chickenman
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A giant rotiesserie for Ostrach???
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Wow! That setup must have a 500 foot turn radius? Sure hope your training track is a large circle.
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I like it!
Not much use for it down here, but reading about all you guys picking up rocks and all, I can understand it's a big deal to figure out how to make this work.
I wonder how slow the tractor has to go in order for the tube to dislodge the dirt it is picking up.
When I first looked at the pictures and saw the shovels, I assumed you were hand feeding this monster. The last picture shows just a little bit more and I realized you pull this thing thru plowed dirt with probably great results.
Any chance of putting a couple of hydraulic cylinders under that rear catch basin so you can just dump it, instead of having to shovel them out?
CRBR,
You really shouldn't talk about a man's home that way!
I also have one of those out back, but mine is a old Airstream, probably an early '60 vintage. The guy who built my house in 1965 used it to live in. It was moved here from another location so it is older than 1965. I have never been inside of it, as me and snakes don't get along well enough for that. It is full of stuff and really needs to be cleaned out.
David from jax
Not much use for it down here, but reading about all you guys picking up rocks and all, I can understand it's a big deal to figure out how to make this work.
I wonder how slow the tractor has to go in order for the tube to dislodge the dirt it is picking up.
When I first looked at the pictures and saw the shovels, I assumed you were hand feeding this monster. The last picture shows just a little bit more and I realized you pull this thing thru plowed dirt with probably great results.
Any chance of putting a couple of hydraulic cylinders under that rear catch basin so you can just dump it, instead of having to shovel them out?
CRBR,
You really shouldn't talk about a man's home that way!
I also have one of those out back, but mine is a old Airstream, probably an early '60 vintage. The guy who built my house in 1965 used it to live in. It was moved here from another location so it is older than 1965. I have never been inside of it, as me and snakes don't get along well enough for that. It is full of stuff and really needs to be cleaned out.
David from jax
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chickenman
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i lift the hopper out with the forks and dump the stones on a pile
i use the rake to pull the rocks to the rear, i wanted to keep it simple
i use the rake to pull the rocks to the rear, i wanted to keep it simple
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I noticed it being a basket with retaining lugs AFTER I hit the submit button. Figured you had a reason, but you have to admit it would make it easier to drop them off it you had a cylinder on it to flip it over.
W.I.F,
The turning radius might be shorter than you think. I just built a trailer with almost 21' of bed and 6 foot of tongue with hitch on the trailer. It corners pretty well considering it is a triple axle trailer. At least I haven't run over anything with it yet!
Chickenman,
I am impressed, to say the least. Great project.
David from jax
W.I.F,
The turning radius might be shorter than you think. I just built a trailer with almost 21' of bed and 6 foot of tongue with hitch on the trailer. It corners pretty well considering it is a triple axle trailer. At least I haven't run over anything with it yet!
Chickenman,
I am impressed, to say the least. Great project.
David from jax
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hydrolic dump would have added to complexity and cost and i couldnt have dumped in a pile due to hight
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chickenman,
I like that thing. I could use something like that at my property too. Do you save the pile of stones for some other projects? I bet since they are clean and free of dirt, you could do some landscaping with them.
So are you inventing this thing to get the stones or to sift the stones out of a field or something ... to de-stone it?
I like that thing. I could use something like that at my property too. Do you save the pile of stones for some other projects? I bet since they are clean and free of dirt, you could do some landscaping with them.
So are you inventing this thing to get the stones or to sift the stones out of a field or something ... to de-stone it?