Skid Steer Low Profile Grapple Bucket - Top Dog Attachments

📘 Overview

The Top Dog skid steer grapple bucket is a heavy duty low profile bucket with a hydraulic grapple, built for digging and grading dirt and gravel while still being able to clamp and carry a load. The low profile is the point: a longer bucket bottom gives better cutting-edge versatility than a conventional deep bucket, so it grades as well as it loads. Six widths run 60" to 84" sharing a 35-1/2" grapple opening, 34" bucket depth and a 3/4" x 6" cutting edge, with struck capacity from 13.2 to 18.5 cu ft. Grapple arms are 1/2" laser-cut Grade 50 on 2" x 8" welded cylinders.

Buyers comparing a grapple bucket for skid steer work against a plain bucket are usually weighing one question: how often does the load fall off. A grapple bucket attachment costs more and needs hydraulics, but it carries pipe, brush and debris that a bucket simply spills. Among heavy duty grapple bucket for skid steer options the low profile shape is the one that also grades, which a deep bucket does poorly. The same tool works as a grapple bucket for tractor loaders with a universal quick attach coupler, and a skid loader grapple bucket by any other name is the same attachment.

⚙ Key Features of the Top Dog Attachments Low Profile Grapple Bucket

• Low profile with a longer bucket bottom — the extended floor puts more cutting edge in contact with the ground — it grades where a deep bucket only digs.
• 1/2" Grade 50 laser-cut grapple arms — laser cutting gives a clean edge with no heat-affected zone; Grade 50 resists bending under clamp load.
• 35-1/2" grapple opening — wide enough to clamp brush, pipe or debris on top of a bucket load.
• 3/4" x 6" cutting edge — a heavy edge for a grapple bucket — this is a digging tool, not just a carrier.
• 1/2" Grade 50 wear bars, 10" wide — the underside wear surface is exceptionally wide, which is what low profile buckets need.
• 2" x 8" welded cylinders on grease-zerked pivots — welded cylinders and greasable pivots for a tool that cycles constantly.
• Six widths, 60" to 84" — 827 lbs to 972 lbs empty, with struck capacity from 13.2 to 18.5 cu ft.
• Flat face couplers at 3,000 PSI max — flat face couplers connect cleanly and resist contamination.

🔑 Why Choose the Low Profile Grapple Bucket?

• Digs, grades and clamps with one tool — the long low floor grades, the 3/4" edge digs and the grapple carries — three jobs without changing attachments.
• Secures loads a plain bucket spills — the grapple holds pipe, brush and awkward material on top of a bucket load that would otherwise fall off in transit.
• Wear concentrated in the right place — 10" wide 1/2" Grade 50 wear bars take the ground contact that a low profile bucket sees constantly.
• Serviceable where it matters — grease zerks on every pivot and welded cylinders mean the wear points are maintainable rather than sealed.

📊 Top Dog Attachments Low Profile Grapple Bucket Specifications

Specification Value Overall Height (Closed) 28-1/2" Overall Height (Open) 41-1/2" Overall Depth 38-1/4" Grapple Opening 35-1/2" Depth of Bucket 34" Main Body Thickness 3/16" Side Cutting Edge 3/8" Grade 50 Wear Bars 1/2" Grade 50, 10" wide Mounting Plate 5/16" HR Steel Cutting Edge 3/4" x 6" Grapple Arms 1/2" Grade 50, laser cut Cylinders 2" x 8" welded Hydraulic Couplers Flat face Hydraulic Hoses 3/8" PSI Max 3,000 PSI Pivot Points Grease zerks Country of Origin Made in USA

🔄 Low Profile Grapple Bucket Sizes, Part Numbers and Weights

Part # Width Struck Capacity Heaped Capacity Weight 9033270 60" 13.2 cu ft 15.8 cu ft 827 lbs 9033271 68" 15 cu ft 18 cu ft 867 lbs 9033267 72" 15.9 cu ft 19 cu ft 872 lbs 9033272 78" 17.5 cu ft 20.5 cu ft 917 lbs 9033273 80" 17.75 cu ft 20.12 cu ft 952 lbs 9033274 84" 18.5 cu ft 22.25 cu ft 972 lbs

🔗 What Is a Skid Steer Grapple Bucket Used For?

• Digging and grading dirt and gravel
• Carrying loads that need clamping to stay put
• Handling pipe, brush and awkward material
• Site cleanup and demolition work
• General loading where a grapple prevents spillage

If your machine is rated under 2,000 lbs lift, the lighter 72" utility grapple is the more appropriate choice — it gives the same capability at 783 lbs.

🚜 Which Machines Fit the Low Profile Grapple Bucket?

Available for two machine classes — the Low Profile Grapple Bucket uses a single universal quick attach plate that serves both:

Skid steers and compact track loaders — fits machines with a Universal Quick Attach (SSQA) mount, including:

Compact tractor front-end loaders — fits tractor loaders fitted with a skid-steer-style universal quick attach coupler. Loaders using Euro/Global or John Deere 400/500 mounts require the matching Top Dog adapter plate (Euro 90133219, Euro 2-piece 90133229, JD flat 9033199, JD offset 90133228).

Hydraulic requirement: The grapple arms run on 2" x 8" welded cylinders at up to 3,000 PSI and require an auxiliary hydraulic circuit on the host machine.

Compatibility is determined by mount type, not brand — confirm your machine’s quick attach configuration before ordering.

❓ Low Profile Grapple Bucket Questions, Answered