How do you guys remove smaller rocks from your land?

[Xfaxman]

If you are picking up rocks by hand, I recommend one of these.

Get the ones with the rubber cups.

I use mine for brush also.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

. . . I actually found a 3 pt Chain harrow that I like. Just don't know the price.

That's an ABI 3-point rake. Here's a link:

3 Point Chain Harrows ::ABI Attachments::

I priced them and the price was higher than a Tractor Supply drag-type chain harrow (of course), but I wasn't shocked or offended by the price compared to a plain old drag-type.

I don't have the pricing info any more and can't remember what it was or what size I priced. But I seem to recall that it wasn't much more than buying a drag-type and a boom pole and doing some southern engineering to make a half-azzed lift-type out of it.

 

[Xfaxman]

-------------------------------- I actually found a 3 pt Chain harrow that I like. Just don't know the price.

That's an ABI 3-point rake. Here's a link:

3 Point Chain Harrows ::ABI Attachments::

I priced them and the price was higher than a Tractor Supply drag-type chain harrow (of course), but I wasn't shocked or offended by the price compared to a plain old drag-type.

I don't have the pricing info any more and can't remember what it was or what size I priced. But I seem to recall that it wasn't much more than buying a drag-type and a boom pole and doing some southern engineering to make a half-azzed lift-type out of it.

Will it move rocks or just go over them?

 

[deerseeker001]

I have had good luck with the landscaping rake for putting in new lawn.

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[Poopdeck Pappy]

Will it move rocks or just go over them?

I suspect it will move them a few feet at best and then go over them. I wasn't recommending that chain harrow for rock removal. I was just identifying the one someone mentioned with a pic.

 

[sunnyside360]

Here you go Rockhound - RockHound Landscape Rake
My landscape contractor used a Rockhound to clear rocks and make a seed bed for planting grass and shrubs on our 5 acre lawn. He used the one which attaches to a skid steer and it worked great. He rented it from a local rental business. I've yet to find a rock in the lawn. Note there is also a model with 3PH attach.

 

[allen in texas]

I have seen items shown on TBN that are towed behind, dig into the ground and separate the rocks from the dirt. It looks like it would require a lot of HP to pull it though. From photos it appears that the machine is pulled 6-12" deep and the rocks are separated from the dirt on a moving chain link system that deposits the rocks in a back bucket that is then hydraulically dumped.
I have no personal experience with one, although if it was available in my area, I would certainly rent one if it was reasonably priced.

I don't see this as an item to buy, but maybe rent one if locally available.

Tater Digger! sounds like the old Tater Diggers we had when I was a kid.

Kinda like this...
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[Sawyer Rob]

I get some rocks on my land, I push my pallet forks under, grapple them and pull them out of the ground,

Then load them on my wagon,

and move them out of my fields,

SR

 

[hunt4570]

I get some rocks on my land, I push my pallet forks under, grapple them and pull them out of the ground,

Then load them on my wagon,

and move them out of my fields,

SR

And then what??

 

[square1]

When the neighbor kids where young I'd set a coke can on my other neighbors fence post and tell them I'd give them a nickel for every time they knocked the can off with a rock. They'd be out there throwing rocks from my property onto my neighbor's all day and it would usually cost less than a dollar