Bro Tek thumb

Tom_H · Mar 19, 2008

My Woods BH6000 is being put on right now. As soon as I get the bucket measurements to Richard, I will be getting the ripper and thumb.

denmansoft · Apr 10, 2008

Richard's thumb is great. He is wonderful to deal with and works with you to fit your tractor.

Picking up a rock. Wheelie time if I'm on the seat.

Pulled in close for transport.

I find the thumb stowed on the boom a little in the way sometimes. You still need to keep the toplink handy, so I came up with this storage for it.

Here are the pieces after pulling 2 pins.

Now stowed away ready for use.

I really did this container for the chains and then realized the thumb might fit. When it went in along with the toplink and my 15ft chain with hooks I was quite pleased! 18"-22" of 6" PVC with a cap and some big zip ties.

boutym · Oct 4, 2015

I was just about to order a Bro-Tek thumb with Paypal. The total with shipping was $450 for the thumb and top link (removing the top link doesn't change the shipping since he does flat rate USPS). However, to my surprise I found during checkout with Paypal that Richard wants the customer to absorb a $13 and change Paypal fee also. While Richard might be a good guy to deal with, this seems a little underhanded. This coupled with the fact he doesn't provide a phone number or location is of at least some concern to me. I've had dealings with Canadian vendors in past that operate like this and it's never turned out well.

xzcVAbc5 · Oct 4, 2015

boutym said:
I was just about to order a Bro-Tek thumb with Paypal. The total with shipping was $450 for the thumb and top link (removing the top link doesn't change the shipping since he does flat rate USPS). However, to my surprise I found during checkout with Paypal that Richard wants the customer to absorb a $13 and change Paypal fee also. While Richard might be a good guy to deal with, this seems a little underhanded. This coupled with the fact he doesn't provide a phone number or location is of at least some concern to me. I've had dealings with Canadian vendors in past that operate like this and it's never turned out well.

BXpanded also makes a thumb and they are easy to get in contact with.

boutym · Oct 5, 2015

jjsjeff said:
BXpanded also makes a thumb and they are easy to get in contact with.

Richard promptly updated the Paypal request to offset the fee, so my concerns have vanished. Nice to see someone do right by the customer without the fight that so often comes with many transactions these days. Now if I could only get the dealer I bought the machine from to do the same. I still think a phone number/address should be provided though.

I contacted BXpanded and was told they don't have a thumb yet that will work with the Massey. I do have the BXpanded tooth bar though and love it.

Mowbizz · Oct 5, 2015

boutym said:
Richard promptly updated the Paypal request to offset the fee, so my concerns have vanished. Nice to see someone do right by the customer without the fight that so often comes with many transactions these days. Now if I could only get the dealer I bought the machine from to do the same. I still think a phone number/address should be provided though.

I contacted BXpanded and was told they don't have a thumb yet that will work with the Massey. I do have the BXpanded tooth bar though and love it.

Just the way he does business...I have had his stuff on my tractors and there has NEVER been an issue with any of it.

boutym · Oct 8, 2015

Got the thumb today and installed it. Easy and quick install. Took me about 10 minutes and works great. Of course I had to run around picking up far more than I needed. Even tried a couple of the wife's big clay pots and latched on without breaking them, which was greatly to my benefit.