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.