dirt pan

[JD40MO77]

I may have overlooked it if there is another post related.

Has anyone had any experience with a small dirt scoop/pan........the kind like on construction and for lazer grading agricultural land?

I was thinking like a 1 yard for say a 30-50 hp. tractor to move some dirt for a driveway and general leveling smoothing of land after being cleared.

 

[beenthere]

Do you know of one? Have a pic? Or not?

 

[MJPetersen]

There are several different designs of what you are describing in my understanding. I will include a couple of pics of the different concepts.

Mike

 

[JD40MO77]

Yeah Mike those 2 on the left are what I am talking about.
I keep seeing posts from members considering trying to move pretty large amounts of dirt for ponds and other projects but no one mentions these.....

Maybe they cost too much or don't work with the smaller tractors that well....

Just thought I'd put up a post an see if I was missing anything.

Thanks for your posts so far!

 

[gabby]

30-50 hp won't pull a dirt pan.

 

[KWentling]

Years back someone posted a homemade one on here. They had done and an amazing job on it. I haven't tried searching for it but it should come up. I'm thinking it would have been a yard at the most, probably less.

Kim

 

[Farmerford]

Years ago I pulled a small dirt pan (1 1/2 cu yd I think, about 5' wide) with a 50 hp MF diesel. It would not efficiently "dig" compacted soil, such as a pasture, with that small tractor. But it would easily scoop soil that had been broken up with rippers. We used it to keep drainage ditches clean. It is better than a backhoe or dozer for that purpose because it removes the soil a reasonable distance in a single action.

 

[KennyV]

A smaller tractor WILL work on a dirt pan... I use to do a 6 foot pan with a MF65 gas tractor... You just have to learn to finesse the loading...
another member here DDT has been doing it with a DB-6 from Hoelscher Commercial Products - DB Scraper (Hoelscher Commercial Products - DB Scraper) and his L5030 Kubota and there ahve been several posts years ago...
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/50169-best-dirt-moving-attachment-found.html
KennyV

 

[MJPetersen]

30-50 hp won't pull a dirt pan.

You just need an appropriately sized pan--even a garden tractor can pull a pan. My FIL had a 3 yd scraper/pan that he pulled very nicely with a JD 3020. There also is a 1-1.5 yd scraper that the old-timers used to make ponds and such called a "tumble weed" by virtue of its all mechanical operation, with only a trip rope.

Mike

 

[JD40MO77]

Thanks a bunch for the info this is exactly what I was thinking of.
I live in southeast missouri and my place is in the edge of the Ozarks but just down the road a few miles there are thousands of acres of rice fields where they put the big dirt pans to work leveling and releveling the fields.

I figured we might need to have the disc hooked up and run it ahead of the tractor with the pan in order to pick up dirt efficiently.

Now if I can just get a coupla quotes from contractors to compare purchasing one of these to just paying someone to start this driveway project in the future.

Thanks again!

 

[Mace Canute]

A friend picked up an old Henry pan scrapper (of about one and a half yards capacity) a couple of years ago and pulls it behind my John Deere 'R'. He had moved quite a bit of dirt with a skid steer previous to getting the Henry and he said the Henry was miles ahead of the skidsteer in both speed and comfort for moving dirt. The old 'R' is only rated at 48 hp but it will develop over 6600 lbs of pull on the drawbar. It's ballasted right up and with operator weighs in over 10,000 lbs. It handles the Henry quite well.

Go to http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=tractormuseumlit for the Nebraska tractor test for the `R`.

 

[MikeD74T]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/110557-pan-whats-worth.html MikeD74T

 

[KWentling]

. There also is a 1-1.5 yd scraper that the old-timers used to make ponds and such called a "tumble weed" by virtue of its all mechanical operation, with only a trip rope.

That would have been a "tumble bug" I believe.

Kim

 

[MJPetersen]

That would have been a "tumble bug" I believe.

You are probably correct--I just remember tumble something!!!:confused2: And the only thing that came to mind was weed!

Mike

 

[lucky llama]

I have a 3 yard dirt pan used with a Kubota m7040. The thing is great for moving dirt and shapping of swells. I absolutly love it.

 

[NativeSon]

I have a 3 yard dirt pan used with a Kubota m7040. The thing is great for moving dirt and shapping of swells. I absolutly love it.

What make is it and where did you get it. Approx. price??

Thanks
Charlie

 

[DDT]

Kenny V is right (again) Kubota L 5030 works great with the DB-6. 1 1/2 yd and with the loader bucket full aswell it moves a lot of dirt or rock quickly for a compact tractor. does a fine job and the tractor handles it. I have moved many thoundsand yards with mine. I have dug my lagoon and many other projects.
I have even spread 2 semi loads on 1 1/2" rock, took about an hour. Mine does dig into hard ground and turf. The frost bit makes it work great under harder conditions.
Now that I have a new L 5740 the extra hp is nice. They do make a 4' and 5' model if memory is right. These do attach to bottom arms of 3 point since that is stronger than the draw bar.

 

[3Bladz]

Here is mine.

 

[DJ54]

I have one like 3Bladz. These little scrapers were made by the Overland Company, I believe in California. I found an operators manual for them on ebay... Actually was designed to be pulled behind the N series Fords.

I have pulled it with as little as my Super C, but will put my Massey 180 on it's knee's, if you try to crowd it too much. It has definitely earned it's keep around here..!! Not pretty but it works great..!!

One of the best $100.00, I've ever spent..!!

 

[JD40MO77]

Found that ad for the overland scoop.
Features and Info (3 pages)
Overland Scraper - Ad Brochure

It'd be interesting to see better pics or drawings of how the dump mechanism works...........