spitter
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I just purchased a nh 758c hoe and want to install a hydraulic thumb. To save time instead of fabbing up my own I was looking into buying a thumb and cylinder pre made. It seems that there are 2 choices cheap around 300$ for a mild steel thumb with no travel in hydro cylinder or expensive around $1000 for ar400 steel well designed lots of travel in cylinder. First ? anybody buy one of the cheap ones and have it twist up on them? Is it worthbuying a mechanicalthumb for $150 and then convert it to hydro. I think I have read all the thumb realated threads . But no one has a long term answer weather the cheap thumbs hold up. I was looking at the Gentec and Amulet 8x24 hydro thumbboth around a g .They seem to be a lot better design and build quality or are they over kill 4 a 758c. I also was interested in a quick release bucket for it but can't find any info on that.:drink: