Recent content by slicktierney

That looks great. I saw a ripper on ebay with teeth on the backside from manca thumbs.

some progress, been lazy.

Not at all. Thank you for looking. I took off the small extra weld so it fits between the ears of my orange bucket, I am making ears for the ripper and the black bucket. It will work, just not yet.

ground the welds down on either side, the second set of mounting holes that I won't ever use are in the way now, but going to test out on a craigslist special first.

I have a Kubota KX41-2, I looked at a few places for a quick coupler, everything attachments, amulet and several other sites, I then went to my local dealer who is quite helpful when he can be, but he could not find one. This one popped up on ebay, had the right pin diameters and the spacing was...

finished cutting, they need cleanup, and have to take the temper out of the end so I can make the square hole round.

Awesome work, I wish I had seen this before I started mine. I will have to add the angled gussets, and the spine T.

I read somewhere that it is better to have overbite for the thumb, I went with flat jaws not curved, one is cut out but having issues with my cutter, also got distracted making a frost ripper

Thanks for the replies, the cut out is a copy of the one I made for the backhoe, straight for ease of making, it works ok for moving rocks and holding logs for firewood. I was going to use plow cutting edge for this one and though for ease of cutting. I will look at commercial ones to see how...

I am making a thumb for my KX41-2. Are the thumb arms supposed to land on the teeth of the bucket or on the cutting edge of the bucket? Does it not matter? On my backhoe it worked out easier to land on the bucket, on this one I can play with bushings to land either place. Shown is my plywood...

Hi David; Thank you for the run through, your machine color looks kind of like woods mfg burnt orange. I enjoyed the videos as well. I have been shopping for a bucket coupler, but the small machines are not supported very well near me. My pins are .98/25mm,

I've got a 70's JD 510 with the factory option of a 710 backhoe on the back. How do I get the main lift hydraulic cylinder out of the backhoe arm? There doesn't seem to be enough room to remove it. As I fix leaks, other things start leaking. I will post a picture tommorrow. Thanks Kevin

I got a 70's JD 510 with the factory option of a 710 backhoe on the back. How do I get the main lift hydraulic cylinder out of the backhoe arm? Thanks in advance. Kevin

Is there a way to adapt an orfs 4m to sae 4m? Hopefully in an 90 degree elbow? I got a hydraulic cylinder for a thumb project but it has male face seal connector ports. I'm trying to hard connect an sae ported solenoid spool valve to the cylinder Does anyone know where to get fittings? Or get...

Can you post the picture of your idler/tensioner. I added a tongue and axle