Beach Find - South Florida

[billlybob]

I found this on a beach in Souh Florida. I do not think it is much but you never know. Any help ID'ing it is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[danger67]

Looks like the tooth of a trackhoe bucket to me

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

probably came in with the beach fill.

 

[sniffer]

could be a part off one of those machines that reclaim the sand from the ocean

 

[SoIll]

Looks like a broken PTO shaft.

 

[billlybob]

Looks like a broken PTO shaft.

What does PTO stand for?

And thanks for the help

 

[sniffer]

PTO = Power Take Off
it's the splined shaft that comes out of the back of a tractor. It's used for running other machinery, like a hay baler or auger or sickle bar mower

Sniffer

 

[dozer dan]

tooth off of a dragline bucket.

 

[pronghorn]

Looks like the tooth of a trackhoe bucket to me

Agree, it's a replaceable tooth off of a digging bucket of some kind,
trackhoe, backhoe, loader bucket, or dragline bucket as dozerdan
said. They attach to the bucket on
the frog, a metal piece that is permanently welded to the bucket.
When the tooth wears out, you detach it and attach another with
a small weld or by heating the prongs on the wide end and pounding
them into depressions on the frog. That is how it works on my backhoe
anyway.