Chisel/ripper/scarfier?

[unreconstructed]

Fellas,

Thought someone might point me in the right direction:

I am not sure of the right terms for the attachment I think I need which would serve two purposes:
(1) breaking through rocky ground to loosen top soil/grass/rocks for a road bed so I could come back with my FEL and remove what I have broken up
(2) loosening up the caliche in my caliche pit so I can remove the caliche with my FEL.

What I envision is similar to what my Dad used to loosen up hardened pasture: Straight tool bar with what he called chisels. This would actually be more in the line of rippers or perhaps like the scarfiers on motorgraders.

The old tool bar my Dad used is still out at the farm. It was for a 4 row tractor originally--not sure what horse a UB Moline was> I have a JD 5203 with a Cat 2 hitch--I have no clue at this point whether I can use that old equipment and convert to a cat 2 3ph. Could be the shanks, etc would be too heavy for my 5203 and I end up breaking something?

Didn't see anything on the JD website that struck me--the chisel plow isn't it.

Maybe something like this is made for the cat 2 3PH?

I may be expecting too much from my tractor. No doubt one has to be mighty careful when playing in rocky ground.

Any thoughts ? and thanks!

Gary

 

[mboulais]

This is my first time posting a link, hope i get it right. Check this out. I also saw one factory made on a mfg website last month that looked like they took a box blade and removed everything they didn't need. I made a single point subsoiler similar to what you can buy at agri-supply or northern using an old bushhog blade for the chisel. sorry no picture yet, and It would be too slow for your purpose.

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/content/subsoil_ripper.asp

 

[JerryG]

You could use a box blade with the rippers down or Landpride has a tool bar with just the rippers only.

 

[Steve_Taylor]

This is what I bought to pull with my Mahindra 2810HST.
http://www.bighambrothers.com/e09-ripper.htm
I got the three shank model and my soil has been worked before so I didn't have any problems getting pretty deep with it. I don't have loaded tires and in 4wd I could lower it to the point where I was spinning the wheels. Bringing it up just a little and I would start moving again. It did a really nice job in breaking up the soil. Then I rototilled to finish the garden bed. There is no way the rototiller could ever get as deep as I go go with this ripper. I didn't have rocks to contend with, but I am sure it would have pulled them up just fine. Unless there were buried bolders of course! I think I paid around $800-$900 for it including shipping to CA.

 

[unreconstructed]

That was exactly what I had envisioned. Thanks for the reply.

 

[unreconstructed]

Hey Steve,

Is this a great web site or what? Bigham is just two hours up the road from me /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Thanks much for your reply. I'll give them a call and see what they think about ripping caliche with it.

Gary.

 

[wushaw]

This would work also. Ripper

 

[andrewj]

hi - i have a 5103 with 50hp, and 4wd. i pull a 9 shank scarifier made by sitrex. my little 5103 pulls it through the hardest clay hardpan, through 2 yo stumps, even pulled up a chinaman once. And old farmer who is giving me advice says only use two wheel drive. He says you want the chisel plow to stop your tractor because the only alternative is a broken chisel plow. I rip up dirt, then my dad uses the dozer to move it. this is on ground a heavy harrow would not even scrape through. I love my chisel plow. cost me around 700.

also, with your 5203, you can easily pull a 12 shank. i wish mine was 12 shank. also, go with spring loaded trips, the ones without springswill get bent out of shape.

 

[unreconstructed]

That's a good thought on the springs--I have a LOT of rocks. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif