WELDING PROJECT - POTHOLE PULVERIZER

[GaryInWA]

I am sick of potholes and since my JCB backhoe doesn’t have a 3pt attachment I decided to fabricate a an attachment similar to a box scraper out of scrap steel that can be attached to the loader and then pulled backwards to rip the gravel roadway and then redistribute the gravel where needed. I visited ye ole scrap yard and bought a bunch of great steel, thank goodness the scrap yard I go to gets their scrap from fabrication and machine shops...talk about some great steel scraps /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The box scraper is made from 3”x5” angle iron and the scraper teeth are made of T-1 half inch thick steel, which are welded to half inch bar stock...everything has been reinforced to withstand the forces exerted. It took me almost 2 days of non stop cutting and welding to fabricate it but it appears to work as intended, it still has a few minor bugs I need to work out and will get a paint job soon as well.

I put some pictures of it and some action shots at yahoo photos, click pictures to check them out.

Gary

 

[EddieWalker]

Interesting concept. I just drag my bucket backwards and use the back edge to move material. Your method is much more agressive!!!!

 

[Mike_C]

What keeps it from pulling off the large pin in the bucket?

 

[GaryInWA]

The round stock I welded to the bucket holds it in place, I bolt (2) pieces on top of the round stock to keep the attachment from pulling off. I found a few bugs with my prior design so I beefed up the design with 1 1/4" T-1 steel andf also added a brace to keep the pulverizer down in place when pulling it...see attached picture.

The 1/2 mile gravel drive I share with my neighbors is very hard packed and tends to become full of potholes year round....I built the pulverize to help keep them in check.

I like having it mounted to the front bucket as I can tilt it as much as needed the use the "float" option when pulling, floating the bucket means just the weight of the bucket is applied so I don’t dig in too much or not enough