn’t leaking, it isn’t mine.” 👍🏻

Can't wait for some field testing of this. I borrowed a grapple for my skid steer when we had a tornado knock a bunch of trees down. I doubt I would've made it through the cleanup without it, grapples are a major game changer!

Great job Neil! Almost made me cry since getting rid of my 430, but I needed a bigger tractor, so it didn't last long. I don't know if you use them enough, but they make a zip tie gun that gets them really tight. $20 Harbor Freight. I was clenched when you went for the big log, maybe a bit more weight on the back, but the 755 really handled it! My sister lives across the way and she had a walnut tree blow down and we cut it up. I brought pieces of the trunk about the same size in 10' lengths to my place with my TYM T 264, but I had a 700lb tiller on the back. I hope you get lots of "safe" use with the grapple! Oh I forgot. Loctite makes more products than you can imagine and they all work!

Nice Neil! Everyone who uses them loves them!

Great set up. Welcome to the Artillian family

Great job Neil😁👍 looks like they make a great product. Congratulations on the new partnership😁👍🚜💨🍳

That will help a ton this fall for you. I also like the fact that you were able to make the system work even though your tractor did not have a kit. Job well done!! I hope one of these grapples is in my future.

Congratulations Neil! That is a perfect set up for wood and brush cleanup. You’re gonna love it. I think I appreciate my grapple more for brush than for wood. The part of wood harvesting that I dislike the most is limbing, dragging and stacking the limbs. Especially when working in a brushy, briar infested forest floor. With my grapple I can make a few passes where the tree is gonna fall to clear the underbrush. That makes limbing a bit more pleasant. Then, I cut the tree into logs and pluck them out with the grapple. Gathering the limbs and piling them is just a couple of quick swipes with the grapple. All of a sudden, the most distasteful part of woodcutting becomes fun… almost! Another brush challenge is the wild roses, buck brush, blackberries and such that grow everyplace that light hits the forest floor. I use to brush hog it. That just makes it mad. It spreads wider and grows back thicker. Having the grapple lets me deal with it at root level… where it acts as if it got a lobotomy… and loses all will to survive. That Artillian grapple is a beast. Your compact 755 is on the lower limit of tractors that can safely handle it. Nonetheless, it looks like you can get a lot done with it. My BX23s is a sub-compact. It can’t handle a grapple that heavy. Land Pride (owned by Kubota) makes a brush grapple that is sized specifically for it. It isn’t as heavy duty as the Artillian but then again, the tractor isn’t as massive either. I suppose it’s like that old saying… ‘different saddles for different horses.” Just one piece of advice… make sure your front tires are full of air… that grapple puts all of the weight on them. I’ve heard that a guy can ruin a low tire in just a single trip… but I’ve chosen to forget where I heard it!!! Again, I’m happy for you and look forward to see you learning about it as you find it’s capabilities and limits!

Great how to and also demo video, Neil. Seems way too complicated for me to install but you broke it down nicely....cardboard loader was a nice touch.

Wow nice job. I'm lookin forward to see what you will use for your counter weight.

Man that is one sweet implement! Just need more junk in the trunk of that tractor. 😃

Your tired and go to bed , like the video Neil .

Greetings from Reno, Nevada.

Captain Kleeman needs this.

I would say you would get a passing grade for the drill bit you sharpened Another great video!!

Captain Kleeman needs this for his next. Awesome video on the installation, I tell everyone the grapple was best investment I made for my tractor.

I’ll give you an A+ on drill bit sharping!!

My woodwork teacher in middle school was great at sharpening drill bits

I could use one of those on the 5083E John Deere.....Save me a lot of back work ......Nice video Neil!

