Drsmile
New member
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2013
- Messages
- 17
- Location
- White, GA
- Tractor
- '10 McCormick CT50U / John Deere 650 / Bobcat 873 / CAT D3
Admitedly, I am a novice. I was clearing / grading an area with some debris (brush, limbs, etc...) on a piece of land I have only owned for 5 mos. Having fun and a good time today in the Georgia sun and 65 degree weather when all of the sudden - STOP... I looked back saw I was hung up on something and backed up. A stump just below grade that was not visible was grabbed by my middle scarifier and sheared right through the frame!! I pulled out the ripper and spend 3 hours getting the stump out so I don't damage anything in the future forgetting it was there. I am going to take it to a fab shop and have it fixed. It is a BushHog SBX720 - a stout piece of steel.
That was the back story. Now the question: should I have the ripper frame beefed up, or is it good that the scrape was the weak link in this chain? I guess I would rather tear up a scrape then hurt the tractor if / when this happens again... McCormicK CT50U is a great machine, and with only 200 hrs - I don't want to beat it up too bad. Also, am I a rube, or does this sort of thing happen to everyone as sometime or another?
That was the back story. Now the question: should I have the ripper frame beefed up, or is it good that the scrape was the weak link in this chain? I guess I would rather tear up a scrape then hurt the tractor if / when this happens again... McCormicK CT50U is a great machine, and with only 200 hrs - I don't want to beat it up too bad. Also, am I a rube, or does this sort of thing happen to everyone as sometime or another?