Homemade BX25 Ripper Tooth

[Tachdriver]

IT started from a Ebay Scarifier shank 16" long and 3/4" thick. Extra heavy duty shank with hardened tooth. After gathering some measurements I started welding it togther. All of the gussets and mounting plate is 1/2" thick. Notice along the tooth face I welded on a 3/8" thick x 1" x 15" long sharpened flat bar to cut thru roots easily. Overall finished length is 24". The lower gussets will act like a plow if I go that deep. Painted 1620 Chevy orange for a very close match. Have not mounted it yet, too **** cold !

A Lot of 6010 rod went into this bad boy

I like it. :thumbsup:

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[Ken_CT]

Very nice job.

 

[Tachdriver]

Thanks Ken...and for your help




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[Baby Grand]

Looks ready for war. How much does that suckah weigh? Nice welds, BTW. A 6010 bead has a look all it's own and it looks like you've spent a lot of time running it. How will you hitch this up? Shear bolt protected?
-Jim

 

[radioman]

IT started from a Ebay Scarifier shank 16" long and 3/4" thick. Extra heavy duty shank with hardened tooth. After gathering some measurements I started welding it togther. All of the gussets and mounting plate is 1/2" thick. Notice along the tooth face I welded on a 3/8" thick x 1" x 15" long sharpened flat bar to cut thru roots easily. Overall finished length is 24". The lower gussets will act like a plow if I go that deep. Painted 1620 Chevy orange for a very close match. Have not mounted it yet, too **** cold !

A Lot of 6010 rod went into this bad boy

I like it. :thumbsup:

Nice job!! You are making me jealous!

Looks ready for war. How much does that suckah weigh? Nice welds, BTW. A 6010 bead has a look all it's own and it looks like you've spent a lot of time running it. How will you hitch this up? Shear bolt protected?
-Jim

My guess is that he is going to remove the BH bucket and use ripper in its place. Only thing I see wrong is I dont see any collars on the ripper bolts holes. If you expect to use your pins from BH, then you need collars to hold pins in place.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Very Nice!!! :thumbsup:

 

[Tom_H]

Very very nice. Radioman makes a good point about the collars though. Collars with lynch or bolt pin holes will allow you to secure the hitch pins so that they do not rotate or slide. This will give much smoother wear on the hitch pins and and their holes with less chance of grit and abrasion. You could use the collars on your bh bucket as models.

 

[Tachdriver]

To answer the questions - There is no shear pin involved. I will remove the 12" kubota bucket and install this tooth. It weighs @ 40lbs +/- 5 lbs. On the pins, I am going to make my own locking pins with collars like the BX25 bucket has on it now. The bx pins will be too short since this tooth wall is thicker. I will drill and tap two hole at 3/8" to lock the collars down, similar to what the BX has.

Here are the pins, long for trimming.

If you need more info, just ask :thumbsup:

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[Tachdriver]

Retainers like this.....

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[twinsticks]

Great looking ripper let us know how it works out.,

 

[radioman]

how did this ripper work out for you?

 

[Tachdriver]

Have not used it yet but should be excellent. I sharpened the whole front of it so it will slice thru roots.

Later:thumbsup:

 

[don white]

Nice job.
Does your wife know you have that in the house?

 

[Tachdriver]

Had about everything else in the hosue at one time or another, might as well have a bx25 in there or parts thereof

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[xtruckerbob]

I have been looking for inspiration, I think this is it.

 

[dragoneggs]

I have been looking for inspiration, I think this is it.

Agreed... thanks for reviving this old thread. I have been thinking and gathering a few scraps to my my ripper/trencher. Still wrestling if I want more of a trenching (flat bottom shovel) design or a ripper w/ V design for laying buried wire or water pipes around my property.

 

[check]

Agreed... thanks for reviving this old thread. I have been thinking and gathering a few scraps to my my ripper/trencher. Still wrestling if I want more of a trenching (flat bottom shovel) design or a ripper w/ V design for laying buried wire or water pipes around my property.

Try Bro-Tek (bro-tek.com). They have a ripper tooth with an optional trencher attachment that you can bolt on. And, they also made me a quick attach mechanism, so I can swap it out with my BX 25 bucket very easily and quickly.

 

[captronr]

I made a ripper from a box blade scarifier. Welded a 1/2 chain link on the rear, and secured wires in it to bury. Worked well.
Ron

 

[dragoneggs]

Try Bro-Tek (bro-tek.com). They have a ripper tooth with an optional trencher attachment that you can bolt on. And, they also made me a quick attach mechanism, so I can swap it out with my BX 25 bucket very easily and quickly.

I have had my eyes on that, and have already have both Bro-Tek and BXpanded accessories. All have been great.

But I cut off both ends of my 72in back blade to make it more compatible with my BX, so I have two 4.5in scraps including the hard cutting edges. Seemed these 'drops' would be perfect for a fun DIY job for little investment. It will look ugly for sure and it that experiment doesn't prove out, I can then fall back on the Bro Tek… It isn't cheap though!