I'm going to have a heck of a time explaining this to the boys in work on Monday

Morning Neil, Man I tell you this was really a good video, A new interesting level to see. Great job Neil. Carl FONDEROSA FARMS MD

I Love Farm Toys that make doing things less work.... I'm a man that will spend all day looking to solve a problem if it saves me time everyday

Hey Neil awesome deal glad companies are working with u. U def deserve it I enjoy watching u put the equipment to the test this fall and I’m going to have to look into getting a grapple like that for my tractor

That grapple system is amazing. To have it work with the 755 and not overtask the hydraulics is so cool! Yes counterbalance is an issue for the heavier logs, but it's an easy fix. Have fun camping with the family. See you next time.

My grapple stays on my TYM 474 90% of the time. Glad you were able to get one!

Even a paid sponsorship video from you is excellent. It’s your delivery and your voice and your mannerisms and just the way you come across. It’s very genuine and out of all the RU-vid Tractor channels I watch I feel like you have the highest ceiling. Keep that excellent content coming. You mentioned in a video from a year two ago that you paid $9000 for that F750. Wow. Even then that sure seems like a good deal. I would love to have any of those 3 dump trucks you featured. I’ve been pricing F750s and they’re not cheap in 2022

Nice job on the installation, looks great and should be an awesome addition!!

You brought a tear to the eye of this crusty, old, black hearted machinist's eye when you chamfered those holes son. I am so proud of you! However, I want you to keep a log of how many times you lacerate your hand on the jagged ty-wrap ends when you reach for the joystick. Kiss the girls for me and love home brother.

Will be a handy addition.👍

That's a really nice upgrade there. I'm still searching for a 755/855/955- and the quick attach and grapple would be some of my first upgrades. Looks really great!

Great video, Neil! Thanks for taking us with you on your adventures! That new grapple should prove very handy! Glad you are in partnership with them, I've heard they make excellent products!

I've had a grapple for a couple of years. It's a must have for sure....all the best Neil

Wow, world changing handling solution for ol tractor 🚜. Hydraulic instead of those electric ones.👍 That curl speed seems alright.

Hello Neil! Me and my 5 year old son watch your videos every week and we’ve watched all the videos you’ve uploaded! Your videos has really motivated me to tackle some more diy task! And we really love seeing how beautiful your part of the country is! Please keep up the good work I believe your biggest fan is a little boy named Lincoln from North Carolina!!

TTWT would be so proud.

Need more videos thank you love it keep up the great work

Artillian would have been fools not to partner with you. I realize you would have bought it anyway, but they should want to send you more of their products to have you use. The quality of your videos is in the top of any I've seen on RU-vid. Keep up the good work Neil I hope you and the ladies have a great camping trip.

If you take a air hose and put the air nozzle in the end of your hose and inflate it most likely you will be able to get it on the shifter handle . That’s the way chain saw grips are installed, have seen them installed at stihl at Virginia Beach

Nice attachment, ingenious latching system, great diverter set-up.., thank you sir.

Great video, Neil. We absolutely love our entire Artillian modular system. I use the forks just about daily, the grapple any time I'm moving brush, and the snow plow all winter. It's a great system.

Have no intentions of every doing this, but found the whole process fascinating. Great video.

Great looking grapple and such a fine job retrofitting. Good job 👍

I have always wanted an Artillian grapple. I saw the 3 main boxes and had already guessed. I ordered the front third function with my 2025R. I already have their front frame. My Drill Doctor works great. My first job out of Purdue was in a factory where I worked regularly with a great group of guys in the machine shop. They gave me a box of dull and broken bits. I have gotten a lot of use from these.

Definitely love my Artillian system - grapple, diverter and splitter, snow blade, forks. Great to see you getting that working. Looking forward to seeing what you all do with it. And yeah with more ballast you’ll feel like a monster. Big work! Peace.

Wow, that was a fairly simple install, with everything you needed to do it, a nice kit for sure, that sure will come in handy.

