Ideas for a rock picker

[laurencen]

Looking for ideas for a rock picker to use behind a Kioti CK20, needs to scoop rocks (lots of them baseball size) and dump them a distance away, possibly like a bucket made of flatbar on its side say 2 inches apart

Laurence

 

[RonR]

The dump part is the hard part, in my opinion. Easy to build a rake with bar on edge to scoop up the rocks. I'd experiment or look at ready built stuff to set the bar spacing. Too wide and you miss rocks; Too close and you haul a lot of dirt............

 

[rickmacheske]

I agree. My landscape rake seems more like a shovel most of the time. I push more dirt than pick up debris. I have been considering the same type of project. This is what I came up with so far.... Building a rake with more of a scoop shape (like the FEL) but the tines are 90 degrees from the rakes out there. Basically, the wide part of the tines are parellel to the direction of travel. I would use my hydraulic top link to set it and scoop. The top link connection location would have to be specific for my top link.

 

[BTDT]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ks-everywhere-simple-solution-rock-basket.pdf

I suggested something like this to another member at one time, might work for you.

 

[laurencen]

the bucket scoop got me thinking, if I had another bucket, cut out the bottom and use the steel decking, it would act like a sive, have to look for a 4 foot bucket selling for scrap

 

[rickmacheske]

I almost bought a rock bucket. If I didn't need two different interface changes at about 1.5k I probably would have done it. Here's the one I looked at.

 

[weldingisfun]

I bought a Bradco Bradco rock bucket at an auction for $1K. It included the mounting brackets. The brackets had to be modified to fit my tractor, $25 but it was a bargain. They retail for between $1300 to $1500, don't know if that includes the mounting brackets. Look around, you'll find what you need.

 

[earthface]

What you need to do if you have a lot of rock or the area provides for the extra room needed, you need to be looking for an old single row chain type pto driven potato digger. Add a dump basket to the rear and instant rock picker. The the chain cross bars may need some reinforcement on them if you have a lot of heavy rocks. Preplowing with a moldboard plow wouldn't hurt when using this machine.