How do you guys remove smaller rocks from your land?

[Sawyer Rob]

AND THEN I move them to along the drive to my shop,

Fist size on the bottom and bigger and bigger ones as I go up...

SR

 

[hunt4570]

AND THEN I move them to along the drive to my shop,

Fist size on the bottom and bigger and bigger ones as I go up...

SR

Not that I would want all that work, But I love those rock walls..

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have never had luck with my tined bucket. It just gets plugged up with debris and sod.

My quite ambitious project is to build a clone "flip screen" bucket. A most ingenious device you can google. Basically a specially designed bucket with a top portion, a shelf inside and a screening plant style mesh top. You dig into a pile or scrape up material, go to your good pile, and then you rotate the entire bucket. The nice stuff comes through the screen. Then you go to your debris pile and rotate the bucket in the other direction emptying the garbage, debris and stones.

I have a Harley Pro 8 rake, and although it is a truly marvelous piece of gear, one is still stuck with tons of windrowed stones mixed in with very nice soil. This flip screen copy cat should finally be the answer to my almost life long battle with the stones around here!

It has been on my mind for three years along with a hundred other projects, but I did buy the hydraulic motors for it only yesterday!

 

[bigtiller]

I have a huge pile of rocks that someday I will build something with. Friends and relatives are always asking if they can pick through the pile and take some for landscaping.

I always say no, why would I give away my hard earned rocks?

People were steeling my rocks so I started storing them in the front yard where I can see and enjoy them.

 

[Xfaxman]

I also have a rock pile to enjoy.

It was a small pile when we moved here 4 years ago, but I have added to it.

Hard to see, but there are 4 rocks in the grapple. :thumbsup:

 

[Gem99ultra]

I use my land rake to pile up rocks up to about 4" or so. The rake tines are spread about 1 1/2" - 2" or so which lets the soil go on through.

The land rake is also handy for de-thatching every Spring, and for raking up little sticks and limbs laying around. Naturally, I abuse mine by also using it to pull out briers and trash around trees, as well as smoothing down the quarter-mile driveway. Handy tool to have around for sure.

Now - if you're talking about "rocks" like some of the pictures above, i.e. the size of a small car... the land rake is not the tool for you

 

[Sawyer Rob]

People were steeling my rocks so I started storing them in the front yard where I can see and enjoy them.

You just need to get some BIGGER rocks!! NO ONE steals mine! :laughing:

Sometimes they are so big, you have to drag them to higher ground, where you can get ahold of them,

and get a bigger "hammer" to lift them! lol

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

This guy was always a nuisance for the farmers, being almost totally hidden, but when I hit it with a snow mobile, one warm summer evening, it's number was up!

 

[gogo]

Well here's my update on this thread. I used my mower and mowed the entire property. What a blast! I never hooked up nor used a PTO mower. My Landpride RCR 1860 did a great job! then I purchased a new TSC Landscape Rake and Raked up all the cuttings along with all the small rocks. Worked Great! Price was right also at $499 minus 10% off from manager. I found out there are 3 TSC stores near my ranch. What a cool store. Had a lot of useful items for around the ranch. The land looks great and the Landscape rake did a great job cleaning up. I would rake then lift the PTO and make small piles throughout. Then picked up and made one big pile. Tomorrow comes the dump trailer and the clippings and rocks will be gone. Gotta love these tractors.

 

[tractorgp]

What a spot. We visit family near Pilot Hill most years