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[Oliver1655]

With all the gaps in your rake/pusher, there is a BIG risk of poking a hole in the radiator. Replacement radiators are not cheap. I was pushing with my bucket & had a branch spring free - OUCH!

 

[rsharp]

Since those photos have been posted I have put expanded metal in the center of the middle and top sections (in front of the tractor radiator). I also put skid shoes on the outside of the rake. I have used it to push up weed overgrowth and small mesquite trees that we grubbed using a backhoe. It works quite well. The down side is the thorns play **** with the tires. I have lost all of my winter air in the fronts. I am a bit more careful now.

 

[rsharp]

This is what the rake looks like after the the radiator guard and the skids shoes were welded into place.

 

[rsharp]

This is the small grubber I put together. It is used to grub yucca, small mesquite, juniper, and a blue bush we seem to have alot of. It is made from an old Ferguson 3-point plow frame. The frame came with the 2 plow shanks. The footpieces are made from 3/4" x 3" flat. The cutting edge is fabbed from a recycled end bit. The end bit came off of a D5 Cat dozer blade. I found out rather quickly I needed additional weight to get it to take the ground well. I added an angle iron frame and load it with sections of 1-1/2" pump shaft and a section of 4" x 6" x 5/8" thick rectangle tubing.