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Title: New Tractor Tool
Post by: BiggKidd on April 29, 2008, 07:38:23 PM

Hi All,

Heres a tool I just finished building for my tractor. What I was trying to make is something to clean the roots out of the top layer. That way we can have grass, pasture, garden space ETC. I haven't tried it on freshly cleared ground yet. But heres what it did in my field behind my house here in the city.

First here it is.
(https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/th_rip005.jpg) (https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/rip005.jpg)

(https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/th_rip006.jpg) (https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/rip006.jpg)

All of the metal execpt the shanks and pins came from the local recyclers.

Here is where I am going to try it out.

(https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/th_rip007.jpg) (https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/rip007.jpg)

Heres a test run.

(https://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/th_rip008.jpg) (https://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/biggkidds/?action=view&current=rip008.flv)

I bet this would work great for those of you who set up feed patches for the animals.

Thanks for looking
Larry

Title: Re: New Tractor Tool
Post by: peternap on April 29, 2008, 08:04:47 PM

That's pretty darn nice Larry [cool]

Title: Re: New Tractor Tool
Post by: glenn kangiser on April 29, 2008, 09:17:03 PM

Nice ripper/scarifier, Larry. It's like the ripper in my Gannon Box on my road tractor..

They work great for locating phone and water lines also. d*

Title: Re: New Tractor Tool
Post by: BiggKidd on April 29, 2008, 09:36:51 PM

Thanks Don, Glenn,

They work great for locating phone and water lines also.

HAhahhahhahahahahahahah

No lines to worry about but the ones I plant and I have a self set rule 24" minimum depth.

Larry

Title: Re: New Tractor Tool
Post by: benevolance on April 30, 2008, 02:49:26 AM

man that is awesome...It took me a couple of days to bust the sod to make my garden.. what did that take 30 seconds... wow

Title: Re: New Tractor Tool
Post by: peternap on April 30, 2008, 04:25:35 AM

Larry's an interesting fellow benevolance. I was with him when he bought the ripper shanks for that thing. After thinking about a while, I realized he was on to something and I bought longer shanks for my grade box. Ir doesn't cut as deep but works.

I've gotten all kinds of ideas from him about farming raw land.

My son has the grader box too low and it's covering up part of what he ripped, you can see the right two shanks are cutting furrows. They are not adjusted all t
he way down either.
https://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa57/peternap/?action=view&current=ripper.flv

Title: Re: New Tractor Tool
Post by: BiggKidd on April 30, 2008, 07:47:40 PM

Thanks Benevolance I bet it will work well befor tilling too.

Peter,

Nice video. Tractor sure looks better with the tires set wide. Man I love that box you got. That thing is tough.

Larry

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