Bent subsoiler

[ruffdog]

Get the ears straight and add simple gusseting to box it in. Leave room for a socket for your nut.

 

[CoyPatton]

My guess would be a combination of cheaper import steel, over HP for the implement, and hitting some solid relatively roots. The metal is mow fatigued at both bends. Straighten it! Reinforce it! (You have 2 suggestions) I suggested do both if you plan to continue to use it.
Go behind the cross brace that comes around to form the bend portion and go out to create a slide in out pin holding frame.
Then from the current outside edge of the ear (after straightened) go from there to under the bottom of the cross brace.
Doing both will create a very strong pin joint (assuming you can weld these new pieces in solid).
Good luck on your repair!

 

[jmc]

Geez. Part of a good design is to anticipate reasonable contingencies. Eventually snagging a buried object with a subsoiler could have been anticipated with an extra dollar's worth of fab cost. If I ever consider a KK implement, I'll keep this subsoiler in mind.

 

[Newtocvt]

Thank you so much for all the help. Wish I could say I fixed it but not yet. I did get the pins out and tried bending with my pipe wrench but I could bend the ears. I don’t have a pipe big enough to fit over my pipe wrench handle. It looks to me that even if I get them bent back they will need some additional support. The ears are 1/2 steel and that’s beyond my very limited welding ability.

For now I guess it’s use as is or find a shop to cut the ears and weld new support on. Thanks again!

 

[Tinhack]

That probably would have broken the draft arm mounts off a lesser tractor. A 3-pound hand sledge will probably straighten those tabs out. I'm not sure I'd beef that up. You want something to give besides your tractor. Go slower so you can "feel the drag" and/or go to depth in two passes.

 

[Mat4644]

Three point lower arms with balls allow the implement pins to rotate and bend the supports. Put the proper bushings on and a quality quick hitch and this is less likely to happen.

 

[ruffdog]

Geez. Part of a good design is to anticipate reasonable contingencies. Eventually snagging a buried object with a subsoiler could have been anticipated with an extra dollar's worth of fab cost. If I ever consider a KK implement, I'll keep this subsoiler in mind.

Do you expect the lower priced product to achieve the same performance as the heavy duty product from the same manufacturer?

 

[5030]

Do you expect the lower priced product to achieve the same performance as the heavy duty product from the same manufacturer?

Exactly, it's a weenie.

 

[ruffdog]

The OP bought the $200 version while KK also sells a HD $560 version. I guess you get what you pay for, eh?

King Kutter Category 1 and 2 Heavy Duty Subsoiler SUB-HD-YK

 

[jmc]

My point was that for another dollar, they coulda added a small gusset or otherwise arranged for the pin not to be attached to a cantilevered tab.