Mini hoe thumb

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ernemats

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I have a question for anyone that has a power trac thumb on their mini hoe. Where is the ideal place to fasten it , how far from the bucket? I just had a local company make me one similar to the power trac one and I am not sure what distance from the bucket would be the best place to fasten it . I know it will vary depending on what you want to pick up. Thanks. Also what are the measurements of the thumb?
 

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You may be able to figure it out by studying the photos from the Power-Trac site below:

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I am going to say it depends on what you are going to pick up. Mine is a home made one, so I can't talk about the PT one.
 
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My Lackender thumb has two pins sandwiching the boom. There is enough slack that it can slide on the boom. In the beginning, this worked great to allow me to grab a wide variety of sized items by just raising the boom to slide the thumb back. But after a while, real heavy loads have caused the boom to indent where the pins normally hit making it harder to move the thumb.

Ken
 
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The thumb is not supposed to move when operating unless it is hyd operated.

Just tack weld several places.
 
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Hi JJ,

Mine does not move when actually lifting things. What was nice about it was that I could have it move without getting off the tractor when I needed it to be bigger or smaller. I think it is a very good way of doing it.

Ken
 
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I located my thumb on my mini-hoe so the bucket will pinch a sapling when curled it also has a flat plate welded to the bottom of the thumb to maximize the pinch effect
 

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