Thanks everybody for responding. I paid $250 for it as is, loaded on the truck.
If I can find a back plate - blade and the price is reasonable, I'l buy it.
Has anyone seen scarifier teeth at any farm sales or auctions? Or should I just give up on finding them used and just buy new ones? I probably won't be needing them till mid summer.
I got the box blade for the driveway. But, I read on TBN about using it to make drainage ditches, so, I thought I'd give that a try. As some of you noted I could just use it as is. But, it is winter and I was looking for a winter project. I think I've got about 6 weeks to get it in shape.
KennyV:
Sometime I would like build more driveway. I think I may need the scarifiers for that.
Teg:
The bottom edge is well worn. I think a lot of the wear happened after the blade was bent. So even is I straighten it the edge won't be straight. I'd like to flip the blade because the other edge has not been used. But as it is, the bends would end up in different places.
Giddyup:
I saw your pictures. The hardest part of fabricating a back plate is getting bends that accommodate the blade just right. I also wondered about all the different support pieces you have on your back plate.
You said your holes are broken out. On mine it looks like the holes go through the back plate (1/4" and the angle (1/2"). Do you have an angle welded to the back plate? And did the hole break through the angle also?
Kebo: I was kind of thinking the same thing. Bottle jack versus some immovable object.
The main problem is I can't do anything about it this week end. I have to make up for what I didn't do with the wife last weekend. It seems like I'm always in trouble with the wife for things I didn't do.
If I can find a back plate - blade and the price is reasonable, I'l buy it.
Has anyone seen scarifier teeth at any farm sales or auctions? Or should I just give up on finding them used and just buy new ones? I probably won't be needing them till mid summer.
I got the box blade for the driveway. But, I read on TBN about using it to make drainage ditches, so, I thought I'd give that a try. As some of you noted I could just use it as is. But, it is winter and I was looking for a winter project. I think I've got about 6 weeks to get it in shape.
KennyV:
Sometime I would like build more driveway. I think I may need the scarifiers for that.
Teg:
The bottom edge is well worn. I think a lot of the wear happened after the blade was bent. So even is I straighten it the edge won't be straight. I'd like to flip the blade because the other edge has not been used. But as it is, the bends would end up in different places.
Giddyup:
I saw your pictures. The hardest part of fabricating a back plate is getting bends that accommodate the blade just right. I also wondered about all the different support pieces you have on your back plate.
You said your holes are broken out. On mine it looks like the holes go through the back plate (1/4" and the angle (1/2"). Do you have an angle welded to the back plate? And did the hole break through the angle also?
Kebo: I was kind of thinking the same thing. Bottle jack versus some immovable object.
The main problem is I can't do anything about it this week end. I have to make up for what I didn't do with the wife last weekend. It seems like I'm always in trouble with the wife for things I didn't do.
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