BX25D backhoe ripper question

[dsmiley]

Another possible solution - I would get myself a 12" long piece of precision ground stock, cut it in half, dress up the ends, and drill a lock bolt hole in each piece to make new pins.. If you are doing a little work with the ripper, lube the pins on installation. If doing a lot of work, drill out the pin centers to make grease paths and install grease fittings. I'm assuming the Kubota pins are 1" dia. A quick check at mcmaster.com showed a piece of TGP 4140 steel (5252T715) at less than $30.

 

[ryan08]

I thought about the steel bar and that seems like a good idea. The Kubota shaft is 1" and the bolts I got seem slightly larger even though they are called 1".

I have an email request in with DR to see if I can source them there and I will let you know what I find out.

 

[ryan08]

OK I found the parts list for their hoe and called with a request for a price on the 1" x 6.05" headed pin and they told me $6.99. Two shipped was like $22.

I couldn't believe the cheap price....so I ordered 2 and I will let you know more when they arrive. Part number for the pin is 252951. If this works it is the steal deal of the century.

 

[dsmiley]

Nice! Looks like you're in business.

 

[macguyver13]

I'm following this thread now in hopes that the DR solution works. After digging around some oak stumps for 2 days with my 12" bucket I'm "stumped" by the roots. I think a ripper will solve the problem, but I'd rather not spend the $300+ for the Bro-Tek if the DR will do it for over $100 less. Here's hoping you have good luck getting this to work so the rest of us can follow suit. Please keep us updated.

 

[Shutesbury]

Here's an alternative...

 

[ryan08]

I received the two bucket pins from DR yesterday and just like the 1" bolts I tried they were a hair too large to go through the Kubota holes.

So no out of the box solution....

I may take them to someone with a metal lathe and see if I can get them turned down a 64th". The pins were a very good price from DR as pins from say the Case dealer started at $60.00 each. These pins are not the same heat treated metal as the Case pins but should last a good while for the work I have planned.

 

[GolfAddict]

Here's an alternative...

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Hmmm.. a nice thing about that alternative is being able to switch back and forth between ripping and digging without having to stop and change out ripper and bucket. That's a pretty cool idea!

That's just a standard box blade ripper tooth you bolted on?

 

[ryan08]

That does look like a good idea, but that is not a BX bucket shown and our buckets are not made for the stress the ripper would place on it. We don't have the big reinforced section at the top like the one in the picture. All we have is a very thin side section and I see it bending easily with the stress from the ripper. I guess the bucket could be reinforced with plate on one side for such duty, but not as it stands now.

 

[GolfAddict]

That does look like a good idea, but that is not a BX bucket shown and our buckets are not made for the stress the ripper would place on it. We don't have the big reinforced section at the top like the one in the picture. All we have is a very thin side section and I see it bending easily with the stress from the ripper. I guess the bucket could be reinforced with plate on one side for such duty, but not as it stands now.

His info says BX24, so I assumed that was what was pictured. Going to have to take a look at my BH bucket and see how it compares.