flakrat
Bronze Member
4\' Rotary Cutter, weight and chain strength
Howdy y'all,
I inheritted a 4' 3ph mounted rotary cutter, the chain on it was rusty and promptly snapped the first time I went over a hill.
I just bought a chain at HomeDepot to replace it, stainless steel and 1/4" diameter links.
The chain says it's rated at 1,000 pounds.
Questions:
1) What would y'all estimate a 4' rotary cutter would weigh, I'm guessing 500 pounds?
2) With this chain rated at 1,000 pounds, should it be sufficient to handle the cutter (I'm guessing so as well).
I also got two "Twin Clevis Links" to connect both ends of the chain to the cutter (these use cotter pins to lock the clevis pins in place, I like that better than the threaded "Quick Link" design) and are rated at 3,500 pounds.
I don't want to weld the chain in place at this time because I want to test different lengths of the chain first.
Thanks, Mike
Howdy y'all,
I inheritted a 4' 3ph mounted rotary cutter, the chain on it was rusty and promptly snapped the first time I went over a hill.
I just bought a chain at HomeDepot to replace it, stainless steel and 1/4" diameter links.
The chain says it's rated at 1,000 pounds.
Questions:
1) What would y'all estimate a 4' rotary cutter would weigh, I'm guessing 500 pounds?
2) With this chain rated at 1,000 pounds, should it be sufficient to handle the cutter (I'm guessing so as well).
I also got two "Twin Clevis Links" to connect both ends of the chain to the cutter (these use cotter pins to lock the clevis pins in place, I like that better than the threaded "Quick Link" design) and are rated at 3,500 pounds.
I don't want to weld the chain in place at this time because I want to test different lengths of the chain first.
Thanks, Mike