How many teeth should I add to my 4 in 1 bucket/tooth mount style-Beast Mode

[SpringHollow]

My PT1850 has 7 teeth on the grapple bucket which is the rock bucket that PT added a grapple to.

Ken

 

[oosik]

I have a full width Rankin tooth bar on my six foot bucket. Eight teeth, evenly spaced across six feet.

 

[PowerTracManiac]

BEAST MODE ENGAGED

 

[MossRoad]

YIKES!

 

[BigDaddyEureka]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LIKE IT!

 

[Frankenkubota]

I'm thinking about modifying my ratchet rake to where it bolts onto my 4 in 1 vs strapping it to my oem bucket.

I'm worried that the force on the FEL would be too much?

 

[SpringHollow]

Personally, I prefer the Ratchet Rake vs a bolt on one.

Ken

 

[woodlandfarms]

While the beast mode is cool I worry about bending your bucket. Is the lip heavily reinforced?

 

[MossRoad]

While the beast mode is cool I worry about bending your bucket. Is the lip heavily reinforced?

I'd be concerned about that as well. I had a 3/4 yard bucket on an IH2500B with oversized lift cylinders. I damaged the heck out of the bucket prying on tree roots. Ended up taking it to a welding shop to straighten out the leading edge, re-welding the crack across the rear of the bucket, and adding a 6" piece of 1/2" flat stock across the entire width of the bottom side of the bucket lip for more support. Then a new cutting edge.

It's amazing the power that hydraulics can have to bend plate steel.

 

[PowerTracManiac]

No issues so far. The lip on the 4 in 1 bucket is very thick and the pressure from going into the dirt goes to the back section of the dozer portion of the bucket which seems to take it well.

 

[MossRoad]

Nice work.

 

[cqaigy2]

Nice!

Just a little constructive criticism. Your last picture should have had the PT and you in the foreground. Maybe with you in it, foot up on one of the tires, admiring your handy work.

 

[MossRoad]

Or the teeth stuck under a stump with the rear wheels in the air a couple feet.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Or the teeth stuck under a stump with the rear wheels in the air a couple feet.

Some people go to Disneyland or Six Flags...others own a tractor.

 

[BigDaddyEureka]

Oh man do I know this one...even the little cylinder on the bucket of the hoe can provide a lot more of a ride than one would think!

 

[MossRoad]

Some people go to Disneyland or Six Flags...others own a tractor.

 

[MossRoad]

That's Bubenberg, the original PT Test Pilot, back in January of 2003.

A quote from the discussion:


"But first, a rigorous set of scientific tests to determine appropriate limits for the users manual..."

 

[BigDaddyEureka]

Woo hoo!

 

[cqaigy2]

Ride'em cowboy!