Brush Rake?

[columbian]

I have a Kubota BX2230 sub-compact and I need an implement to clean up / rake up a field (~600sqft) full of broken branches up to 4" diameter and up to 5' long. Many are stuck in dirt or tangled with others, or both. I do not have a front-loader, hydraulic-arm setup, so it would need to be a rear attachment. I've looked at the "landscape rakes " but they seem kind of light for this job. The brush rakes I see all seem to need the hydraulic front arm setup, which I don't have.

Any helpful suggestions are appreciated.

Tim

 

[mables357]

I have a Kubota BX2230 sub-compact and I need an implement to clean up / rake up a field full of broken branches up to 4" diameter and up to 5' long. Many are stuck in dirt or tangled with others, or both. I do not have a front-loader, hydraulic-arm setup, so it would need to be a rear attachment. I've looked at the "landscape rakes " but they seem kind of light for this job. The brush rakes I see all seem to need the hydraulic front arm setup, which I don't have.

Any helpful suggestions are appreciated.

Tim

My rake is heavy duty I think and would do you a good job

 

[jeff9366]

I have a Kubota BX2230 sub-compact tractor.​

I need an implement to clean up / rake up a field full of broken branches up to 4" diameter and up to 5' long. Many are stuck in dirt or tangled with others.​

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Your sub-compact BX2230 tractor has neither the weight nor the ground clearance to provide traction for this clearing task.

I hate to be the harbinger of reality but that is it.

BUY ENOUGH TRACTOR​

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Kubota BX2230​

2004 - 2006 BX30 Series Sub-Compact Utility tractor

Dimensions
Width:	45.1 inches 114 cm
Weight:	1290 lbs 585 kg
Ground clearance:	6.7 inches 17 cm

 

[columbian]

My rake is heavy duty I think and would do you a good job

Thank you Mables, but you're in KY and I'm in WA so I probabbly won't be able to pick yours up. Could you tell me the make/model of your rake and I can maybe find one nearby?

 

[columbian]

Kubota BX2230​

2004 - 2006 BX30 Series Sub-Compact Utility tractor

Dimensions
Width:	45.1 inches 114 cm
Weight:	1290 lbs 585 kg
Ground clearance:	6.7 inches 17 cm

Thank you Jeff. Thanks to four years of latin from the fine Franciscan fathers of Bishop Timon HS, I know that "trahere" is actually the 2nd principal part of the irregular verb, "traho." And while that ain't too tractor-y, once you get to the 4th principal part--traho, trahere, travi, tractus--you're cookin'. As you can see, traho is one of the most irregularest of the irregular verbs you'll come across. Hella unforgettable though, once you see the whole thing laid out. It's been a while--since 1964--hope I didn't get any of that wrong.

 

[masseyrider]

I jury rigged one myself.
Went to a Ritchie Bros auction. There were about 80 new pallet forks and nobody really interested.
The ones I got had the longer forks. I bought 10 sets at $40 each set.
I put the forks from 3 onto one frame. Few minor welds and it works great.
I sold the rest for a tidy sum.

 

[jeff9366]

BX cooling fan vulnerable? site:tractorbynet.com

 

[oldnslo]

I have a Woods brand LR72 (6 foot) landscape rake that I believe would be heavy duty enough for a BX. I used this on my BX1850 before getting the Branson I have today. You might have to measure lifting point height vs tractor lift arm height since BX would only lift a few inches off the ground. 4 or 5 foot might have different lift point height.

 

[bcp]

600 square feet is only about 25x25, or 10x60. 600 feet square is about 8 acres.

If the first, pull all you can by hand, then tie onto the large ones and pull them out. You won't have to drive over them and risk your fan.

Sounds like you may have a Fir tree or two down and trimmed. I've cleared many like that, with boots, gloves, and BX.

Bruce, a few miles away.

 

[mikester]

600 square feet is only about 25x25, or 10x60. 600 feet square is about 8 acres.

If the first, pull all you can by hand, then tie onto the large ones and pull them out. You won't have to drive over them and risk your fan.

Sounds like you may have a Fir tree or two down and trimmed. I've cleared many like that, with boots, gloves, and BX.

Bruce, a few miles away.

