Rear Blade What's good for picking up rocks

[Worldtraveler777]

Re the rock bucket, I've given that a lot of thought and think that it should work well for the larger rocks. I just don't see how that could work for the smaller rocks and as it seems the rock bucket would just push them along?

Googleing the Veermeer Rock picker, I found this. I don't know how much it cost but it looks like it has possibilities.

 

[Worldtraveler777]

On second thought, the Haybuster rock picker needs 80 hp and I only have a 50 horse tractor.

 

[spruce Deere]

Man, looks like they have been put there and spread out.... is that a chunck of pvc pipe in the mix?

If that were my job to clear all that rock with what I have, would use a combination of a rear blade, rock bucket and a regular bucket not sure of the order, mabe even rent a harley rake or a landscape rake might do the trick.

Try to windrow them or heard them in to piles

If your into spending money... schulte?? sp??? makes a nice rock picking unit for smaller tractors

 

[Worldtraveler777]

Man, looks like they have been put there and spread out.... is that a chunck of pvc pipe in the mix?

If that were my job to clear all that rock with what I have, would use a combination of a rear blade, rock bucket and a regular bucket not sure of the order, mabe even rent a harley rake or a landscape rake might do the trick.

Try to windrow them or heard them in to piles

If your into spending money... schulte?? sp??? makes a nice rock picking unit for smaller tractors

No, the rocks are natural, not put there and spread.. I made the mistake of putting a deer feeder in the area about ten years ago and the deer hoofs have loosened up the dirt which has long since washed away. The PVC was part of the baffels on the feeder. We have a standing joke around the Texas Hill country that whenever it rains, it rains rocks. I'm hoping to use hydro seeding to get the grass going again once the rocks are gone.

:confused2:

 

[jenkinsph]

Are there any brands that you'd recommend?

Something like the York rake would be a good choice.
York Landscape Rakes for Tractors and ATVs, Rotary Brooms, Stone & Rock Rakes, Sweepers, and Scarifiers Manufactured by York Modern Corporation


I have a Frontier R66 ssqa rock bucket with 3" spacings, good for large stuff but too much will fall through for my liking.http://www.deere.com/en_US/cfd/construction/deere_const/media/pdf/attachments/Rock_Buckets.pdf





Closely spaced rock buckets are hard to sift the fines out of, but I have considered building a small hydraulic shaker to help with this problem (a work in progress) that is mounted to the bucket. Just depends on how many you need to pick, how big an area to work, you know you could spend your lifetime doing this.

 

[dangerdoc]

How many kids do you have.

 

[bilrus61]

That is extreamly rocky to say the least! Since its a small area right? I would just pick up the biggest rocks by hand and leave the smaller ones. That looks like bedrock in your last pic so your soil is very very shallow. I would just pick up a few of the larger rocks by hand and sow the grass seed over it. By the time you get rid of the rocks you'll have a pond by the looks of it. Since the damage is already done why not just leave it as a feeder area like it is? I doubt the deer mind the rocks.

 

[sweettractors]

Google Degelman rock rake. it will winrow rocks on or just below the surface. It is a powered unit running off the PTO. Keeping these units running can be a challenge though.

Some work off PTO, The Vermeer works off hydraulic motors and gives a lot less trouble. Ken Sweet

 

[unbidden]

I just yesterday box bladed about 1600 feet of dirt, gravel, rock driveway with a Bota bx2660 and United 48" BB. This picked up tons of rock; of course it scrapped and leveled the gravel as well. I'm a tractor newbie and this was my first experience using the BB. The wife was happy with my work so I guess that is the ultimate passing grade.

 

[RPW]

My upcoming winter project is to build a power rake (Harley) for my skid steer. Until then I'm going try and use my box blade with the scarifiers down all the way and tilted forward to loosen my rocks in the pastures then follow with my rock bucket.