Yeah no way would I give up 400#'s of lift capacity. Get the lighter one and fix when needed. I haven't used the one I bought yet but it's the lesser of the 2 styles as far as bulk. You can see the heavier one on the top right. My skid loader is only 2100# lift so I wanted all I could get.Yea I was looking at the weights on those grapples as well. Tractordata specs page lists my model 520 loader at 2k lift capacity. the 72" HD root grapple weighs just over 1,000# itself. The lighter duty grapple bucket with two independent grapples is about 40% lighter at 600ish pounds. I don't abuse my equipment but it's farm machinery and things do get used..