woodlandfarms
Super Member
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2006
- Messages
- 6,110
- Location
- Los Angeles / SW Washington
- Tractor
- PowerTrac 1850, Kubota RTV x900
I have a huge blackberry issue, along with surprise ravines and major chuck holes hidden in my blackberries... I am trying to find the property without dumping my PT into a pit....
I found with my mower a piece off a spring harrow. Wanting to practice my welding skills I decided to build a device to reach up high into trees as well as over edges of ravines and pull out / level my blackberries and such...
Basically pipe, some angle iron, and a bit of plate and some bolts... I attached the boom attachment to the backhoe (I had been using just the backhoe to test the ground ahead before). Figured I could use the reach to get into the trees and down the ravines.
Well, it worked... Kinda... Here is the failures... The harrows are a bad idea for landscape rakes. They really hold onto everything... Second, I am a terrible (novice) welder, finally, the blackberries are really heavy and pretty firm into the ground.
Basically, I got about 15 minutes of use before I broke it. Snapped a weld. I could build it stronger, but the Tines are the failing. I also need to make the mount ambidextorus to work on both the back hoe and out on the long boom...
Also it is a PITA to remove the bucket head and then put on the boom pole. I know I am soft from having a PT where every implement is no more than a 45 second change, but....
the resolution will be to look for some different tines and figure out a more universal mounting system...
I found with my mower a piece off a spring harrow. Wanting to practice my welding skills I decided to build a device to reach up high into trees as well as over edges of ravines and pull out / level my blackberries and such...
Basically pipe, some angle iron, and a bit of plate and some bolts... I attached the boom attachment to the backhoe (I had been using just the backhoe to test the ground ahead before). Figured I could use the reach to get into the trees and down the ravines.
Well, it worked... Kinda... Here is the failures... The harrows are a bad idea for landscape rakes. They really hold onto everything... Second, I am a terrible (novice) welder, finally, the blackberries are really heavy and pretty firm into the ground.
Basically, I got about 15 minutes of use before I broke it. Snapped a weld. I could build it stronger, but the Tines are the failing. I also need to make the mount ambidextorus to work on both the back hoe and out on the long boom...
Also it is a PITA to remove the bucket head and then put on the boom pole. I know I am soft from having a PT where every implement is no more than a 45 second change, but....
the resolution will be to look for some different tines and figure out a more universal mounting system...