My New Ripper tooth

[Eagleview]

A hydraulic top link would be good in that situation as you could suck it in and tilt the sub soiler back to clear . Or you could do it the manual way and pull the pins and drive away leaving the ripper behind .

 

[IslandTractor]

jcav44 and wedge40

Would cutting some "V's" in the hook part help "saw" through the roots (like a serrated edge)? It seems to me that if you hook a good size root, all you are doing is creating a real good anchor! I am just wondering if some teeth would allow you to rip and tear the roots

Almost any backhoe has enough power to simply rip through a lateral root with even a blunt ripper. Putting all the bucket curl force into a one inch blade means you should be able to rip through just about any root wood less than 5 inches or so in a single motion. Putting a wedge shape to the cutting edge of the ripper might make that even more efficient.

(edit: my estimate of 5 inch roots being no sweat for a ripper might be off depending on the type of tree...in my case just softwood)

 

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My sentiments exactly Island. Force needed to break a root with a sharpened edge would be much less.

Bx24 I agree with Ironhorse about Samantha. I had 3 daughters who are all grown up now, married with kids. They were **** to raise especially when they started dating. Even when I think back I can't help but feel that if I could press a button and get them back to Sam's age, I would in a heartbeat.
Cherish her now and forever. Where she is now will all go by in a flash.

 

[bx24]

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I can already see time slipping by .... thats why when it came time pick and image for the avatar, Samantha easily won out over the Kubota! Time to go kiss her goodnight.