10 ft 3 point renovator

[millwrightdude]

I bought this last weekend at an auction thinking I could use it for removing my old gravel drive way. I tried it and cant get it to dig in. I'm thinking I might have to make new teeth for it. It looks like the teeth are worn out. I'm thinking I could make some that look like the ones on a box blade. Any ideas?View attachment 81550

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[art]

That is for pastures not driveways. Now that you have it lets see if removing some of the tines might help it, Make sure that the top link is a little long and add some weight if you can.

 

[millwrightdude]

What does it do for the pasture? I'm thinking about modifying it for other uses

 

[ericjeeper]

Wait until you get a good soaking rain. Then attack the driveway. It is amazing how a good deep rain will soften up a limestone driveway. Yes it will look like crud until the next rain comes to settle the fines back down into the drive.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

What does it do for the pasture? I'm thinking about modifying it for other uses

They're designed to break up surface compaction which is common on pastures. They work like a shallow running subsoiler for the most part. If shallow compaction is your problem, they do an excellent job of repairing that.

Play with the legnth of the top link. And you may need to add some weight in certain conditions. NORMALLY, when used as a pasture renovator, it would be used when soil moisture is high enough to allow adaquate penetration. Hard, dry soil is tough to break.

I can't read the name plate. What brand is it. (Many were Farnham (sp?))

I don't see the value as a driveway tool. Maybe you have something in mind other than what I'd be doing to a drive.... But they do have a significant value as a PASTURE RENOVATOR still. Not the most common item you'll ever find. They were commonly available with a lime/fertilzer drop spreader attached to the top. That would add weight as well as the obvious uses.

 

[millwrightdude]

It's made by corsicana machine and tool. I have decided to sell it and make what I need.

 

[BTDT]

It's made by corsicana machine and tool. I have decided to sell it and make what I need.

Did it say if it was made in Corsicana, Texas? I live near there, just curious.

 

[millwrightdude]

It just said Corsicana machine and tool

 

[HickoryNut]

I've got a Corsicana bushog my dad bought new in '59 in combo with a Ford 841. The plate says was made in Corsicana, TX. A fairly heavy-duty unit too, it outlasted the tractor.

 

[JoeinTX]

Agree with the above.

With some moisture in the soil, it will do the trick. Without...dry, hard surface....and it'll largely just skip along the near-surface especially on caliche/limestone which tightens up and gets nearly as hard as concrete in hot, dry conditions.

Weight will help, but, moisture will help more.

You say you will just make what you need but I don't know what you can build on your own that will be more effective at shattering hard limestone surfaces..? Add weight, remove tines, add some water to the area and this rig should do what you want it to do.