Brush and Tine Grapple Bucket Help ??

[minimax]

One thing I can say to do is use T-1 steel instead of A 36 mild steel the T-1 is a 100,000 psi steel and the mild is 36,000 psi steel.I build a brush rake for my mini-x and used T-1 steel and that stuff is tough.heres a pic of the rake!

minimax

 

[shaley]

We have alot of scrap HY-80 and HY-100 which is 100ksi as well. T1 or AR400 I will have to look for. I'm not sure how abrasion resist the HY (high yield) stuff is but the Navy likes it.

 

[shaley]

The good news and the bad news.
The good news: I can fit this in a half sheet of steel 48x48.

The bad news:
AR400 4'x8' sheet 3/8" $962 Can only buy full sheets of AR.
AR400 4'x8' sheet 1/2" $1200
A36 4'x8' sheet 3/8" $322
A36 4'x8' sheet 1/2" $422

I agree with MinMax on the A36 and I should be able to find T1 in between the two prices. I guess if I lived in Pekin IL. they would be throwing away AR plate from the CAT plant like we toss A36. I remember paying $10 a sheet for 1/4" just a few years back.