Moving a small mountain

Pks · Feb 21, 2001

Maybe I'll make a toothbar with my new welder. Gosh, birthday's sure are great to have. Ought to have them more often. ;-)

Bird · Feb 21, 2001

Now I don't know what I'd do without a welder, but I don't consider myself good enough to build a proper toothbar, so UPS is supposed to deliver mine tonight./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Bird

Pks · Feb 21, 2001

Where'd you get it and can you post a picture of it before it goes onto the bucket?

Bird · Feb 21, 2001

Pks, I bought the one DDT had listed in the classified section and mentioned in the attachments forum awhile back, so you can go to http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/5-29967-Mvc-007f.jpg and see the picture he posted. I also found similar new ones at http://www.ssbtractor.com at more than double the price.

Bird

Pks · Feb 21, 2001

Thanks Bird,

I'll have to straighten out the lip on my bucket before I do any welding or buying. The previous owner bent it a little.

Peter

Anonymous Poster · Mar 4, 2001

<font color=blue> I think the best setup would be to use Ag tires and a toothbar, but hey I mow the lawn and mix contrete too. </font color=blue>

What concrete mixer do you have? I don't own a tractor, but I own a 3-point concrete mixer of the type sold by TSC and Worksaver. See at http://www.worksaver.com/product/mix.html

Worksaver and other OEMs have rated this mixer for a minimum PTO HP of 25; because of this I have been reluctant to look at the smaller tractors such as your B2400.

Are you using this same mixer? If so, have you had any performance problems. This mixer is capable of 5 to 6 cu. ft. of mix; that plus the weight of the mixer itself would be pushing the 3-point lift limit of 1300 lbs at 24" on the B2400.

Thanks for any feed back you may have.

ClayG

Pks · Mar 5, 2001

Hi ClayG,

The concrete mixing that I do is in the loader bucket with my wife's garden hoe and a small coal shovel. Works great for low volume work like fence posts.

The B2400 is rated at 18 hp at the rear pto. So the required 25 hp at the pto would be in excess of what the tractor can deliver. Also, I think the mixer you mentioned would really tax the strength of the 3 ph.

Peter