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 | RichT
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 33 SOCAL 
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2002-08-04 40984
Have a nice Gannon cat0 rollover scraper that I'd like to use with my new Kubota Bx22. It looks like I'll need to move the lower arm attachment points. Does anyone make a cat1 top link with a cat0 end? Other ideas welcome.
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada 
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2002-08-04 40988
You can buy a bushing, basically a steel sleeve, to take up to extra inside diameter. Or buy a BIG drill bit. I have opened up some holes to ¾ inch and if I were to do it again I would probably go rent the biggest drill motor I could find. I just about burned up my B&D ½ inch drill last time. The gear reduction box was smoking hot. ....
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| RichT
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 33 SOCAL
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2002-08-07 41052
Thx Mark. I'm gonna try the bushing route for now. I got an extra cat1 top link and had to grind down the sleeves on the top link end a bit to fit the cat0 receiver. For the lift arms I plan to add a third link pin slot with some bushings. This way I can always revert to a Cat0 configuration. ....
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| TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley
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2002-08-08 41070
I suppose this is obvious advice but I'd get extra bushings. I use some to go from CAT II loops to CAT I pins. I have them in two lengths since the standard length ones are too long to fit in the tractor's top-link bracket. Sure is a pain when I can't find one right away--even though I try to keep a separate set of pins and leave the bushings on all the time. It would be even more of a pain to loose one and not be able to work without going to town first.
Gannon has a reputation for toughness. I would keep in mind that the hitch mounts are common points of failure for box scrapers. The mounts for a CAT 0 scraper are likely to be lighter than on a CAT I scraper. The tractor may have more power and traction than the scraper was designed for. Checking the HP range for the scraper might be a good idea. ....
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| RichT
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2002-08-08 41076
Tom, good advice, thx. I'll check with Gannon on the HP range for the scraper though, as you say, it is very sturdy. I plan to pin the lower arm to all 3 hinge points, the 2 existing and the new one I'm adding to handle the extra width of the cat1 arms. Will require about a 5in pin and should spread the stress of the extra HP. ....
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 | Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL
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2002-08-08 41078
The main stress point for the box blade will be the lower pins. I recently borrowed a box blade from a friend, He uses the cat 1 with a larger tractor. The lower pins were bent in a circle. I ended up replacing them but don't know how long they will last.
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