Roller made from forklift wheels?

[TractorGuy]

I don't think you will get the desired effect of a roller with these.

 

[the old grind]

Itç—´ not the spinning but they need to be able to float up and down a little bit to better conform to uneven ground.

Floating over bumps vs flattening them .. so we're rolling lawn or pasture to entertain drone fliers with the cross-hatched look?

I don't recall ever seeing a 22" coulter, but, find a Yugo, mower, yard cart, etc wheel size that can be welded inside the rims you have. Looking for something whose center hole is also convenient. Find more at a __ boneyard or scrap yard that sells for 2x scrap price.

Maybe coil sheet metal inside a stack of them and caulk the bottom to be watertight when you stand it on end? Plan for bearings in each end of a suitable iron pipe, and center it up in the form. Pour. While it cures gather and assemble rails to get it hitched to your drawbar.

 

[4570Man]

Floating over bumps vs flattening them .. so we're rolling lawn or pasture to entertain drone fliers with the cross-hatched look?

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A yard roller is real close to useless. You aren’t going to flatten out any meaningful bump plus it’s the holes that are far worse to hit on a mower anyway. I was under the impression that a compactor was the goal.

 

[TractorGuy]

A yard roller is real close to useless. You aren’t going to flatten out any meaningful bump plus it’s the holes that are far worse to hit on a mower anyway. I was under the impression that a compactor was the goal.

I had good results leveling out wild hog damage with mine as long as the damage was fresh and the ground was damp.

 

[the old grind]

4570Man, third paragraph in post #12. Holes don't launch my ZTR's front wheels into the air like mole activity can. I don't pattern like I'm using a drop spreader either. Isn't weight a good thing?

I filled my 24" x 4" roller with sand, not the sand I live on, btw. (sand/gravel pit ~'70 - ~'92) I bought 'play sand' (rinsed, that is .. less biomass than screening mine, too) and dumped a few quarts of clean motor oil in there 'with'. (much heavier than water fill) Hasn't frozen up yet. (3rd Winter) Now the EZ-GO [22] only ever pulls the "80 lb" spreader. (40lb of 12-12-12 fills it )

The DX 26 won't budge it, 'cept in low range at ~4 mph. The two NH FELs that it'd fit into won't lift/carry it, so no loan-outs. The Mechron 2200 (w/top & windshield = full cab tractor) can swing it L to R behind like I'm pulling a slalom skier. Can be a joy ride with up to two local grandkids safely belted in for multiple laps at 10 mph.

 

[Big Barn]

. Can be a joy ride with up to two local grandkids safely belted in for multiple laps at 10 mph.

I love to hear that stuff.

 

[aczlan]

4570Man, third paragraph in post #12. Holes don't launch my ZTR's front wheels into the air like mole activity can. I don't pattern like I'm using a drop spreader either. Isn't weight a good thing?

I filled my 24" x 4" roller with sand, not the sand I live on, btw. (sand/gravel pit ~'70 - ~'92) I bought 'play sand' (rinsed, that is .. less biomass than screening mine, too) and dumped a few quarts of clean motor oil in there 'with'. (much heavier than water fill) Hasn't frozen up yet. (3rd Winter) Now the EZ-GO [22] only ever pulls the "80 lb" spreader. (40lb of 12-12-12 fills it )

The DX 26 won't budge it, 'cept in low range at ~4 mph. The two NH FELs that it'd fit into won't lift/carry it, so no loan-outs. The Mechron 2200 (w/top & windshield = full cab tractor) can swing it L to R behind like I'm pulling a slalom skier. Can be a joy ride with up to two local grandkids safely belted in for multiple laps at 10 mph.

I plan for it to be more of a roller than a cultipacker.
Perhaps I will just fill the existing 48' wide steel roller (which leaks water around the shaft at one end) with sand and "roll with that" (pun intended).

Aaron Z