Yet another home made box scraper

[crazyal]

I decided to buy 4 rippers/scarcifiers rather than build them and boy are those things pricey but it would have taken me forever to cut, heat treat, etc my own.

No doubt. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy or build either a box blade or a grading scraper. It looks like somewhere in the $30+ range is what you'll pay each with shipping. I don't have much for scrap metal to use so I would have to buy the steel. If I wanted to match a factory made unit I would need at least 6 rippers.

Nice job.

 

[bakerg]

nice job..I think I'll build one when the snow leaves

I have to agree, nice job. i am in the process of building 1 myself. I had scrap steel around and could not see me spending the money on a manufactured one. I will not be using it that often and a home maked one will work for me.
If you got paint, I would paint it. It would make the tractor look better.:thumbsup:

 

[GaryInWA]

Thanks for the comments folks!!

I had no idea the 3pt lifting arms were not installed right, I bought them off ebay and they had no instructions/pictures of how they should be mounted....the kubota stealership wanted an arm and a leg for the 3pt kit and my tractor didnt come with the 3pt kit as it almost always has a backhoe attached to it....this kit needed a little coaxing to fit but I made it work and saved alot of $$ too.

The upper and lower u-clamp mounts on my 3pt have different sized holes and were of different widths so they only would mount on the way I had them mounted unless I drilled out the holes where the bolt and pin goes and also pried open on of the u-clamps so they would fit around my tractors lifting arm.

I went ahead and gave this a try, I used a big backhoe bucket tooth to open up the u-clamp that was too narrow to connect to the upper link (see photo) and the other u-clamp was too wide so I beat on it with mr.sledge

The pin that was supplied that connects the upper link to the tractors lifting arm wasnt long enough so I just used a bolt to connect it to the tractor and attached some photos, is this how the 3pt should look?

I used the box blade again with the 3pt linkages in this new configuration and it worked just as well as before, as soon as I add the cutting edge that will really help I am sure.

 

[bakerg]

Thanks for the comments folks!!

I had no idea the 3pt lifting arms were not installed right, I bought them off ebay and they had no instructions/pictures of how they should be mounted....the kubota stealership wanted an arm and a leg for the 3pt kit and my tractor didnt come with the 3pt kit as it almost always has a backhoe attached to it....this kit needed a little coaxing to fit but I made it work and saved alot of $$ too.

The upper and lower u-clamp mounts on my 3pt have different sized holes and were of different widths so they only would mount on the way I had them mounted unless I drilled out the holes where the bolt and pin goes and also pried open on of the u-clamps so they would fit around my tractors lifting arm.

I went ahead and gave this a try, I used a big backhoe bucket tooth to open up the u-clamp that was too narrow to connect to the upper link (see photo) and the other u-clamp was too wide so I beat on it with mr.sledge

The pin that was supplied that connects the upper link to the tractors lifting arm wasnt long enough so I just used a bolt to connect it to the tractor and attached some photos, is this how the 3pt should look?

I used the box blade again with the 3pt linkages in this new configuration and it worked just as well as before, as soon as I add the cutting edge that will really help I am sure.

It looks like the arms should be switched from left to right so the bends at the balls curve in to the center of the box blade.

 

[LD1]

Thanks for the comments folks!!

I had no idea the 3pt lifting arms were not installed right, I bought them off ebay and they had no instructions/pictures of how they should be mounted....the kubota stealership wanted an arm and a leg for the 3pt kit and my tractor didnt come with the 3pt kit as it almost always has a backhoe attached to it....this kit needed a little coaxing to fit but I made it work and saved alot of $$ too.

The upper and lower u-clamp mounts on my 3pt have different sized holes and were of different widths so they only would mount on the way I had them mounted unless I drilled out the holes where the bolt and pin goes and also pried open on of the u-clamps so they would fit around my tractors lifting arm.

I went ahead and gave this a try, I used a big backhoe bucket tooth to open up the u-clamp that was too narrow to connect to the upper link (see photo) and the other u-clamp was too wide so I beat on it with mr.sledge

The pin that was supplied that connects the upper link to the tractors lifting arm wasnt long enough so I just used a bolt to connect it to the tractor and attached some photos, is this how the 3pt should look?

I used the box blade again with the 3pt linkages in this new configuration and it worked just as well as before, as soon as I add the cutting edge that will really help I am sure.

That is still incorrect.

The vertical arms that you just messed with where fine. The LOWER are are what is backwards. As the previous poster mentioned, the ends should curce back towards each other. That way they will be near parallel, instead of turning out at a sharp degree.

You can either turn them upside down, or swith sides. What ever works the best.

Please see my attached crappy drawing. Yours looks like the ones on the left. But it should be like the ones on the right.