sheepsfoot

[Taylortractornut]

Brian I know what your thinking about the welding. When the plant we landfilled for closed we shut the fill down till another company bought it. I wasnt keen on unemployment and a friend of mine was nearby on a job that was running a sheeps foot behind a 500 HP tractor. He told me they wanted to rebuild the feet on the foot. I pulled in and saw the beast. It was an old quad drum set up made to pull with a D9. We had to weld new pads on the feet to make the spikes. I would come home at night and take a pile of AR400 plates and put them on my pattern burner. Id cut out 10 5 inch pads per pass. Then in the morning Id weld them up The original pads had been worn off and run for years on a stone and clay fill. The spikes had been worn down to rounded tips. Id have to tack the pad then fill the the rounded area. Id run about 50 pounds of 1/8th 7018 per day. I never thought Id finish the first one then had 3 more to go.


These tanks were all filled with fuel since the late 40s I read the spec plate on it said all 4 drums combined held over 2000 gallons of fuel ballast. It was beats to move from site to site though.

 

[JoeinTX]

I remembered reading this thread when the other day I passed by a small sheep's foot that appears to be for sale. I say "appears" as it's sitting along with a 2n/9n and an older AC D grader that have "For Sale" on them beside the highway on a piece of property with a big realtor's sign next to them.

Anyway, it's one of the smallest I've ever seen......probably 4' wide. Looked "construction grade" as opposed to a newer landscaping type unit.

Just an FYI if anyone's interested.......