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We manufacture a complete line of top quality, extreme service Demolition Grapples for all excavator makes and models from 4 to 180 t.

Applications:

Crush and load garbage, wood waste, construction debris, brush, etc.  Excellent for building demolition.

Construction:

Custom fabricated with 120,000 psi quenched & tempered steel plate. Hardened pins and aluminum-bronze bushings throughout. Nye grapple tines are a box section design made from continuous T1 structural plates that extend from the tips all the way to the top plate. The continuous tine design makes Nye grapples the strongest in the world. Our superior performance at "Ground Zero" proves this claim.

Features:

  • Simple installation; pins on in place of normal bucket, back brace welds to underside of dipper-stick.

  • No extra valves or hoses required.

  • Extra strong construction, designed for demolition work.

  • Weld-on hardened steel tips for long life.

  • Optional Shear Plates; for extra wood waste and garbage crushing ability.

  • Quick-Coupler models available.


Videos:

Demolition Video  
Demolition Grapple Video  

Grapple Design

 
   
 

Rock Grapple

• Premium quality grapple design for the toughest application.
• Always built for the most severe demolition where downtime due to equipment failure is unacceptable..
 

 

Stealth QC Grapple

• Heavy-duty quick coupling system.
• Easy to control using the proven Nye Stealth Coupling system.
• Indestructible Hydraulic or Mechanical version.

 

Demolition Grapple S8CG23

• Engineered for 100 t machines.
• Top quality grapples of the finest design and materials.
• Also see
8CG02000.

 

 

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QC Grapple S3CG34

• Nye Coaxial Pin QC Demolition Grapples are designed to work properly with all types of quick couplers.
• The coaxial design prevents excessive "yo-yo" action. 

 

 

6CG15U - 40t at the show

• The Nye Coaxial Pin QAU Demolition Grapple is designed to work with (or without) pin grabber type couplers.
• We split the difference with the hinge location to provide excellent geometry with or without a coupler. 

 

QC Grapple Q5CG34

• The Nye Coaxial Pin QC Demolition Grapple is designed to fit excavators equipped with Nye Stealth Quick Couplers. 

 

SB QA Grapple

• The Grapple is carefully designed and engineered for demolition work and will give years of service on the most demanding jobs. Also see SB QA  and SBCG23

• All our Grapples are made of 120,000psi quenched & tempered steel plate. Hardened alloy pins and aluminum-bronze bushings are also used throughout.

QAU Compatible Grapple

• Engineered to be extremely tough and durable. It is excellent for the following applications: crush and load garbage, wood waste, construction debris, brush and building demolition, etc.

• Optional Hydraulic Brace.

Brush Grapple

• Plate tine construction for maximum raking effect.

 

Brush Grapple

•  Extra rugged construction.
•  QT100 (T1) Tines.
• Heavy Duty QT 360 weld-on replaceable teeth.

• Through hardened alloy pins.
• Aluminum bronze bushings.
• No extra valves or hoses needed.

Wood Waste Grapple

• QT 360 wear plates and replaceable weld-on teeth.
• Optional wood shearing/crushing blades.
• Through hardened alloy pins.

• Simple installation & operation.

 

 

 

  XCG2 Series Demolition Grapples Specs.

 

Excavator Weight
(t)
[x1000lbs]
Model Tine 
Config.
Capacity 
m³ 
[yd³ ]
Weight 
kg [lbs ]
Moving Jaw Width 
mm 
[" ]
Fixed Jaw Width
mm 
["]
Max.  Opening 
 
mm 
[" ]

Min. Opening 
  
mm 
[" ]

Height 
mm 
[" ]
09 - 14
[20-31]
12CG25 2/3 0.5 [0.6] 864 [1,900] 540  [21] 910  [36] 1,651 [65] 280 
[11]
1,231 [49]
12CG27 3/4 0.6 [0.8] 1,050 [2,314] 783  [31] 1,102[43]
13 - 17
[29-37]
15CG25 2/3 0.8 [1.0] 907 [2,000] 580  [23] 980  [39] 1,713 [67] 322 
[13]
1,402 [55]
15CG27 3/4 1.0 [1.3] 1,111 [2,450] 855  [34] 1,205 [47]
16 - 24
[35-53]
20CG25 2/3 1.5 [2.0] 1,318 [2,900] 650  [26] 1,100 [43] 2,476 [97] 357 
[14]
1,551 [61]
20CG27 3/4 1.8 [2.4] 1,500 [3,300] 900  [35] 1,270 [50]
20CG29 4/5 2.1 [2.8] 1,727 [3,800] 1,165 [45] 1,505 [59]
22 - 28
[48-62]
25CG25 2/3 2.1 [2.8] 1,640 [3,615] 690  [27] 1,170 [46] 2,721 [107] 379
[15]
1,671 [66]
25CG27 3/4 2.7 [3.5] 1,864 [4,100] 970  [38] 1,370 [54]
25CG29 4/5 3.0 [3.9] 2,050 [4,518] 1,230 [48] 1,590 [62]
26 - 38
[57-84]
30CG25 2/3 2.8 [3.7] 1,905 [4,200] 746  [29] 1,268 [50] 2,881 [113] 413
[16]
1,645 [65]
30CG27 3/4 3.1 [4.0] 2,177 [4,800] 1,124 [44] 1,587 [62]
30CG29 4/5 3.3 [4.3] 2,872 [6,120] 1,305 [51] 1,688 [66]
35 - 50
[77-110]
40CG25 2/3 3.4 [4.5] 2,900 [6,392] 846  [33] 1,436 [56] 3,071 [121] 460 
[18]
1,994 [78]
40CG27 3/4 4.1 [5.3] 3,045 [6,700] 1,271 [50] 1,796 [70]
40CG29 4/5 4.7 [6.2] 3,200 [7,053] 1,568 [62] 2,028 [80]

  48 - 60[106-132]

55CG25 2/3 4.3 [5.6] 3,600 [7,936] 914  [36] 1,552 [61] 3,100 [122] 480
[19]
2,130 [84]
55CG27 3/4 4.8 [6.3] 3,950 [8,708] 1,382 [54] 1,951 [77]
  50 - 90
[130-198]
70CG25 2/3 5.0 [6.5] 4,849 [10,690] 982  [39] 1,667 [66] 3,347 [132] 526  [21] 2,314 [91]
70CG27 3/4 5.7 [7.5] 5,121 [11,290] 1,492 [59] 2,106 [83]
 50 - 90
[130-198]
100CG25 2/3 6.0 [7.8] 5,500[12,125] 1,031 [41] 1,770[70] 4,424 [174] 624  [25] 2,685 [105]
100CG27 3/4 6.4 [8.4] 5,712 [12,593] 1,575[62] 2,314 [91]

 

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