Bending and Breaking Attachments.??

[nickel plate]

Two instances come to mind. I was doing my neighbor a favor and mowing his back one acre with my Bush Hog 480 Squealer and I ran over a weed hidden crowbar that one of his kids had been playing with and forgot to return to the garage. No real damage to the mower but I would not want to have been in that line of fire when it launched.
I bought a new heavy duty Gearmore 6' box scraper for my New Holland TC40 and was scarifying an open area on some foothill property that I own and snagged a root, the implement bounced but it did bend one of the teeth carriers up and back. The ripper tooth itself was unscathed. Upon further examination of the BS undercarriage I saw that the welding of the bottom of all of the tooth carriers were at best spotty to none compared to the top of the carriers that had perfect textbook welds. The tooth carrier that bent had two very shallow welds and most of them were cold because there was rust in the weld between the carrier and the square box tube (see photo BS2). The BS was over a year out of warranty, I claimed that it was a quality control issue and Gearmore paid the bill for my local NH dealer to drive out to my home (25 miles one way) and pick up the BS, take it back to the shop, weld ALL of the carrier bottoms and return it to me within two days. They brought it back attached to a shop tractor, lifted it on the trailer for my inspection which I found totally satisfactory. I commend Gearmore for their quick and proper response, I commend my local NH dealer for their teammanship in this matter and I hope that gearmore has fixed their in house quality control. I would still buy their products.
Lesson:
Look underneath before I buy.

 

[jake98]

The boxblade was the lesson for me. I was using the grapple and backing up and I saw an old rotten 4" stump, so I figured I'd just push it over on the way. It was 20" tall so I thought I wouldn't lower the box too much, more leverage.. Tractor went back and the blade had a new angle, of course I didn't understand, so I did it again.. I heard crackling sounds.. the paint popping off the upper linkage parts. Geometry sucks. (but I'm glad sombody gave me a chance to get that off my chest)

 

[JDGreenGrass]

2 instances of a box blade getting damaged by pulling stumps.??

Is that what they are made for.??

 

[rambler]

2 instances of a box blade getting damaged by pulling stumps.??

Is that what they are made for.??

With farming, and 8 tractors, a combine, and many other machines, everything is a tool.

You work hard enough, something will give. Or break.

I've had a lot of things let loose because they were poorly welded. I can't say much, I can't weld worth a darn myself...

Lastest was the landscape rake. Was smoothing out the inside of my new shed, clay dirt with heavy tracks in it, probably a little frost in the ground. Caught a lip of dirt going backwards, and the weld let go. It was a bit pooer weld than the pic in this thread of a box blade.

But - I've used that rake a lot in the grove, and leveling my whole 4 acres of pasture. Been run hard in those jobs, and it held up through them. If this part wouldn't break, something else will eventually... It's just a matter of time. One uses tools, and if you use them to their max, something might have to give. Was pretty easy to have the rake reweleded, better than new. But - what's going to give next time I stress it?

I sprung my smaller back blade pulling ice & manure off the cattle feeding yard. Has to be done to get the doors open, better footing for the cattle. But -frozen cow pies will stress the heck out of an implement.....

--->Paul

 

[Tongy]

Speaking of frozen cow pies. Had a whole manure spreader full of them, and of course couldn't wait till they thawed to spread. Got about 1/4 of the load off and the drive wheel locked up due to a big chunk being caught in the beaters. Looked underneath and one of the links on the conveyer chain was broken. So, now had fork off the rest of the load. One big chunk in the middle need a rock bar to break it up. Got a new link and today hauled a nice big load of wet, sloppy, soft stuff. Worked a lot better. Looked really nice on that white snow.

 

[jpm1]

Yup! been there, done that and got the tee shirt.
I've been in the operating business 45 years now thru farming, logging, construction and crane work and I can say most all the equiptment I have broke has been stupidity on my part. Some broken factory welds but stupidity mostly. I have a gas welder and all the toys so if it breaks. . .I fix it. I have a smaller tractor now and lighter equiptment to match, I've slowed down, plan my attack and go forth. We still take on big jobs with excelent results, it just takes a bit longer. All of my tractors equip. is KK, (to a lot of people its junk! thats their opinion though!) They (KK)have held up extremely well for me and thats all that matters. Buy cheap or expensive. . . it's your choice cause your flipping the bill now and to rebuild it latter! Its only as good as the operator. John

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I bent up the triangle 3 pt frame on a blade. Blade rated for 35HP was being used on my 20 HP tractor. I was cutting a very large tree up, and the chain saw blade got stuck in the middle of the tree. I used the tractor & blade to push the tree to free the saw. Now that I have a loader, I have never had the need to use the blade since.

 

[logan97]

What does cold weld refer to???

Two instances come to mind. I was doing my neighbor a favor and mowing his back one acre with my Bush Hog 480 Squealer and I ran over a weed hidden crowbar that one of his kids had been playing with and forgot to return to the garage. No real damage to the mower but I would not want to have been in that line of fire when it launched.
I bought a new heavy duty Gearmore 6' box scraper for my New Holland TC40 and was scarifying an open area on some foothill property that I own and snagged a root, the implement bounced but it did bend one of the teeth carriers up and back. The ripper tooth itself was unscathed. Upon further examination of the BS undercarriage I saw that the welding of the bottom of all of the tooth carriers were at best spotty to none compared to the top of the carriers that had perfect textbook welds. The tooth carrier that bent had two very shallow welds and most of them were cold because there was rust in the weld between the carrier and the square box tube (see photo BS2). The BS was over a year out of warranty, I claimed that it was a quality control issue and Gearmore paid the bill for my local NH dealer to drive out to my home (25 miles one way) and pick up the BS, take it back to the shop, weld ALL of the carrier bottoms and return it to me within two days. They brought it back attached to a shop tractor, lifted it on the trailer for my inspection which I found totally satisfactory. I commend Gearmore for their quick and proper response, I commend my local NH dealer for their teammanship in this matter and I hope that gearmore has fixed their in house quality control. I would still buy their products.
Lesson:
Look underneath before I buy.

 

[jnjpream]

What does cold weld refer to???

A weld with very little, or no penetration. Basically the weld puddle is just sitting on the base metal.

 

[AndyMA]

" My $319 rear blade has performed as well as an $800 LandPride blade.

Anyone get my point.??

Just curious. How do you know that.Do you have equal time operating both under similar circumstances?

I always found that the lighter duty (considerable lighter in weight) attachments just aren't up to the tasks of a heavy duty attachment.

Andy