Harv
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Re: Top O\' the Line Box Blade????
Patrick -
I've been trying to figure out which stresses are causing your damage, and as near as I can tell there shouldn't be any significat forces applied to the support arms from engaging the dirt. It must all come from from the hydraulic ram. So to get the kind of damage shown in your picture, it seems like the ripper(s) on one side must be binding up or something when you try to raise or lower them.
What I can't see in any of these pictures is how the scarifiers are supported by the lower bar (square tube?) for digging. If they are free to pivot in that lower support, then I can see where there is a lot of leverage applied to the upper one, in which case you'd think the upper one would be a lot beefier.
I know the pict on the left here is not configured for hydraulics, but it gives us a peek at the raised position:
Patrick -
I've been trying to figure out which stresses are causing your damage, and as near as I can tell there shouldn't be any significat forces applied to the support arms from engaging the dirt. It must all come from from the hydraulic ram. So to get the kind of damage shown in your picture, it seems like the ripper(s) on one side must be binding up or something when you try to raise or lower them.
What I can't see in any of these pictures is how the scarifiers are supported by the lower bar (square tube?) for digging. If they are free to pivot in that lower support, then I can see where there is a lot of leverage applied to the upper one, in which case you'd think the upper one would be a lot beefier.
I know the pict on the left here is not configured for hydraulics, but it gives us a peek at the raised position: