homemade ripper

[TNGP]

That looks like a professional setup there. How much time do you have running that rig? Any failure in the design yet? I will eventually need to add something like that to my ripper to run power to the guest house and barn. Would you suggest metal or plastic tubing for the wire guide section? I would think plastic would have less friction but less strength and metal could develop damaging jagged and sharp ends at the entrance and exit.

 

[bigdeano]

I made this one for the sleeve hitch on my garden tractor. It lays wire a foot deep if it doesn't hit rocks too big. I used a 3/4" 90 deg electrical conduit bend and a pipe nipple. I added the plastic pipe reducer on top to act as a funnel. There's an arm to hold a wire reel. I buried 300' of cat5 wire with it and it worked real well.

 

[jwmorris]

That looks like a professional setup there. How much time do you have running that rig? Any failure in the design yet?

Would you suggest metal or plastic tubing for the wire guide section?

I would use metal myself and again wouldn't worry about it riding through a little metal, a long pull through EMT conduit and wires rub on metal a lot.

I built that one for the Dallas division of Valley Crest and they used it in conjunction with some Vermeer machines. They had a deadline to hit landscaping the tollway and didn't want to spend another $50k so I built that one for use behind a tractor, I have never been called to repair it.

 

[downsizingnow48]

I made this one for the sleeve hitch on my garden tractor. It lays wire a foot deep if it doesn't hit rocks too big. I used a 3/4" 90 deg electrical conduit bend and a pipe nipple. I added the plastic pipe reducer on top to act as a funnel. There's an arm to hold a wire reel. I buried 300' of cat5 wire with it and it worked real well. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=474340"/>

Looks good straightforward and effective.

 

[kthompson]

Looks good. Can not tell with the mud on the plow but if you don't have sharp edge on the shank get that done. Torch edge will be fine but that will help with roots a lot. Also when you hit a root keep pressure on the plow and slowly lift the plow, sometimes that will break a bigger root that you will expect.

My subsoiler is basically straight shanks also but wish they were tilted back for think that also helps.

 

[jimmysisson]

In New England we're allowed to direct-bury power cables in many areas but I don't recommend it. They seem to fail in winter (maybe rocks growing up by) when they're toughest to fix. A trench and conduit give much more peace of mind.
Jim