600 sq.ft. = 0.014 acres

I agree it can be cleared by hand faster than it will take the OP to post the question to anonymous user groups on the internet

 

[Jake988]

Maybe use a chain with a slip hook for the stuck ones.

 

[LD1]

I dont know anyone that calls a 600sq ft area a field?

Heck I just built a 20x32 garage that is more square footage that that....and its a small garage....

SO.....I am gonna assume the latter and that you meant a 600 ft SQUARE which is indeed about 8 acres.

For starters, I think the tractor you have is plenty big enough....IF IT HAD A LOADER.

Not having a loader is problematic.....because you cannot lift/carry anything and it has you running over all of the debris/brush. No way would I run over 4" downed limbs with a BX. Not only is it gonna be rough....but potential damage to the underside of the machine.

The problem with anything behind the 3PH is not only running over the debris....but there really isnt a tool that is effective. Landscape rakes and the like ....once they fill up start spilling debris out the sides....as well as it will occasionally catch a stick wrong.....and jump up over it and lose some more. You would literally spend a week or better.

Id suggest renting a skidloader for a day with a grapple if you want it cleared. But would also help to know what the future of this 8-acres is going to be?

 

[jeff9366]

Maybe use a chain with a slip hook for the stuck ones.

If you pull from the drawbar at any but a very SLOW pace and the towed load encounters an immovable object, a half buried boulder, a stump, etc., the tractor will go vertical in one second, faster than most people can get off the throttle pedal. Sometimes the tractor topples over backwards.

I personally experienced this situation when towing tree debris behind my first tractor, a 2,000 pound bare weight 4-WD Deere 750 without a loader.

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[Rockbadchild]

A 3 point field cultivator would work or even a diamond arrow do pick up a bit of branches until it is full of them, then it doesn't it need to be empty and you are good again.

 

[Jake988]

If you pull from the drawbar at any but a very SLOW pace and the towed load encounters an immovable object, a half buried boulder, a stump, etc., the tractor will go vertical in one second, faster than most people can get off the throttle pedal. Sometimes the tractor topples over backwards.

I personally learned of this situation when towing tree debris behind my first tractor, a 2,000 pound bare weight 4-WD Deere 750 without a loader.

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You got that a little bit backwards. The drawbar is down at or below the axle, so that's where you don't have the problem. Speed isn't in the equation, as far as tipping goes.

 

[Torvy]

Speed isn't in the equation, as far as tipping goes.

Giving Jeff the benefit of the doubt, speed reduces the reaction time to correct a potential hazard.

 

[2manyrocks]

BX doesn't weigh much so wouldn't take much of a buried limb or stump.......

 

[Xfaxman]

I jury rigged one myself.
Went to a Ritchie Bros auction. There were about 80 new pallet forks and nobody really interested.
The ones I got had the longer forks. I bought 10 sets at $40 each set.
I put the forks from 3 onto one frame. Few minor welds and it works great.
I sold the rest for a tidy sum.

Pictures please.

 

[jeff9366]

You got that a little bit backwards. The drawbar is down at or below the axle, so that's where you don't have the problem. Speed isn't in the equation, as far as tipping goes.

Jake: It was my tractor. I was on my tractor pulling debris attached to the rear/center Deere drawbar. The tractor went completely vertical and stayed there. I fell off.

Later we secured a chain to the front end and pulled it back onto four wheels. Big crash. No damage.

You can theorize but in the real world this happens. Many instances of the early 2-WD Ford tractors toppling over backwards, without ROPS to protect the operators. (no FELs on the early Fords, relatively light gasoline engines in front. )

It the operator does not react instantly, the driven rear wheels keep rotating, driving the tractor over backwards.

 

[Jake988]

Jake: It was my tractor. I was on my tractor pulling debris. The tractor went completely vertical and stayed there. I fell off.

Later we secured a chain to the front end and pulled it back onto four wheels. Big crash. No damage.

You can theorize but in the real world this happens. Many instances of the early 2-WD Ford tractors going over, without ROPS to protect the operators. (no FELs on the early Fords)

It the operator is not fast, the driven rear wheels keep rotating, pushing the tractor over backwards.

That's why you have to pull from the drawbar, down below the axle. I agree, pulling from the wrong point up above the axle will help to cause the front to come up.