Great content Neil

GAME CHANGER!! I'm honestly surprised you don't have a grapple. I bought the titan attachments log grapple last fall and a W.R. Long 3rd function kit for my 35 hp tractor. Took me 4 hr to install everything and I can safely say that's the best money I've spent for my firewood operation. Along with my skidsteer log splitter! Can wait to see that in upcoming videos! Awesome job neil!

nice install video

That very nice I have got to get a tractor with a front bucket I need one all the time tired of just having to use a box blade to do everything going to retire next Sunday from the fire dept got to have something to take care of 43 acres with.

Just like there is life before/after getting a tractor, there is life before grapple and life after getting a grapple. I have the everything attachments grapple on my 3025 and almost never take it off.

Great job installing all that Neil !! My dad Taught me how to sharpen drill bits when I was a kid ! I’m pretty good at doing it on an angle grinder now 😂

Very nice Neil! Your right you and your dad are going to love it! I’m surprised that you didn’t giv details on how to correctly cut off the zip ties 😁😉. I can remember your tutorial on that subject during our combine auto- steer installation it made sense and has stuck with me 😁. Take care my friend. Enjoy your vacation

Oh boy. My jd 990 curl is slow too. I might have to look for that orifice. 👍

Hello🙋‍♂️ from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Koch Family . and thanks for the video Neil . Sincerely, Hollandduck

You really do such a good presentation on your videos also with your voice over descriptions . Quality Show , Class act indeed ! Another Mike Row

Love the new grappler, now a bigger rear weight to match. I use the Pat's quick connector to change out rear implements on my 655 for my box blade or implements. A previous owner took off the front loader on my tractor, so I want to run the hydraulics to the rear to tilt my box blade forward and back plus side to side. TTWT can sure give you a lot of ideas on how to spend money on these compact tractors, hahaha. Love your videos.

Nice job, I have been wanting one but the cost doesn't warrent the need. So I haven't pulled trigger. So far my forks have done everything I have done. Nice install video. God bless have fun on camping trip.

Great job thank you nice love your videos

I'm dying laughing imagining this company's legal department after watching your video. You sent him what and he posted what? Love your videos Neil

Often wonder when I use my grapple, why I never had one sooner! As usual, great video of installation and use.

Love your content.

Love the video, I missed you last Sunday. Have a great vacation.

My favorite of my tractor implements it’s a back saving time saving tool I have used mine for trees brush even building a stone wall out of natural stone it’s a diy’s best friend

Great video. Thanks for the shout out. Consider using the 290 on all the assembled threads on your bleachers. It will wick in. Also the 5452 is a must for all hydraulic fittings. Even if they have an oring. I’m pretty jealous of that grapple. I’ve been cutting up scrap and loading a huge dumpster. That would have been handy.

That is awesome! Got me thinking about fitting one to the front of my backhoe.

Congrats you just saved $30k from not buying a skidsteer! Between this and the wood splitter you have nice system! Now to fasten the saw to the top grapple arm for "tractor cutting"....

I know you guys will love having the grapple. I've had mine for 8 years if I lost it I would buy another in a heart beat. Only problem it's always on the tractor if you need bucket. It's quick attach so still not a big deal. Have fun camping

Mate. Love your videos. Only discovered you recently. Watching from Australia. I’m a house builder, I think you guys call us contractors? Live on 160 acres out from town. Anyway, love your content. Keep it up.

Very cool. I’m still holding out on a grapple for my skidsteer and tractor. I still like my pallet forks for carrying logs

How did you know I needed you to do this video? I have been wondering for a couple years if I could get one of these for my 770? Several of the channels I watch have them. Looks to me like the same setup you are using would work for my 770 as well. Give us a follow-up in a few months. Meanwhile I will try to get enough viewers to work our a deal with Artillian! ;-)

Thats a pretty cool setup. I've never seen one of those diverter systems like that. I bought a hydraulic kit from W.R. Long in Tarboro, NC so I could operate skidsteer attachments on the front of my TC40 New Holland. That grapple is going to be a game changer for you. It'll definitely increase your productivity and most of all, it'll save your back. Can't wait to see it in action in the future. Stay safe my friend.

