Building a Land Roller

[Big Barn]

Here's mine. Apx 5' diameter, 6' wide. 1/2" plate. 1 7/8" D shaft. Aprx filled weight 8000#.



Terry

 

[CCWKen]

Sounds like it would be fun to watch, but I would predict a short tractor life. I once used a vibratory plow on a Vermeer articulated machine (a pretty substantial item) and if you weren't careful and got the plow against something hard, it would often break parts.

What's to break? The compactors are usually hand-held. The compactor has a flat bottom plate that rides over the ground. There's no subsurface engagement. They'll pound a 2" rock flush to the ground in seconds. Or pulverize it.

Mine look like this but not as new.

 

[KennyG]

What's to break? The compactors are usually hand-held. The compactor has a flat bottom plate that rides over the ground. There's no subsurface engagement. They'll pound a 2" rock flush to the ground in seconds. Or pulverize it.

Mine look like this but not as new.

A plate compactor is floating on the ground, so all the impact goes to the ground. If you mount a vibrator on a tractor and don't have some arrangement to make sure it floats, the impact can go to the machine as well as the ground. If it can pulverize a rock, it can transmit the same force to a tractor if it's not floating. I was just cautioning that you have to be very careful if you mount something like this to a tractor. The vibrating plow was designed such that if you operated it correctly, all the force went to the plow (a cable plow). However, you could align it such that it would vibrate back into the Vermeer and then something would quickly break.

 

[CCWKen]

I'm sure I can figure it out.

 

[Garycw]

Here's mine. Apx 5' diameter, 6' wide. 1/2" plate. 1 7/8" D shaft. Aprx filled weight 8000#. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/443925-building-land-roller-image-227017471-jpg"/> Terry

Dang! That sucker should flatten some ground or anything else in its path.

 

[Big Barn]

Dang! That sucker should flatten some ground or anything else in its path.

I've often thought about getting a life size cardboard cutout of myself and placing it flat on the ground behind the roller for a safety video, but never got around to it....

Terry

 

[Garycw]

Lol...

 

[farm boy00]

I've often thought about getting a life size cardboard cutout of myself and placing it flat on the ground behind the roller for a safety video, but never got around to it....

Terry

Do it do it do it!!!!!!
I want to see what the safety police say

 

[chim]

I really like the looks of this. Do the segments just float or do you have some type of "thrust bearing" to keep them separated?

There's a very small amount of float due to clearances but it acts pretty much like a solid roller. The segments perform as wanted on turns. They can all go different speeds so they don't slide around turns.

Separation is accomplished by having the 2-1/2" pipe that's embedded in the center of the wheel and serve as axles cut about 1" longer than the width of the wheel. The pieces of 2-1/2" pipe bump each other an inch before the wheels can touch each other.

 

[andy1981]

I have a roller made of 24"x8' steel pipe and I would say go with the multiple short segments for your drum as it wants to skid bad in tight turns and if you turn to fast it wants to push the tractor and feels like it going to jackknife on you