Shutesbury
Silver Member
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2010
- Messages
- 171
- Location
- Western Massachusetts
- Tractor
- Kubota BX-24 - other goodies listed in my profile.
BTW, I have a ripper tooth that I got at Tractor supply.
It was my INTENTION to punch a couple of holes in the side of a backhoe bucket so I could use it for GENTLY picking and scratching at roots.
I still keep meaning to do that and if/when I do I might just put a set of holes on each side of the bucket.
Yeah, I know, I know; It will twist the B'Jeepers out of the sheet metal side of a bucket if I REALLY push/pull on it.
Not sure of the details for the backing strip; at least angle iron, more likely C section.
I did just that, for my BX24 BH bucket. No reinforcements on the sheet metal, just washers, and it has worked fine. Something with more hydraulic power might be able to damage the bucket, but I've used it many times without a problem. When pushing down on the ground with the tip, I've lifted the rear of the tractor.
I can't rip apart a thick root, but I can nibble it, or pull/tear or snap the smaller ones, but I find it MOST useful for stripping the soil from the roots under a stump, working within the perimeter trench I've dug. That stripped soil can then be removed from the trench, since you still have full use of the bucket.
Attached is a photo, with the tooth facing the *wrong* way. I quickly learned it was more effected facing the same direction as the bucket.
Paul