Terramite T5D Workhorse

[BradenRvr]

Hi folks
I have a 2001 T5D I bought about 10 months ago. Nice strong tractor for my needs, which has been clearing a little over an acre of overgrown brazilian pepper trees and digging out the stumps. I been slowed down because these woods are also entangled in vines. Anyway I finally decided to make a rake type attachment to the bucket so I can reach way up, and come down on these thick vines, then use the tractor in reverse to pull them out. I have a photo of this rig below. I welded a Harbor Freight 2" receiver on to the top of the bucket in the center and the rig attaches to that. I also can put a ball hitch into that receiver and move trailers around easily. I tested out this vine rake and it worked just as good as I thought it would making easy work of pulling these vines out so I can get into where the tree is to be able to cut then dig out the stumps. I'll have to remember to get my wife out to take some pictures of the rake in action.

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[BradenRvr]

Here's the photo with vine haul out attachment.

 

[Alan7s]

Here's the photo with vine haul out attachment. View attachment 458372

Nice job and good picture. I wonder if anyone ever made a list of all the homemade attachments and inventions
people have come up with to do jobs . . . I've seen a few unusual ones, but never a vine rake.