JWaterstreet
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- Oct 3, 2004
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Hi All,
Awhile back, I posted about getting feedback from those with experience with a 24" bucket on a Woods 7500. (I had just purchased it, and it didn't seem to want to dig on my clay soil)
Anyway, I did two things. First I put a pressure gauge on it, and found that the PTO pump put out about 2400 PSI. The spec says 2100, so I know I am OK now.
The main thing I did was switch out the 24" bucket and put the 12" bucket on. It is like a whole different machine!
I've since dug a bunch of trenches, planted 30 good sized trees, and the only problem I have had it getting the tree holes started on some tough clay patches. For those, I had to drop the bucket under down pressure, wiggle it, drop again, wiggle until I could get a couple inches penetrated, then dig. In these tough soil patches, if the bucket dug in more than a couple inches, it couldn't pull the dipperstick or curl the bucket. On the softer patches of soil, it dug like a champ.
Anyway, thanks for the input, and a warning to those contemplating buying a 24" bucket for one of these hoes. Don't do it unless you have really sandy loose soil, as it is totally worthless for heavy clay soil.
Awhile back, I posted about getting feedback from those with experience with a 24" bucket on a Woods 7500. (I had just purchased it, and it didn't seem to want to dig on my clay soil)
Anyway, I did two things. First I put a pressure gauge on it, and found that the PTO pump put out about 2400 PSI. The spec says 2100, so I know I am OK now.
The main thing I did was switch out the 24" bucket and put the 12" bucket on. It is like a whole different machine!
I've since dug a bunch of trenches, planted 30 good sized trees, and the only problem I have had it getting the tree holes started on some tough clay patches. For those, I had to drop the bucket under down pressure, wiggle it, drop again, wiggle until I could get a couple inches penetrated, then dig. In these tough soil patches, if the bucket dug in more than a couple inches, it couldn't pull the dipperstick or curl the bucket. On the softer patches of soil, it dug like a champ.
Anyway, thanks for the input, and a warning to those contemplating buying a 24" bucket for one of these hoes. Don't do it unless you have really sandy loose soil, as it is totally worthless for heavy clay soil.
