Bending and Breaking Attachments.??

[sunnyside360]

The only attachments i bend or break are the ones i borrowed from my neighbor.

Are you my neighbor? Most of my equipment damage happened when my neighbor borrowed my stuff. Examples: rolled tractor on steep bank, bent front rim (mystery how it was done), all lugs broken on front wheel of backhoe, etc.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

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

No, I've never used an $800 blade. So far my "cheaper" blade has done everything I've asked of it, therefore, I haven't.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Are you my neighbor? Most of my equipment damage happened when my neighbor borrowed my stuff. Examples: rolled tractor on steep bank, bent front rim (mystery how it was done), all lugs broken on front wheel of backhoe, etc.

Ouch, that hurts.!!

 

[jake98]

I didn't read the first half of this thread but 90% of everything I've broken was going in reverse, including dents in trucks and cars. Maybe I did read the first part, did I say that already?

 

[jake98]

we haven't heard much from the guys that have busted equipment and moved up to the "good stuff" so that they can go fast and not pay attention. Where are they.??

Anyone get my point.??

They're sprawled out there next to the front tire, the tractor's almost out of fuel by now..
My father used to infuriate me with how slow he'd work a machine. He didn't break'em tho, and he's still around. He's a Kubota guy now at 84, sorry to say..

 

[jake98]

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).

I would still buy their products.
Lesson:
Look underneath before I buy.

It's kind of confusing when the heavy duty stuff has bad welds. One of my buddies and I got into some kind of tight spot and I remember him yelling "Isolated insident", "It means nothing.." and waving his hand. (I'm sure we were, without a doubt, the cause)

 

[veresjwv]

Difference is some can drive a piece of equipment and others are operators. Finesse, feel and a touch.. it comes with practice.

Topstrap

No matter what anyone does, the more a tool is used the more likely some damage will occur or even break. I have had craftsman sockets and even ratchets break. The point is if you take care of things and use them as they are intended they will last a long time..... a long time ago... when I used a ford Jubilee tractor with a loader you were not an operator you were a part of that tractor, just to approach a pile of dirt and come away with a full bucket of dirt depended on tractor speed, angle of the bucket, the precise time to curl the bucket and then raise the boom all before you just sat there with the wheels spinning! Also what about all the implements that are still around from the 40's and 50's? Is it because they are built better or because of the way they were used? There will always be people that just operate and beat the you know what out of their equipment and people that can drive and use things as they should be used! And that's the way I feel

 

[jake98]

No matter what anyone does, the more a tool is used the more likely some damage will occur or even break.

Especially if they use them in reverse. I bent the linkage so bad I heard the paint crackling off it with the cheap boxblade raised up high in reverse. I didn't believe it tho, so I did it twice.

 

[BWBrown]

Stuff gets old; sometimes when new it isn't perfect.
Too often though, when things go south, we spend our energy and anger pointing fingers and directing blame (in nearly every aspect of life).

I cut my teeth working on the neighboring dairy farm. He who became something of a mentor was often pointing out to me, "Anybody can break tools. Let's see if you can do it right next time."

I broke some, and I grew up and learned. Yet still, every once in a while when I'm getting impatient, or tired, or careless, or just plain not paying attention, I break something. I either fix it or replace it, all the while remembering the (now long passed) old man's words. No-one to blame, really but myself.

Many of my tools are older. I borrow none, lend few, and seldom seek volunteer labor/operators. No-one takes care of my tools like I do.

 

[texasjohn]

Going forward, I've broken chisel plow tines when a rock was hooked on just the one tine. Was going at medium speed because the tines separately catch then release as they go thru the hard ground/clay. Medium speed sets up a vibrating pattern that breaks up the ground better than extremely slow. Cost was about $50 for a replacement tine.

Also broke a tine on a subsoiler. It, too, hooked a rock, was going very slow and watching it... thought that the rock was going to give first...was wrong.