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bbh, do you have a welder? Do you build any of your implements?
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The BB scarifiers only go down 4" which will certainly help get things started but probably not enough to do the job completely. A subsoiler is very similar in design to a scarifier except that can run about 12"-14" deep i think whereas a potato plow/middlebuster only runs about 6-8" deep.
My BB is a 66" landpride with 5 scarifiers putting one in the middle. What would be great is if i could buy or have fabricated (i don't weld yet) a much longer scarifier that i could use on the BB. Maybe even with a detachable plow blade. That way i could use the weight of BB to help penetrate and could also shift it to one of the outer edges to run up the side of the driveway to create better drainage ditches.
My BB is a 66" landpride with 5 scarifiers putting one in the middle. What would be great is if i could buy or have fabricated (i don't weld yet) a much longer scarifier that i could use on the BB. Maybe even with a detachable plow blade. That way i could use the weight of BB to help penetrate and could also shift it to one of the outer edges to run up the side of the driveway to create better drainage ditches.
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bhh, when I need something I don't have, I can usually go to my steel rack and dream up something that will get the job done. Thats why I asked do you weld.
If you are going to spend money to do this I would suggest buying a reese tube type hitch. You can use it to move trailers, which we all have. Then you can build lots of devices to work out of that hitch.
I took the 4 scarifers out of my box blade and made a tube to mount them back into just like in the BB. I call it my root rake. It's only about 38" wide. I've used it to rip out small rotted stumps, subsoil, use two in the middle to pre-plow a trench (tear out the roots) and then run a middle buster with a shovel on it to plow out a ditch. Very little shovel work to be done that way except on the ends where I can't get real close to connection points. But I weld it myself, save a lot of money that way.
If you are going to spend money to do this I would suggest buying a reese tube type hitch. You can use it to move trailers, which we all have. Then you can build lots of devices to work out of that hitch.
I took the 4 scarifers out of my box blade and made a tube to mount them back into just like in the BB. I call it my root rake. It's only about 38" wide. I've used it to rip out small rotted stumps, subsoil, use two in the middle to pre-plow a trench (tear out the roots) and then run a middle buster with a shovel on it to plow out a ditch. Very little shovel work to be done that way except on the ends where I can't get real close to connection points. But I weld it myself, save a lot of money that way.
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Welding is on my list of things to pick up as soon as I have the time, for sure. I'd love to be able to fabricate something to do this. We just bought this land/house back in September and are in the middle of a gut renovation for which I am doing a lot of the work (weekends only) as well as getting the property cleaned up from years of neglect so I feel like I barely have the time to eat when I am up there right now. House should be finished up this summer though so that should free up a lot more time I hope and can maybe pick up welding along with getting the wood shop I've been craving for over a decade put together.
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ahhh, Rome wasn't built in a day, sounds like you have a full plate going on.
If you have someone that can help you out with the welding part, your idea about making a longer scarifer to use in your BB sounds like it would work. Just be careful not to get too deep all at once and bend it. You could even drill a few holes into the side of your BB and bolt one scarifer to the side panel but a lot lower than it is now and be careful and go slow, not too deep, and scratch out a good ditch. Then clean it out with a shovel. You could even bolt a piece of good strong 1/4" thick tubing to the side of your BB and buy a "shovel" type plow to bolt on to the tubing to clean out the loose dirt after you run the scarifer through it. No, it wouldn't be as heavy or strong as a potato plow but a lot cheaper and using your BB to mount it to the tractor. Use it for what it is, with care, and you can get it done that way too. Sure would beat using a hand shovel.
If you have someone that can help you out with the welding part, your idea about making a longer scarifer to use in your BB sounds like it would work. Just be careful not to get too deep all at once and bend it. You could even drill a few holes into the side of your BB and bolt one scarifer to the side panel but a lot lower than it is now and be careful and go slow, not too deep, and scratch out a good ditch. Then clean it out with a shovel. You could even bolt a piece of good strong 1/4" thick tubing to the side of your BB and buy a "shovel" type plow to bolt on to the tubing to clean out the loose dirt after you run the scarifer through it. No, it wouldn't be as heavy or strong as a potato plow but a lot cheaper and using your BB to mount it to the tractor. Use it for what it is, with care, and you can get it done that way too. Sure would beat using a hand shovel.