What did I find at salvage yard

[blueriver]

I took my shanks out of my box blade, put them on a seperate 4" bar and call it my root rake or sub-soiler. Built the 4" tubing the same way it was installed in the box blade, just doesn't have the box on it. It digs a lot deeper and does a lot more without the box.

Would you post a picture of that ....

 

[RoMad]

Nice job on the build, one thing I see may be a problem is that plate steel you have to mount your rippers, the first rock or root or even hard pan will twist that like a pretzel.

Typically there is a 4" x 4" x 1/4" box tube running full length of bb, then cut your slots top and bottom to fit your rippers with metal pin keepers to secure the rippers.

I know it looks like it in the picture, but the piece across the front is not plate, it is a tee. It is 3/8" thick x 6" x 3". I think it should be plenty strong enough. If I have a problem there I have enough more material to box it in.

As far as making the scarifiers, I am not bent on making them, I was just trying to save a little money and I really like digging around the salvage place . I will probably order at least the tips. Since my property is all sand I probably can live without them for a while. I am going to haul the box blade to my property tomorrow and try it out.

 

[LD1]

I would go ahead and box it in now if yo have enough material already.

C-channel, I-beam, a Tee configuration like you have, none of them have good torsional strength. They are strong in one direction or another, but twist with very little force. And the rippers are like a big lever hooked onto it to try to twist it. Tubing is very strong torsionally.

If you wait until it is already twisted to box it in, you may have a hard time getting it back to straight and looking right again. It would be far easier to do it now IMO

 

[6011Artist]

blueriver, I'll get some pics possibly tomorrow and post them.

It works great. I did that in 1998 I think. It has been used from ripping up yucca plants, subsoiling, tearing up huge piles of dirt/brush left to rot but the stumps were still intact but smaller to ripping small scrub oak stumps out of the ground.

Someone else said that it needed to be built out of 1/4" thick 4"X4" tubing. I built mine from that and the shanks were ripping the slots. I later welded some blocks on it to prevent the rips but if I was going to build a new one I'd use heavier tubing.

 

[Damifino]

I know it looks like it in the picture, but the piece across the front is not plate, it is a tee. It is 3/8" thick x 6" x 3". I think it should be plenty strong enough. If I have a problem there I have enough more material to box it in.

As far as making the scarifiers, I am not bent on making them, I was just trying to save a little money and I really like digging around the salvage place . I will probably order at least the tips. Since my property is all sand I probably can live without them for a while. I am going to haul the box blade to my property tomorrow and try it out.

If you're property is in Lecanto, you should be good to go, If you hooh to one of those scrub oak roots, well you will see. Good luck neighbor and like I said, nice build.