Show your rock/soil seperators

[Eric_Phillips]

I am wanting to build a rock/soil seperator out of some chainlink fence panels I have. A couple years ago I saw several posts that had pictures of ones people had made. What I am thinking about are the ones made with a wooden frame and a screen of some type attachet at an angle. You dump a load of stuff on top and as it slides down the dirt falls through and the rocks end up in a pile at the bottom. I have an idea in my head of how to build it, I just wanted to see some examples before I started. I tried doing several searches but I couldn't find those old threads.

 

[LBrown59]

Click here: TractorByNet.com - Re: Dirt sifter?
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/a...rt-sreen-bx-23-

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/a...0145-396-x-297
Let me know if these links work


I would like to build a modified verssion of this one.

I am wanting to build a rock/soil seperator out of some chainlink fence panels I have. A couple years ago I saw several posts that had pictures of ones people had made. What I am thinking about are the ones made with a wooden frame and a screen of some type attachet at an angle. You dump a load of stuff on top and as it slides down the dirt falls through and the rocks end up in a pile at the bottom. I have an idea in my head of how to build it, I just wanted to see some examples before I started. I tried doing several searches but I couldn't find those old threads.

 

[LBrown59]

I am wanting to build a rock/soil seperator out of some chainlink fence panels I have. A couple years ago I saw several posts that had pictures of ones people had made. What I am thinking about are the ones made with a wooden frame and a screen of some type attachet at an angle. You dump a load of stuff on top and as it slides down the dirt falls through and the rocks end up in a pile at the bottom. I have an idea in my head of how to build it, I just wanted to see some examples before I started. I tried doing several searches but I couldn't find those old threads.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=282025

 

[Luremaker]

Here's a picture of my screen.I have been using it for a few years now. I have screened hundreds of yards of soil with it. I did make it portable so that I can move it around. I do have pictutes of my portable screen but not on this computer. Later I'll post a picture of my portable screen. This screen is easy to build. A few 2x6's and 2x4's and a piece of heavy duty chain link fence and a hour or so to assemble.

 

[chickenman]

mmy mobile screener

 

[escavader]

HERES my wooden one ,still going strong,made from 2 by 4s
ALAN

 

[escavader]

lets try to make that pic larger

 

[escavader]

HERES A COUPLE MORE,SINCE IM BORED TONITE ANYWAY

 

[LBrown59]

HERES A COUPLE MORE,SINCE IM BORED TONITE ANYWAY

Thanks for posting this !
I wantedto post it in my previous post but couldn't find a link to it anywhere when i made the post.
Yours and the other sifter I posted are my favorites.

 

[escavader]

Thanks for posting this !
I wantedto post it in my previous post but couldn't find a link to it anywhere when i made the post.
Yours and the other sifter I posted are my favorites.

HI LB,
I think these size ones are just right for our bxs.Not to exspensive to build,and easy to repair if something does happen to it.Iwouldnt want a wooden one if i had a large loader bucket.
ALAN

 

[Dmace]

I made a real cheap thing from a few 2x4's and a 4'x4' piece of chainlink fencing I had. The outcome was very crude but it worked well and has been working for a good 2 years now.

Thread Link

 

[ampsucker]

if you really want to get fancy, mount the mesh on a frame with springs and put a motor with an off balance shaft on it so the whole screen assemby vibrates.

amp

 

[RonMar]

if you really want to get fancy, mount the mesh on a frame with springs and put a motor with an off balance shaft on it so the whole screen assemby vibrates.

amp

There is a gentelman in Alaska who details how he did just that up in the build it yourself forum. His looks like a pretty nice project.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/119273-screening-plant-project.html

Ron

 

[chickenman]

A simpler installation than springs would be what I used on my mobile screener, item #9376K69 page 1350 of the mcmaster-carr catalog.

McMaster-Carr

 

[SkunkWerX]

I had already put mine in a spearate post, but, for sake of getting them all in one place, I'll post the links here too:

Description:
2x4's with 1" x 2" vinyl coated fence wire stapled on top.
4 feet wide, because that's what the wire was. BX FEL bucket is just under 48".
Legs hinge under, so it stores flat. Piece of rusty chain to hold the legs from splaying out while in use. Angle is approx. 45 to 50 degrees.
Cost $0.00 yippee.

SoilScreener.jpg

SoilScreener Next to Screened Pile.jpg

 

[LBrown59]

Here's 2 of my favorite screeners.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...123475569-need-ideas-rock-screen-filter-70956
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...r-rock-soil-seperators-100_0145-396-x-297-396

Now I have 3 favorites since I added this one today.
http://usera.imagecave.com/skunkwerx/SoilScreener.jpg

 

[LBrown59]

I had already put mine in a spearate post, but, for sake of getting them all in one place, I'll post the links here too:

Description:
2x4's with 1" x 2" vinyl coated fence wire stapled on top.
4 feet wide, because that's what the wire was. BX FEL bucket is just under 48".
Legs hinge under, so it stores flat. Piece of rusty chain to hold the legs from splaying out while in use. Angle is approx. 45 to 50 degrees.
Cost $0.00 yippee.

SoilScreener.jpg

SoilScreener Next to Screened Pile.jpg

Great job!
I really like it.
So much so that I've added it to my list of favorite sifters/screeners.
I do have one question though>
How do you get the FEL bucket under it to scoop out the sifted dirt with the board across the back with the chain on it?
I'm thinking use 2 chains.
1 on each leg connected to each outside 2x4 of the frame thus eliminating the board across the back to allow the FEL access to the sifted soil.
Either that or raise the board across the back and the chain enough to get the Loader under the sifter to scoop out the dirt.