Recent content by nailsbeats

Very nice work man, I like how you set up the back plate to fit up the tines perfectly. You ought to put a piece of 1/4 plate between those new cross members you added, to completely protect the crome shaft of the cylinder. It's only a matter of time before something comes through and nicks it...

You can do it guy, I've done it for my 15” backhoe bucket on my 709. I haven't seen any problems and I put all the hoe's breakout forces on individual teeth ocasionally. That said, the bobcat bolt on teeth can't be beat for a bucket.

Put some over the tire tracks on that machine if you reallly want to utilize that attachment. The extra push they provide will really help you sink that spade into the soil. Wiggle a little with the breakout cylinder and push it in with little to no slippage. They are handy attachments, enjoy.

Hey Dozer, thanks for the kind words and good luck with your project. I myself and building a 9' boom for roof trusses, etc.

Yes, I am back. Need to start hanging out here more again. Glad to see you tying into a grapple.

It's been so long I can't remember the grade, just your standard 1” cutting edge stock.

That's what I like to see, doing whatever it takes to get it done. Impressive inginuity.

That sounds like some handy equipment. I prefer to climb all my trees, already have a lot of money invested in gear, gotta use it.

I would go with the grapple bucket. I built mine custom and it is sweet. If you have to buy factory I would get the demo-dozer. My grapple bucket gets more use by far than any of my attachments. I also do a lot of tree work and logging with it. Break trails, move brush and debris big and...

Nice job on that contraption! Looks like it will be fun to use. I am sure you will find all kinds of stuff to move with that.

Ron, I doubt the 1” thick bucket will fly. 2 reasons I can see that nobody makes them would be price and weight. I really like the hydraulic sliding fork idea, probably quite marketable.

My custom grapple bucket. I do most of my woods, firewood and tree work with it. Pretty much everything except spread gravel or dig compact soil. Then I use the smooth bucket or the tooth bucket. Out of all my attachments, it stays on the machine the most.

Two ways to do it depending on how much fab equipment you have. You can do all the forming which is shown in the link or you can use flat stock and weld all the seams. Oh yeah the third way, a hybrid of bending and welding. The second way is by far easier with less figuring and equipment...

Fishfiles, for stainless use stailess wire and an argon-helium-co2 mix for your shielding gas. This will give you a good, clean stailess weld.

Congrats on the Lincoln! You can't go wrong with any of their products, they are the industry leader in my opinion. Anyway, if you are going to weld with flux core then you will want reverse polarity, ground positive and gun negative. For the shielded aluminum you want standard polarity...