Implement for rough plot?

[bat man]

I have one plot full of big rocks that beats the hell out of my disc. For $150 I can likely get this 8 footer. Dont care about the steel wheels as it will stay in the 2 acre plot forever.

Will it work the ground with my IH 666 so I can make the dirt show in a boulder ridden plot?

 

[Riggsgwp->]

Those diggers will definitely work up the dirt. I have a 12 ft one and they pull surprisingly hard. They will lift up the smaller rocks to the surface and the big boulders will break any remaining shoes left on it and possibly more if they catch them right.

 

[Riggsgwp->]

The nice thing about them is they articulate so it should technically spring up over the big rocks. They also leave a nice flat planting surface.

 

[biglakeba$$]

Does the mechanical lift work on it?
If there is a lot of grass when you try to work it up, its going to clog like mad with all those teeth in it.

It will definitly lift rocks out.

Do you have a 3 pt hitch on the tractor?

 

[SD51555]

I plowed up a pasture for a guy near Onamia once. I couldn't believe the rocks that came up in that part of the world.

 

[bat man]

I was hoping the rig would skip the boulders and keep going. If VW sized rocks will break it I am not interested. If it will skip and go I would try it-

 

[biglakeba$$]

they are called spring tooth harrows for a reason. We have 3 of those types and its quite amazing how much flex they do have in the teeth.
I have never broken one.

 

[John-W-WI]

As someone with more rock experience than I care to admit, an implement like that is your only hope. The rocks will generally go around the teeth, allowing the dirt to be worked. I've broken disks in rocky ground. Don't bother.

I use a "Vibrashank", not much different than the one you pictured.

Go for it, you won't regret it.

-John

 

[tooln]

It will work well in rocky soil. It will take a fair amount of power to pull if you dig deep with it

 

[MoLandOwner]

I would invest in a Harley Rock Rake if you pull that FC through a rocky field. Just Sayin......

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

For $150 you can't go wrong. I have an old 7' 3 point John Deere cultivator that is somewhat similar in design to that. It tends to clog up and act like a giant rake if you go through corn stalks that aren't chopped up, but it cuts/digs through the sod much better than my disk. It also works well with my rocks. I have a small section of a field with tons of rocks and the disk just seems to skip over the top without really digging in. The cultivator moves the dirt around and pops up the rocks. I don't have any experience with big rocks though, but when I hit a root or something firm the spring loaded tines flex and pop up.

 

[rocksnstumps]

My buddy has an old Dearborn implement similar to below which he lets me borrow to work up rocky areas. The spring loaded tines pull back and bounce over large rocks and anything basketball sized or smaller it rolls right to the top. His has 9 shanks. I've heard them called spring tooth rippers or sometimes just field cultivators. I use it to work new areas and rip up sod while de-rocking some before getting out the disk to bang around. Yeah I've replaced a few blades on my friend's disk too.....now I got my own to beat up.

 

[wiscwhip]

That is the right tool for the job, cheap, and there is likely $150 in salvageable parts and scrap metal in that thing. If you find it is too much to pull at the depth you want, remove a few shanks and it will pull easier.

 

[TMIL]

The IH 666 is a pretty hefty and powerful tractor. I think you will be happy with the combination of the two.

 

[rocksnstumps]

Here's a 3 pt one for a $100
http://wausau.craigslist.org/grd/5079869996.html