Reach and pull action loader grapple

A grapple device for picking up large amounts of materials, comprising:

• a torque tube having a first torque pivot point and a second torque pivot point, the torque tube adapted to be mounted on a bucket;
• a pivot having a first end and an opposite second end, the pivot rotatably connected to the first torque pivot point at a pivot cross tube located at the second end of the pivot, the pivot further having a pivot collar at the first end with first and second pivot faces adjacent the pivot collar;
• a rod and cylinder operatively connected to the second torque pivot point and having a rod pivot point at a first end of the rod;
• a pivot link operatively connected to the pivot at the pivot collar and the rod at the rod pivot, the pivot link comprising two stops at a first end of the pivot link;
• a tooth member operatively connected to the pivot link;
• guide arms operatively connected to the cylinder, a guide pin adapted to move along the guide arms;
• wherein, in a fully open position, the rod is withdrawn within the cylinder, the guide pin of the pivot is positioned in a guide vee of the guide arms such that the pivot does not rotate counterclockwise about the first torque pivot point of the torque tube.