She's DONE! - Power Rake Build

[Raw Dodge]

Great pics! The drum must have taken you a while to build!

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Yeah it took me a day to get the shaft aligned, internal disc & end caps welded to the shaft, and then that unit welded into the pipe...
Took me a complete 9.5 hours to weld on all the teeth...

 

[RobJ]

Count me in with the "Dumb Crowd"!!!! Beautiful build........even though I don't know know what it does!!! Ditto's on the custom made moniker decals!! ~Scotty

Me to. I had to youtube it. Works sort of like a tiller. But some vids had it on a skid steer and guage wheels on the front. So I guess you knock the bumps off with this, then drag it with something else.

 

[joes_427_vette]

Dave;
Super job. The Harley people would be proud. I knew we were talking about going 6 or 7' on the drum. The one I bought and revamped has a 9" x 84" drum. My TC 55 has 18" wide rear tires and it just clears the path at a 15 degree angle. I have a guy interested in buying mine so I won't be getting rid of my spare parts too quickly.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Dave;
Super job. The Harley people would be proud. I knew we were talking about going 6 or 7' on the drum. The one I bought and revamped has a 9" x 84" drum. My TC 55 has 18" wide rear tires and it just clears the path at a 15 degree angle. I have a guy interested in buying mine so I won't be getting rid of my spare parts too quickly.

My tractor is pretty much exactly 60" wide so with a 75" Wide drum, even angled out at a little more then 15 degrees I got enough leeway, I hated to go TOOO wide because then navigation & where I can use it...All in all, I'm super happy with the way it turned out..

 

[EquipmentJunkie]

Looks good, Dave! I admire somebody who takes the time to do things right.

joes 427 vette: It looks like you began with a fixed-angle model 800 Preseeder. Nice job on the conversion process to hydraulic angle.

 

[GuglioLS]

Nice build.
I wouldn't have believed it home made, especially with those suspicious looking "OEM" decals. I suppose they are OEM decals since you made everything from scratch. Thanks for posting some of the build photos. Did you have any parts plasma cut or are they all home cut / machined / ground? Either way it come out perfect and no doubt you should be very proud of your accomplishment. 9.5 hours welding teeth? thats insane. Another home build that should be in the hall of fame. Congratulations!
Now can you build me a rock crusher that pulverizes rocks on the ground as you drive over them? based on the same principal as your power rake?

Larry

 

[tatra805]

Once more.. NICE BUILD!!


And you just gave me a destination for my spare tiller frame i have laying around.

With our rocky ground this thing should rock.

Besides a multitude of other uses i am thinking with a hydraulic side-shifter this power rake would be perfect to rake under the electric pasture fencing to keep brush at bay.

As always TBN inspires!

Winter can come, projects ahead!

 

[J_J]

Very nice. I can already see a hydraulic motor set up in the works for one I would like to build. Did you use carbide for the teeth?

 

[alltoys]

This little unit would be perfect for reworking land to grass after plowing. I have about 14 acres of rocky land that has been neglected. I have to plow it and I was thinking a rototiller would be handy after the plowing. But seeing your power rake this would work better in the rocky soil.

Nice build by the way.

 

[leveller]

Dave, I have a couple more questions. How long are your teeth, and what material are they made from? Secondly, does anyone have a source for a PTO shaft with slip clutch? I have priced one out locally,seems pricey at over $500, looking for other ideas. I have all the pieces for my power rake build except the pto shaft.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Very nice. I can already see a hydraulic motor set up in the works for one I would like to build. Did you use carbide for the teeth?

Nah, I used steel teeth....thought about it but the Cost/Reward just didnt pencil out for me...I figured if I wore these 2" nubs out chances are I've done EVERY Project I wanted to do and done every yard in the town as well...so she'd be "Paid for" to the point I could go out and buy a "genuine harley" drum with carbide nubs...ORRR...Seeing as how i built the whole bleepin thing myself in the first place, just welding up new nubs on the drum would be a simple little "maintenance" chore

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Dave, I have a couple more questions. How long are your teeth, and what material are they made from? Secondly, does anyone have a source for a PTO shaft with slip clutch? I have priced one out locally,seems pricey at over $500, looking for other ideas. I have all the pieces for my power rake build except the pto shaft.

Teeth are 2" long, Steel...

PTO Shaft with slip clutch....TSC Has one labeled as a "Tiller shaft" for 219 or so...
I got the clutch itself from Agrisupply...because I used an "industrial" gearbox it didnt have a splined input shaft...Industry uses Keyways... so I had to buy a smooth bore "generic" clutch and have the female side broached for the keyway and then buy the Yoke type "input plate" because I couldnt find an off the shelf clutch which would work...the driveshaft itself came from eBay... Total cost of my driveshaft with clutch, etc.. was $185.00 and I have a "lefotver" smooth 1 3/8" male input plate to sell on eBay shortly...

 

[jjcc246]

I am impressed. I do a lot of "hobby" welding and fabricating, but I don't think I have the ability to do what you did. Outstanding !

 

[damartin]

Nice job, real nice job. You do good work.

 

[tlbuser]

Seeing as how i built the whole bleepin thing myself in the first place, just welding up new nubs on the drum would be a simple little "maintenance" chore

Since you seem to enjoy torturing yourself, make up a whole new drum so you'll have a ready spare
One very nice unit you built.

 

[OrangeJbird]

Gearbox is a 2:1 unit which is what the Harley uses.

Where'd you get the gearbox, Dave?

 

[BlacknTan]

Great job!!

BTW, Did you weld it up with that little Maxstar 150?? I should say BIG little Maxstar 150!

 

[VroomVroom]

Hi, I was wondering how those slip clutches work?

 

[handirifle]

Where'd you get the gearbox, Dave?

I would like to know that also. Nice work, you should be proud.