Finca SDR
Well-Known Member
So the deere I've been driving for the last 4 years has a squared right angle rear bucket edge. I've gotten really dependent on it for two reasons.
First is judging the angle of the bottom of the bucket against the ground. If I put the front or rear edge down first I can feel where flat hits when I tilt the bucket and make adjustments from there. Gotten pretty fast at this.
Second is dragging the back edge, mostly backwards but forward too in some cases. The thing is like an adjustable on-the-fly box blade. Scrape it backwards when flat and it cuts, tilt it up a little and it spreads it out and flattens nicely. This is a very important tool for me. There's other neat tricks I've found but suffice to say I've gotten used to the square edge.
So this case I'm playing with now has a rounded back edge, and I've noticed this on several other brands. Judging flat on the bottom I'm sure I could get used to any old thing, but I'm not sure I can get by grading and scraping in the same way without the square edge. There's better more experienced operators than me around here that obviously figured something out but I dunno what it is.
Backdragging with the cutting edge vertical has its place but doesn't incorporate the flattening and compacting quality of the bucket bottom in the same way.
What do y'alls do?
I bought a big ol piece of angle iron and some pieces of plate iron and I'm about to add on a custom square edge with my 6013 glue gun.
First is judging the angle of the bottom of the bucket against the ground. If I put the front or rear edge down first I can feel where flat hits when I tilt the bucket and make adjustments from there. Gotten pretty fast at this.
Second is dragging the back edge, mostly backwards but forward too in some cases. The thing is like an adjustable on-the-fly box blade. Scrape it backwards when flat and it cuts, tilt it up a little and it spreads it out and flattens nicely. This is a very important tool for me. There's other neat tricks I've found but suffice to say I've gotten used to the square edge.
So this case I'm playing with now has a rounded back edge, and I've noticed this on several other brands. Judging flat on the bottom I'm sure I could get used to any old thing, but I'm not sure I can get by grading and scraping in the same way without the square edge. There's better more experienced operators than me around here that obviously figured something out but I dunno what it is.
Backdragging with the cutting edge vertical has its place but doesn't incorporate the flattening and compacting quality of the bucket bottom in the same way.
What do y'alls do?
I bought a big ol piece of angle iron and some pieces of plate iron and I'm about to add on a custom square edge with my 6013 glue gun.