Beach Grooming attachments

[pekabu]

I have been running these occasionaly to clean up some local beaches. One tractor is a 100hp Case the other a newer 75hp Case JX. They pull Barber Surf Rakes.

CX 100

JX75

 

[tjkadar]

I can safely say, I've never seen beach grooming attachments before. Thanks for the pics!

Now that I've learned something new today, I can go home - right? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[jimg]

Hi Dave,
Which beaches are you grooming and what time of day do you go out (looks like evening or very early in the AM)?
jimg

 

[chucko]

he they try to do it @ or near the morning low tide
but with the red tide and all the dead fish we have had they are running them all day

 

[RonR]

So where do you dump the dead fish & sludge you retrieve? That has got to smell wonderful! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Ron

 

[pekabu]

Hey Jim, nice to hear from you. We do Hampton beach. Usually start about 10:00, and finish about 3:00 when both tractors are going. The big tractor is nice because I put in in 6th gear and just go. It has a splitter so once I get going I flip it up. The tractor just pulls, really no shifting. The smaller one doesn't have the power. The CX is also nice because of the fasthitch button (get to the end of a row, hit the button and the 3pt hitch raises all the way up, hit the switch again it goes back to where you had it.). Push button 4wd, and a rotary dial 3pth hitch control vs a lever. Let's you dial it in just right.

Haven't had much fish up on the beach, I did accidentaly pick up a dead seal. It was in a bunch of sea weed. The biggest issues are blankets/towels, the get shredded and stuck in the tines. Then you have to get out and pull it out. Lots of chairs. Lastly, kids. They dig these big holes that swallow the front of the tractor. It gets a really bumpy out there at times running around 7-8 mph.

Lots of people out on the beach till 1:00ish. Some refuse to move for the tractor. The amount of trash on the beach just floors me. There are not suppose to be any alcholic beverages out there but there are lots of cans and bottles left. We usually fill a dual axle Ford F350 dump on the weekends.

 

[bayoublue]

I like the sleeper you have on the back of that CX100 /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[pekabu]

Hehehe, yeah. There is a campground right next to the building where the equipment is kept. They must love it when we come trucking by at 3:00am.

 

[cleanbeaches]

I too use a barber surf rake to clean beaches in delaware. I have two surf rakes ....

 

[pekabu]

Is that a Case pullling that groomer? The rake I run belongs to the state. How much is one roughly?

 

[MetalChicken]

Hi Cleanbeaches,

See you've got a 4230. How do you find it? I bought one earlier this year from a scrap yard. It's a 1997 low profile model with what turned out to be 1400 hours on the clock - but it was in two pieces due to being hit by a car as it came out of a field.

Anyway, it's all back together now for about 50% of its true value which makes me smile /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

That beach cleaning sounds like a job that's right up my street - gotta be more fun than computers!

 

[pekabu]

To follow up, I don't do if for a living. A friend had to contract to do it and I filled in a few times this summer. The Case was a good size for the big groomer, but the JX75 needed a little more oomph. It handled it fine, but after driving the big Case it was a step down. Beach grooming is almost over for the year, but snow grooming is coming up! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jimg]

Peaking of snow...did you ever get that blower to work on your tractor?

 

[pekabu]

Sort of. I found out the pump size and it from some digging on the internet I think it needs to turn almost twice as fast as the rear pto does. So I may try attaching it to the front of my tractor this year. I also scored a cheap snowplow blade I wanted to try out for smaller snowstorms. Jim, check out my pictures. I was able to drive a brand new 105hp McCormick with a rock rake. My friend was raking the field up behind the golf course, but he kept breaking the chain.