Miss my RatchetRake

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Milkman and his brother help me guess the weight at 80 to 90 lbs. I went ahead and installed it on tractor today.

 

[radioman]

Looks good JT. now to put it to good use and scratch up the paint! :thumbsup:

I am surprised you didnt look at the packing slip for the wieght.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Looks good JT. now to put it to good use and scratch up the paint! :thumbsup:

I am surprised you didnt look at the packing slip for the wieght.

Wouldn't that sort of be like reading the instructions? Do first and if I can't get it to work, then read instructions. I assure you, the paint will be coming off of the small teeth. I have a hillside full of small pines and briars so I may actually try the big teeth on this one to see how it does downing them.

 

[Kayakin2]

JT, I need that RachetRake for the BX25 I am about to order!
TSC does not sell them here yet!
I have an acre of blackberry bushes to extract on severe slopes!
Suggestions? Cancel BX25 order and buy a bigger tractor?
Enjoy :laughing:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

JT, I need that RachetRake for the BX25 I am about to order!
TSC does not sell them here yet!
I have an acre of blackberry bushes to extract on severe slopes!
Suggestions? Cancel BX25 order and buy a bigger tractor?
Enjoy :laughing:

Order the BX and wait on the RatchetRake to extract blackberry bushes. I raised my mid mount mowing deck to highest setting on my BX2660 this week and mowed an area of blackberry bushes and small trees. I'll try the RatchetRake on some more of them later. Not sure you can tell much about the mowed and unmowed area from these pictures. The unmowed area is pretty steep and has some gullies which have washed out to pretty deep and scary when you get in them. If your going to use the BX25 on steep hills, take the BH off and add something really heavy. My BX25 scares me a bit on my slopes. I try and make sure it's straight up and down but that's almost impossible sometimes. My other tractors got scarier the bigger they were.

 

[milkman]

Lookin' good JT, you've done a bunch of work on the place. Wish I had thought ahead and brought my skidplate to see if it would fit on your BX2660, then I could make another one and you could come get it.:thumbsup: Then you could get the deck off an maybe save busting a anti scalp wheel.
I'd like to see how the new rake works, looks like a serious piece of equipment, you might damage the paint, but I don't think you'll damage the rake.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Lookin' good JT, you've done a bunch of work on the place. Wish I had thought ahead and brought my skidplate to see if it would fit on your BX2660, then I could make another one and you could come get it.:thumbsup: Then you could get the deck off an maybe save busting a anti scalp wheel.
I'd like to see how the new rake works, looks like a serious piece of equipment, you might damage the paint, but I don't think you'll damage the rake.

I would have let you see how it works. All you had to do was get on the BX2660 and let me and your brother put it on and you just work your little heart out. I showed you the piles of dirt that needed to be leveled out with the RR and you sort of gave me the "go to it look" and didn't volunteer to do it for me. You and your brother are welcome to come back at any time and I'll have "trial work periods" for you. Enjoyed your visit and I ordered the up side QA today since your brother left me some money to pay for it after I gave my wife her share. Don't forget the fertilize spreader and maybe I can find some more goodies if you need anything. I got excited talking about my new plow today at Church with some Farmers. I told them it was so pretty I was going to put it up and not get it dirty. They just sort of stared at me.

 

[Kayakin2]

JT, Fantastic Pictures! :thumbsup:
The bad news is my hills have a little more slope and bigger rocks!
The good news is I have paths that terrace the slopes so I might reach the bushes up (Bucket) and down (BH)
No MMM planned as little grass but skid plates and wheel extenders!
Also, seat belt, ROPS and tilt meter, for sure!
What do you think?
Let us know how the RR performs on blackberry bushes!
Thanks, Kayakin2

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

JT, Fantastic Pictures! :thumbsup:
The bad news is my hills have a little more slope and bigger rocks!
The good news is I have paths that terrace the slopes so I might reach the bushes up (Bucket) and down (BH)
No MMM planned as little grass but skid plates and wheel extenders!
Also, seat belt, ROPS and tilt meter, for sure!
What do you think?
Let us know how the RR performs on blackberry bushes!
Thanks, Kayakin2

Those are not rocks, they are bolders. They are just barely slopes, close to cliffs. Here are some pictures of a tilt meter, cost me a dollar at a flea market, has a magnetic base.

 

[Kayakin2]

JT, You are correct! As usual.
I already purchased a deluxe tilt meter for the BX25! :thumbsup:
It shows tilt horizontally and vertically with color coding and visual aid.
Good advice! Best of success with the slight slopes. Be careful!
Kayakin2