Being able to lift those big logs up with your new grapple will help keep your saw sharp and will prevent them from pinching the bar. I spend as much time sharpening my saw while cutting up firewood than I do actually busting it.

You really need a larger tractor to make it even more useful but looks like a very useful attachment

Hey Neil, You should invest in a 3d Printer. Super cheap and perfect for jobs like that switch. It's helped me so much in the garage with tons of one off projects.

Nice video. The free stuff has begun flowing. Get a fishing shirt for spring/summer and a Carhartt winter jacket and start sewing your sponsor’s patches on it. Go full NASCAR and challenge sponsors to fill your jacket. Your challenge will be to name drop them without us calling you a shill 😁

That is so cool! I was thinking you may want to take off the middle fixed piece because of weight but looks like that's not an issue.

Game changer!!!!!!

Wow... you should have a little or maybe a lot more time on your hands with the new toy. So since you upgraded to a grapple are you thinking about maybe a new to you bigger tractor like a 2038R or even bigger? I was also thinking that you might have had all that wood split so it would be drying down for this winter and you could be playing with the new splitter. We still love all your videos so keep them coming. Thank you for everything

Makes me wish i had a loader for my jd 750

I’m in the process of building a grapple for my jd 4200 Acquiring pieces and parts right now

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Definitely need more ballast

You probably could have heated the hose with hot water or heat gun or sliced it and put slice behind switch. Nice job.

How did you know I needed you to do this video? I have been wondering for a couple years if I could get one of these for my 770? Several of the channels I watch have them. Looks to me like the same setup you are using would work for my 770 as well. Give us a follow-up in a few months. Meanwhile I will try to get enough viewers to work our a deal with Artillian! ;-) My biggest concern is with additional weight how much can I still lift?

Be advised that the grapple may be super human in strength But the loader arms Might very well NOT be. I've seen two or three small tractor videos explaining how loader arms were tweaked out of whack by lifting up a tree root on one side but not the other or Getting a great big log up with very un even weight distribution. ( 8 ft. Of log on one side and 1 ft. On the other side , to buck up rounds ) Very impressive plumbing skills, You would have to help me find which end of the wrench to hold. Good video

nice teaching video.you explained everything first rate.did you see a big difference with the curl??mine is real slow also.i may look for it and remove it.

Enjoy ur trip as a guy that drills a lot of holes in metal I use cobalt drills and on a slower speed (think that's how ur drill broke on hi speed) far from me to tell u how to drill holes it's just the way I do it it works for me but might not be quick enough for u (ps Im no good at sharpening drills) I have a device that mounts next to ur grinder with an adjustable bed to get the angle right ( yeah it's cheating) 😎

Very good video, especially liked the cardboard and routing segment. Would you mind sharing which (mfg/model) diverter valve kit you used

Thanks for the great videos Neil, I've done the skid steer mount and the hydraulic bypass modifications. I'm wondering if you ended up experimenting with removing that orifice in the dump/curl circuit, I saw you put it back in the video. The speed of that has always frustrated me especially when plowing snow

Waahoo!

I wonder if your tractor has a power beyond kit that is plugged off? Then you could hook into that and have an electric operated valve instead of the diverter, and have all three functions without having to choose between tilt and grapple.

Do you have rim guard in the tires? good way to add low center of gravity weight.

Did removing that orifice from the hydraulic line help with the speed and function of your bucket curl? I have an 855 and may do the same with mine if it helps.

Does the tractor not have an auxillary outlet on the back of it, if so it Makes adding a front grapple easier.

Neil, would that diverter kit be something you could use for a hydraulic third link on the 3 point?

Which diverter valve kit did you use? Great video. Thank you

I was wondering if you or any viewers have had to replace a power steering hose on a 755. I tried the dealer but they said only a 10' roll of bulk hose was available. If I'm not mistaken the fittings ( one straight, one elbow) do not come with the ends that are crimped onto the oem hose. Part # m91486 hose. Idk if anyone has tried a place that makes hydraulic hoses?