Studied a lot of thatchers and most either trailed behind or went on the 3 point but you still had to go back and clean up the thatch.
Guess I am kind of lazy, seemed like to many steps.
Works like a dream.
Started this project during the winter and was somewhat more involved that I thought, but it turned out so well I had to apply for a patent, which is why I have not posted it earlier.
During testing I did change a number of things and it now beats my expectations. With the exception of painting...
First a special thanks to members on this forum, Eddie P and toxic.
Last year my arena was hard as a rock so I used my box blade with the scarifiers and all I did was make trenches every foot with baseball size clods covering the ground. With a few modifications this is what I came up with...
Had a 20 year old ATV snow plow( 60 inches wide) that I though may work better on my BX than on my ATV.
All the brackets were bent so I took them off and built new ones using heavier material than the original.
Mounted the lift control on the joy stick.
Now inorder to hook on or off I just...
Well it's not really a ballast box, but when I ran into a few rocks that the loader would not even try to lift, it was time to try something different. As you may know the 3PH is rated at 1200 lbs of lift and this 900 lb rock was no problem. It also helped having a hydraulic center like to take...