$115.00 Pulverizer

[wkasr1]

Finished building my pulverizer and thought I would try to post some pics. I bought the 10" I beam and the "A" frame and a few steel pieces. I think the only thing I would do different is try to weld a little better. I began to get real good with the grinder tho.
I really enjoy this forum with all of its great ideas. Thanks to all for ideas and help. Billy

 

[Scozz]

Looks great .. quite a bit of welding you've done...scozz

 

[PBinWA]

Great work!
Please post some before and after pictures of some ground you've pulverized. Let's see this thing in action!

; )

 

[Henro]

Great job!

But before Gatorboy says it...you said pictures...But we only see one! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Look forward to seeing more.

Typing this on my PDA during the ball game commercials...hope it makes sense by the time I get it posted!

Have to say it again...that looks soooooooo good!

Almost fogot...Go Steelers!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[RonR]

Great Job.

Yes please, more pics with close ups of how you put it together. I promise not to yell at your welding!

Thks.
Ron

 

[jim_wilson]

That is a really slick looking job - but I have a question. What exactly is a pulverizer for? This is sort of a newbie question but I am asking because sometime next year or the summer after I will finally get to the point where I can finish off the landscaping on my house and I am wondering if this is an implement that could do me some good. I've got a welder and am always looking for a good winter project. Thanks

 

[wkasr1]

another pic

 

[wkasr1]

Jim I'm fairly new to this tractor thing but I do a little new home construction landscaping here in SC. Most of the lots are 1/3 to 1/2 acre. We usually till, boxblade to move dirt, and finish off with either the boxblade set way back so you are working with just the rear blade to get a smooth job or use a pulverizer. Sometimes you can get by with just a pulverizer if there is not too much growth. Anyway the roller on a pulverizer gives the yard a SUPER smooth and flat finish
that is unmatched with a boxblade. I know there are lots of people on this site who are very knowledgeable on this subject
but this method seems to work in this part on the state.

 

[btolle]

Darn you! I have been trying to avoid the temptation to buy a welder but things like this make it harder.

Beautiful job. Could you drop by my house next weekend and whip one of those out for me?

I had not seen one of those before and it looks like something I would like to use. I need to cover up some of the holes my dogs have dug and would like to aerate the soil too. Looks like that would do both very nicely.

Bill Tolle

 

[Tractors4u]

Here is what a pulverizer will do to the ground. Pulverized Sample I built one myself. They are so much superior to a LS box for putting the finishing touches on a new yard. They leave you will a great surface to sow grass seed.

Yours looks great, your scarifers are set up like mine. Yours looks much better than mine, but then again, I only have about $30 in mine. Here is the link to mine. My homebuilt pulverizer.

There is a lot of work to these things. Lots of cutting, drilling, and welding!

 

[wkasr1]

Bill thanks for the comments. I don't think I'll be in Texas any time soon- tho I sure would like to be. I have about 20 or so hours in this thing but I really don't have a real good drill press (for 25 pairs of holes) plus all the other holes. Also this thing gets pretty heavy real quick. I had to use the Kubota to lift and move around because my shop is kind of small. All in all it's a simple piece of equipment and I'm sure you would have no problem in making one.

 

[DannyD]

Ok, I can see this thing has uses even without the front part.......which could be a rake or anything else 3 pt. I want to know how you made the roller and pins.

thanks

 

[MadReferee]

A nice set of pictures, a materials list and measurements would be really nice. If I had those I could build one for myself.

 

[wkasr1]

I got a pipe 5" dia. by 5'-6" and had a friend with a plasma torch cut the end plates out of 3/8" plate. He also cut a hole in the center 1" dia. for the 1" steel rod which goes all the way trhough. I tacked welded the end plates on with the 1" rod and trued the rotation similar to using a lathe.Once the roller ran true I finished welding the end caps and the 1" rod.
The spikes are 3/4" pieces of a 10' ground rod. Each piece is 1 1/2 " long welded to the roller. The ground rod is copper coated steel which should hold up pretty good.

 

[wkasr1]

Mad-- I looked at several pulverizers on the net and some sites even break down a parts list and how they are assembled. Also I went to a local Agri Supply and looked at one first hand. Theirs was a little different- not as heavy duty as some other models. A pulverizer similar to the one I built sells for around $1000. Not much in material but a lot of time.

 

[rlk]

Billy, great job.

Are you making others for sale?

Bob

 

[wkasr1]

Bob thanks for the reply. I really can't weld well enough to make things for the public. If I payed someone for mine I would expect it to be better.

 

[jim_wilson]

Thanks for the info guys. I have a TIG welder that I bought a number of years ago when I was doing a bunch of car work. The thing sat dormant until this summer when I bought the tractor and pulled the thing out to weld up a few things for the tractor. The pulverizer looks like a nice little project that I could get some real use out of. I have seen the professional built ones and they are real $$. If the materials don't cost too much I don't mind spending the time to build one. Thanks again.