chopped
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I cut tires all the time with a sawzall.Use bolt cutter to cut metal bead.Bot sure how many metal strands ya would find ...
Big truck threw a tread. Can I use it?
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JDgreen227
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The tread I cut to size wasn't too hard to saw, but when I tried to DRILL thru the tread, those hundreds of tiny brass wires were a real B---- to get thru. Had to use a powerful half inch drill and a bunch of older half inch drill bits, not sure if brand new bits would have worked better? Whatever drill or bits you use, try to be prepared because when the bits hang up on those wires the bit may stop while the drill keeps turning....ya know what I mean there.
Hmmm.. JD, I figured the closer the rubber resembled the steel blade - the higher likelihood I would get similar results. I can see some appeal to leaving one inner ridge to act like a bottom ledge/scoop .. but does not leaving the top inside edge start a premature roll of the snow .. or is it not enough to effect it?
Needless to say, you cannot see exactly what is going on upon contact, but do you have a general idea of how much distortion you get with the rubber edge.
I was also looking at this 1" plastic edge .. seems a pretty good deal for those without trucker throwing rubber gifts:
IPX 2000 UHMW SHEET - Plastic Rods
You guys - would a hole saw work better than a twist bit?
I am not looking forward to drilling all those steel holes either! Thanks.
Jim
Needless to say, you cannot see exactly what is going on upon contact, but do you have a general idea of how much distortion you get with the rubber edge.
I was also looking at this 1" plastic edge .. seems a pretty good deal for those without trucker throwing rubber gifts:
IPX 2000 UHMW SHEET - Plastic Rods
You guys - would a hole saw work better than a twist bit?
I am not looking forward to drilling all those steel holes either! Thanks.
Jim
JDgreen227
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I used half inch bolts to fasten my rubber edge to the RB, that was the stock size supplied with the steel wear bar. I made the holes in the tread 9/16th inch, but have never seen a hole saw that small.
To me, "hole saw" is a rounded, cat food can shaped item with teeth on one edge you install on a mandrel and use for cutting holes in doors, etc. You may be talking about a "spade bit" that resembles a flattened spoon. I have never tried to use spade bits in anything other than wood or drywall...I could be wrong but I think the brass wires in the tread would dull the cutting edges on a spade bit really fast.
As for leaving the top inside edge the way I have it, no, I don't really think it interferes with the roll of the snow to much extent, it seems about the same whether I am back blading (pushing snow in reverse) or pulling (grading going forward. As to deflection...this is hard to figure, but I would say at the very most, the bottom edge of my tread flexes an inch to an inch and a half horizontally, no more than that. Hope this helps.
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