teagle muck spreader slats

[dave7840]

our old teagle rd10 needs some new slats. It would be nice to change them all because it has done a lot of work, but we don't do as much as we use to, about 15 days a year. The cost to change them all is about £2500 and teagle don't offer any bulk discount, the price is the same for one as it is for all 28. So I'm thinking of making them. They are made of 80x40x5mm box. Now I have the tools to cut and drill, but ends of the box are pressed flat. The thing I want to know is how much force is it going to take flatten it. I know its a bit of a how long is this bit of string question, but would a 30 ton press do it. Because I would buy a press to do it and it would be useful to have about, but to step up the a 50 ton is a lot more money and i don't think i would ever need that much force again. Thanks for any advice.

 

[joe soapy]

drop your pickup hitch place slat where it will jamb and then lift.
might need some heat, depends on tractor

 

[kill]

drop your pickup hitch place slat where it will jamb and then lift.
might need some heat, depends on tractor

I'd personally rather take them to a local fabrication shop to press as £100 there maybe way cheaper than repairs to ones tractor hitch!!!

 

[joe soapy]

I'd personally rather take them to a local fabrication shop as £100 there maybe way cheaper than repairs to ones tractor!!!

you have lost me,, but then dairy farmers do have money to burn now

 

[Dog&stick]

I'd say 30 ton press would do job ok, the slats on the rd 10 are welded to the chains; on the one we Have,
Time to change the spreader ?or chains, sprockets & slats

 

[milkloss]

Do these slats have ridges pressed into them? Adds strength and protects the bolts I should think.

 

[Bob c]

our old teagle rd10 needs some new slats. It would be nice to change them all because it has done a lot of work, but we don't do as much as we use to, about 15 days a year. The cost to change them all is about £2500 and teagle don't offer any bulk discount, the price is the same for one as it is for all 28. So I'm thinking of making them. They are made of 80x40x5mm box. Now I have the tools to cut and drill, but ends of the box are pressed flat. The thing I want to know is how much force is it going to take flatten it. I know its a bit of a how long is this bit of string question, but would a 30 ton press do it. Because I would buy a press to do it and it would be useful to have about, but to step up the a 50 ton is a lot more money and i don't think i would ever need that much force again. Thanks for any advice.View attachment 707100

could you use 76 x 38 x 6mm channel

 

[joe soapy]

just copy the bunning slats and fixing method, i did a new set of chains in a couple of hours easy work, makes it easy to change a slat in future.
i used 2x1 light box, not had a problem, but being light theres no collateral damage if they should catch summit. must have been nearly 10 years now, time flies so fast

 

[joe soapy]

could you use 76 x 38 x 6mm channel

our old teagle rd10 needs some new slats. It would be nice to change them all because it has done a lot of work, but we don't do as much as we use to, about 15 days a year. The cost to change them all is about £2500 and teagle don't offer any bulk discount, the price is the same for one as it is for all 28. So I'm thinking of making them. They are made of 80x40x5mm box. Now I have the tools to cut and drill, but ends of the box are pressed flat. The thing I want to know is how much force is it going to take flatten it. I know its a bit of a how long is this bit of string question, but would a 30 ton press do it. Because I would buy a press to do it and it would be useful to have about, but to step up the a 50 ton is a lot more money and i don't think i would ever need that much force again. Thanks for any advice.View attachment 707100

just how much work you done with it ? unless contracting a lot or spreading a lot of abrasive material, i just cant compute ever wearing out the chains and slats.

or how a new set of chains and slats could even cost a quater of what you are quoting

 

[dave7840]

its done quite alot, It's a 2009. I use to do 40 to 50 days a year and its only the last couple of years I've lost the work.

 

[dave7840]

the channel idea is good but the slats are held in by u bolts and they are 77m wide, but I'm thinking that i could get some wider plate and cut it down to fit inside the channel and weld it.

 

[startinghandle]

I would think that to have those slats bent to that exact shape they would need to be heated first and clamped to get correct shape and stop sides bulging then pressed... I agree that welding plate to channel would be ok... I would make up a jig from bits and pieces so that parts could be clamped for welding and be correct length for fitting

 

[joe soapy]

its done quite alot, It's a 2009. I use to do 40 to 50 days a year and its only the last couple of years I've lost the work.

wow,, ours is 1997 lived with a busy contractor till we got it and replaced the origonals, we had to replace the rotors though , the first owner hasd already don them once

 

[davedb]

Another way to flatten that box is to use a 20t bottle jack either make a frame for it to sit in (like a press) or even put it under your heaviest tractor/digger with a piece of plate on the floor to rest the box on it should crush down easily

 

[essexpete]

our old teagle rd10 needs some new slats. It would be nice to change them all because it has done a lot of work, but we don't do as much as we use to, about 15 days a year. The cost to change them all is about £2500 and teagle don't offer any bulk discount, the price is the same for one as it is for all 28. So I'm thinking of making them. They are made of 80x40x5mm box. Now I have the tools to cut and drill, but ends of the box are pressed flat. The thing I want to know is how much force is it going to take flatten it. I know its a bit of a how long is this bit of string question, but would a 30 ton press do it. Because I would buy a press to do it and it would be useful to have about, but to step up the a 50 ton is a lot more money and i don't think i would ever need that much force again. Thanks for any advice.View attachment 707100

How did you solve this in the end? The Teagle slat from our local agent was over £100. Poor design compared to the old Bunning I have. (I was warned). The holes wear because basically thin box pressed to tab and the slat then wants to twist under load further tearing the U bolt holes, particularly the leading ones. You can end up with a damaged U bolt (£10 as well). Almost impossible to undo and reuse a corroded U bolt anyway.

 

[dave7840]

We gave up trying to press them, couldn't find away to do it. So we just welded 10mm plates on top the ends and drill them out. We made 10 new ones and now as they wear the holes we cut the ends off the originals and replace with the plates.

 

[essexpete]

Thanks for the reply. I had thought of nicking the channel slats off the old Bunning (mostly in good order). Do you recreate the Swan neck shape of the Teagle slat or is that only there due to manufacturing process? Do you buy U bolts as a Teagle part or are they generic?

 

[dave7840]

They must only do that so the slat touches the floor. We just weld on top and leave a straight edge on the box

 

[dave7840]

The u bolts we couldn't find any where else but most we just undo and changed the nuts

 

[essexpete]

Thanks