Quote Originally Posted by Timber View Post
What kind of sissy tractors are you guys buying that you worried about your Fell comming apart, I have dug 5' holes, plowed snow for years, tumbled boulders I couldn't lift. I hardly think a ratchet rake could do any damage to my loader. What exactly do you use your loader for if your afraid to use it to push into a pile of dirt
Totally agree! And I bet you don't wax your tractor.

Last fall I made a tool that is quite similar.
It is a massive tooth, 16" long made from a truck axle and attaches to my bucket like a single clamp on bucket fork only center mounted.
Naturally the welding is HD deep penetration.
I have plucked foot sized stones from the driveway, root balls as well as complete 2" or so trees.
Procedure is to tilt bucked downwards about 45 deg and drive the pin into and under the root then tilt bucket upwards. In most cases the entire ball comes free but if an errant root remains you simply maneuver for better placement and repeat. I found that very little soil was lifted with this process.
And my bucket shows no adverse signs.