PT Implement Choices / Questions

MossRoad · Feb 10, 2003

Personally, for maintaining a gravel drive, I'd use a box blade for redistributing the gravel, and the snow blade for snow only.

Sedgewood · Feb 10, 2003

Yo Hey John - what kind of tines are those? - they look just like the PT tines - where do you get them - are they similar to the york rake style - they look different 

I haven't a clue what kind of tedder they fit - I just went in the parts room at my local ag dealer and picked out what I thought might mount easiest and work best - there ar lots of styles available. Mine are about 18 inches long, straight except for a bit of a bend at the tip. Mounting them though turned into quite an exersize in frustration management - there were two problems - getting them to line up in a staggered row fore & aft and then finding a way to keep them there. The leverage is quite great and they tend to move side to side out of alignment. Tedders usually have tabs or some kind of special hardware to restrict side to side motion -I finally oveerpowered mine with bigger bolts and 1/4 inch thick washers and lots of oomph on the wrench.

wasabi · Feb 10, 2003

Hey Ed,

In the FWIW dept, I followed up on the above suggestion re: worksaver....one can buy individual parts needed...and they have a logical way of locking down the tines, though their tines are a bit pricy at $8.80 each - list. They look to be, and are described as, heavy spring steel, looks more like what comes on a york rake. (likely that york rake replacement tines are standard item, but I have not located a source). Bad news is that rough estimate for building a bolt-on-rake-bar for a 6' PT blade using above parts would be in the neighborhood of $400 at list prices. Good news is it can pretty easily be done. More research needed.

wasabi · Feb 10, 2003

I'm looking for the same answers you are NYT, so I defer to those with experience.

Rocketman · Feb 11, 2003

( In the FWIW dept, .................. but I have not located a source.................... More research needed. )

I went through the local Tractor Supply Company branch and they were able to special order the box scraper and rake for me. I do believe that once you have the whole goods, you can order parts factory direct.

Anonymous Poster · Feb 11, 2003

sound like the tines are the way to go -EDM

wasabi · Feb 11, 2003

concur

Schultz · Feb 11, 2003

All this talk about grapple and tines gave me an idea.

I doubt it's original but here it is:
For those who make their own grapple bucket attachment like Moss Road or a new one could be modified. Instead of having the grapple stop at the bucket, have the grapple tines go beyond and under the bucket 8-12" or have some bolt on rippers to the grapple that go beyond the bucket 8-12". This could allow those with clay and rock to rip up the soil by backing up and scoop up easier while driving forward.
Would it work??

MossRoad · Feb 11, 2003

Hmmm, I don't see why that wouldn't work.

I wanted my grapple fingers to meet my teeth, but a bit of overbite might not be bad.

wasabi · Mar 13, 2003

Thanks for all the feedback and input. We're down to the short strokes, so to speak, and I need more assistance in making a decision regarding which mower to get....

Terry has both a 60" and 72" in stock, but there is an unexpected twist.....apparently the 2445 is too powerful for the 60" single spindle rotary cutter mower /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif (even tho that is the one listed on their price sheet) so, if I go with that one, I have to buy a $250 reducer thingy to keep from burning the motor up, bringing the total to $1350... The alternative he suggests is to get a 3 spindle 72" roughcut which the 2445 will handle just fine.

By the way, Terry made a comment I thought y'all might get a chuckle out of....I asked him if I was trying to do too much with one machine...he said "well, you're basically using a high dollar machine to mow with...to which I replied "yea, it may be overkill, but its the only tractor I have! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Anyway, the 72" mower is $850 more than the 60"....so I quess I'm back to wondering... "is wider (that much) better ? I know you have one Charlie....would appreciate your thoughts as well as anyone else's input....have to decide soon!