jimgerken
Veteran Member
I finished my turf roller. I actually built most of it last year, but modifiied it this weekend with a new hitch and a scraper. The drum is a truck fuel tank of 60 gallon capacity. I figure the frame and drum at about 150 pounds, 60 gals of water weigh 499, and those 1" square tube stubs are for adding six rock crusher hammers, of 90 pounds each. Thats almost 1200 pounds. the drum is 32 inches wide, so it has a very concentrated effect. The hitch has a couple big electric fence tensioning springs in it so the tractor is not subjected to shock load. There is no weight on the drawbar when it is fully loaded. It does a good job, especially after rain. the scraper is not really visible in the picture, but it is simply a pc of truck mudflap, plastic, bolted on with bending tension so it rides against the drum to scrape off any mud that tries to collect. I havent tried that feature yet, but last year I ran without it and had to stop every few minutes and scrape MANUALLY! How disgusting. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif