roadrunner81
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2009
- Messages
- 275
- Location
- Tacoma Washington
- Occupation
- Managing member KSR Excavating, LLC
Good Day All, I have an old excavator that I am trying to finish a wedge style pin grabber for. I first thought of using some acme rod to actuate the wedge using a cordless impact but the other day I had another thought. Maybe I could use my pilot pressure to operate wedge, this circuit maintains 700psi at all times so if I used a 3" bore cylinder I would be looking at 4900lbs of lateral force applied to wedge to retain bucket. I would like to know if you guys think that's enough to safely retain a bucket on a 240 size hoe? Also correct me if my math is wrong.