Monitoring Ripper Point Wear: When to Change Your Blade

Neglecting blade wear can have costly consequences, leading to the degradation of your shank and shank assembly and eventually requiring premature replacement of these parts.

To prevent this, it's crucial to monitor and replace worn points in a timely manner. This not only ensures the effectiveness of your deep ripping practice, but also protects your investment.

Your new Agrowplow point is designed with durability in mind, featuring tungsten and hard facing for maximum protection. However, even the toughest point will experience wear.

Know the signs of when a point needs replacing

• Visible wear or chipping on the tungsten
• Uneven cutting or reduced efficiency
• Strange vibrations or noises during operation

Don't wait until it's too late! Once the points tungsten has chipped or worn off, the wear of the point dramatically accelerates.

Ignoring the signs of point wear can lead to wear and damage to the bottom of the shank, making it difficult or even impossible to reattach a new point. 

Take steps to keep your shank assembly in top condition and ensure your deep ripping runs smoothly. 

Be aware of your point wear, you'll be saving yourself costly, premature replacements of shanks

 Point and Blade Inspection:

It is very important to visualize and inspect the ripper point for wear on a regular basis. If the points are left for too long without inspection in could wear the shank. 

1. Make sure all safety stands or ram stops are in place prior to crawling under your Agrowplow.
2. Inspect the point for wear. The underside of the point will start to wear when the tungsten tile has been either damaged or chipped off the face of the point. 

Point lifetime depends on: ground soil conditions, soil moisture, ripping speed, and ripping angle.

Please refer to your operators manual for troubleshooting information.