old cheddar
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Hello
THis is my first post.
My question follows the quick description of what I plan to do with this.
I have a few acres of roots to deal with. All are shallow and fairly easy to pull with backhoe, I have been considering a root rake, but because of the volume of roots, I will constantly be jambing up and just spinning the wheels. The land is mucky, and it isn't difficult to get mired.
I think that a backhoe rake would be best suited to my needs. Since I cannot find any such thing, I prototyped this design out of mdf. and plastic pipe which I plan on getting this professionally cut and welded out of 1/2" steel and thick walled pipe. Do you think it will work. That is will it need more than pipe to keep it from racking and twisting? This prototype is 32" wide. I just took a stab at the shape of the tines, nothing scientific.
I have included pictures of a small patch of ground I cleared experimentally, and show also a picture of the mountain of roots from that small zone.
Thanks and I look forward to your inputs.
THis is my first post.
My question follows the quick description of what I plan to do with this.
I have a few acres of roots to deal with. All are shallow and fairly easy to pull with backhoe, I have been considering a root rake, but because of the volume of roots, I will constantly be jambing up and just spinning the wheels. The land is mucky, and it isn't difficult to get mired.
I think that a backhoe rake would be best suited to my needs. Since I cannot find any such thing, I prototyped this design out of mdf. and plastic pipe which I plan on getting this professionally cut and welded out of 1/2" steel and thick walled pipe. Do you think it will work. That is will it need more than pipe to keep it from racking and twisting? This prototype is 32" wide. I just took a stab at the shape of the tines, nothing scientific.
I have included pictures of a small patch of ground I cleared experimentally, and show also a picture of the mountain of roots from that small zone.
Thanks and I look forward to your inputs.