Bro Tek thumb

[Tom_H]

I worry about that ripper tooth. In October, I had a neighbor with a 5 yd. pan scraper pulled by a dozer move about 300 yd3 for me. I ripped some claypan right on top of my durapan in the places I wanted him to drag. I had a sub-soiler on the 3ph and several 5 gal steel buckets filled with lg cobble strapped to it for ballast. This section of claypan was filled with small sized glacial moraine and the mixture had cemented itself quite hard. I had lots of running starts, and bog-downs, but the BX really ripped a lot of that stuff well. After only several hours, however, the bit on that sub-soiler was not just dulled, there was a serious amount of metal just worn away.

I could see putting this Bro-Tek ripper on a BH and ripping my even harder durapan (some of it has morraine cemented in, some not), but I worry about it wearing down. Instead of being able to unbolt and replace a tooth, it looks like you have to replace an entire one-piece implement. Is that the case, or is there a substrate and bolt connection that I'm not seeing in the pictures?

 

[DanielAlexander]

Yes , I have been corresponding with Richard via email, He has been very courteous and quick to respond and is willing to make his great product fit my tractor. I am happy about making my Bro-Tek choice.

 

[ndnparts]

This is usually the case when the business is one guy building the parts in his own shop. Not really a big deal, and Richard will respond quickly and he ships within a few days (from Canada). I have his rear skid plate and a ripper for my BX24. Stan

Apparently you fill out their web mail form and provide your e-mail address, then wait for them to e-mail you. I don't like these setups where you can't talk to a real person.

 

[Tango Hotel]

Hi Guy's
New kid here with a BX 24. I have the Thumb, rear skid plate, and brush fork, I have all but the fork in action. My welder guy has been dragging his feat.
Been real happy with all that I've used.
Richard is a good guy to work with.

TJH

 

[BotaBigot]

Have you had the two of these on at the same time, and if so, have you found any special applications this combination would be useful on? BTW, what model is your Kubota-would be helpful if you could fill out your profile.

Yes (both same time). No (useful apps). My thumb stays on always. There was an instance when the ripper was mounted and I wanted to do some thumb work (too lazy to switch back to bucket), didn't work well for me. For me, bucket width helps stabilize the load, whereas with the ripper it's like using chopsticks...

 

[BotaBigot]

I could see putting this Bro-Tek ripper on a BH and ripping my even harder durapan (some of it has morraine cemented in, some not), but I worry about it wearing down. Instead of being able to unbolt and replace a tooth, it looks like you have to replace an entire one-piece implement. Is that the case, or is there a substrate and bolt connection that I'm not seeing in the pictures?

One piece. Don't know what Richard did to harden tip, you could send him an email and ask.

 

[Bucky4]

has the bro tek had the same slipping issues as the wallenstein thumbs?

 

[C6rider]

From everything I've read no. That's why I ordered one.

 

[Bucky4]

thanks for the updated info.

 

[farm23]

My Bro Tek is on a PT1430 and I leave it on all the time. I have used the thumb to pull up fench poles, move large logs, pull up bushes ect and never had a problem I was probably the first to order for my kind of tractor and the Bro Tek people were very responsive.