Neep opinions on how to fix home made spike tooth

JohnDeereJimOhio · Jan 26, 2015

Looking for some suggestions, we have a very steep long drive that gets very icy even after being bladed. I have been bouncing around the idea of mounting a salt spreader to my gator but havent pulled the trigger on that yet. Anyway today I had a snow day from school so I went to my dads shop and made a spike tooth that I could pull behind my gator to bust up the ice and bring some gravel to the top. I used box tubing and angle to make the base and have to so I can stack cinder blocks on top for weight. However where I messed up was I used rebar for the spikes. Half way down my drive I realized that was a bad choice as they all bent. it was doing a good job before it bent. Any ideas of what I can weld onto it the will hold up and not bend? I was thinking a pice of angle that has v's cut into it. Any other Ideas?

Bob Harvey · Jan 26, 2015

Depends on your wallet. Google 'rippers', might find some used ones. Sand on top of ice works for me. HTH

Mike (WA) · Jan 26, 2015

Find some junk spike tooths and use the spikes. Rebar is what the carnival folks use to surprise and amaze the folks that their scrawny guy can bend it into a pretzel.

gene bender · Jan 26, 2015

Use heavier re-bar only need to be 5in or so long and 45 deg angle off the bar.

old · Jan 26, 2015

Rail road spikes come to mind if you can find them that is

notjustair · Jan 26, 2015

Find an old harrow section. They are about five feet wide and you could throw blocks on it.

Dachshund · Jan 26, 2015

Use "highway" grade rebar (100 or 120), not the cheap cr^p you buy at the lumber yard.....
Not all rebar is crated equal, and not all can be bent by "carnival folks".....

RMinVa · Jan 26, 2015

Look here.
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ss55 · Jan 27, 2015

Old harrow sections are pretty inexpensive, buy two identical sections and salvage one for spare teeth.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 27, 2015

I have a set of steel wheels(reg 8 Lug pattern) with lugs that I've bolted on a couple different tractors to bust up ice on the driveway several Winters.

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