Putting a thumb on my Kubota u17 and testing it.

[@JeroenVissers]

At first I wondered why everything got bend up, but after I saw you operate it......... It all made sence.......

[@brandonsdiyprojects]

Yeah man I’m hard on stuff

[@firstname6208]

I bought an ox thumb same price as you paid for that one. Hoses, couplers , everything included, it hooks to the bucket pivot as you wanted. 3/4" side plates. Real nice piece. I need to replace some bushings before i can install it. Only want to do it once. It has two ears to weld on for the top cylinder mount. I also have a couple buckets coming from rhinox buckets. A 9" toothed bucket and a 36" smooth ditch bucket. I may make a 5' smoothing beam also. Its a u17 machine. 1500 hrs .

[@brandonsdiyprojects]

@@firstname6208 nice those ox thumbs look like a pretty good setup I may have to buy one and switch over to it.

[@EnriqueSonora]

Great vid, appreciate the detail and process. Love your vids on business stuff too.

[@arlingtonguy54]

I did the same thing on my bobcat e10. It took a lot of modifications to get it to work. I dont have the pressure relief valve so if I curl the bucket against the thumb it stalls the engine.

[@alexmaclean1]

Hey man, I just found your channel, great videos, I'm sure you'll blow up any time! As far as the thumb, I don't think I could ever go back to not having one, it let's me do a lot of jobs with my little sy26 that I either couldn't do, or would take far longer without. I've had it for about 8 months and the thumb has absolutely paid for itself already.

[@brandonsdiyprojects]

I have actually used this on a small job clearing brush and small trees. It was super handy!

[@timmcintyre5081]

I’d weld it on completely to stop the backing plate for the thumb bowing out

[@ZR1Terror]

I’m assuming by know you know how to use that thumb. They are very useful, I have one on my U25.

[@stepsidebowtie]

You have a list of what parts was used for doing the pressure relief set up or the shops name or contact number that I can call and inquire about doing the same setup you have?

[@brandonsdiyprojects]

They put pressure valves on the inlet and outlet line. Kind of wanted a different setup but it works. Wanted an adjustable valve on the boom.

[@silentlysniped]

Hey man what is the size of this thumb ? 6 x 18 ?

[@jamesb.armstrong5433]

Where did you get the thumb? How much did it cost?

[@brandonsdiyprojects]

Everything attachments. About 1500$ maybe a little less. Then another 1000$ for plumbing it up and some safety valves.

[@jtsokiehobbyandadventures6666]

A thum helps alot

[@stepsidebowtie]

What’s the length of the thumb, 20” or 25”?

[@brandonsdiyprojects]

Not sure I’d have to check

[@slinky575]

💪🏽🦍🦍

[@mtbtrailriding4165]

Hey! Love the channel! Looking at starting rental business and would like to ask you a few question . Do you have an email or any other form of communication?