ETA Subsoiler

[vtsnowedin]

Dose anybody make a top link that is spring loaded so that a middle buster or even a bottom plow would become at least a partial trip implement? It might work faster then draft control and save a lot of damaged parts on both tractor and tool.

 

[Sysop]

Not sure, but Ted isn't going to like me very much at all if I keep breaking it every time I use it...

 

[vtsnowedin]

Well maybe ETA and I can come up with a new product that would be a big seller. In just the last fifteen minutes I've gone through three possible designs that might work. Hardest problem would be determining how strong a spring would be required to keep the tool working in good soil but then close up when a solid object was hit before anything is stressed to the breaking point. Might employ some strain gauges to figure it out.

 

[Sysop]

I guess put me on the beta-testers program... :thumbsup:

If it can break, my ground and tractor can apparently do it. :laughing:

 

[C4Ranch]

Wow.. So at 52 seconds in... Is that where you think it got bent?
Pics please... Inquiring minds want to see the carnage.

 

[Sysop]

Wow.. So at 52 seconds in... Is that where you think it got bent?
Pics please... Inquiring minds want to see the carnage.

Yep, there or the subsequent tug 10 seconds later that also hung, or a combination of the two. Whatever it hit under the ground wasn't square (although rocks seldom are) and it twisted the tip about 3" from center, all the bend is in the main 1/2" plate...

I'll grab pics tomorrow when I've got daylight. It frustrated me (to say the least) that it worked really well till I went for the camera. The camera (my phone) almost went flying when I got ready to start the next row and saw things out of whack; but I contained myself, so at least we have video...

 

[Threepoint]

I'd look at this as an opportunity to add a new tool to your shop, if you don't already have one: 20 ton H-Frame Industrial Heavy Duty Floor Shop Press

 

[vtsnowedin]

I guess put me on the beta-testers program... :thumbsup:

If it can break, my ground and tractor can apparently do it. :laughing:

OK I design them . ETA builds them and, You test them. What could go wrong?

 

[Sysop]

I'd look at this as an opportunity to add a new tool to your shop, if you don't already have one: 20 ton H-Frame Industrial Heavy Duty Floor Shop Press

It would be a nice addition once my new building is in. I don't think I'd ever get this plate straight enough to use though. Most of the bend occurred just below the 3 point bracket and created a pretty decent crease, which is sorta weird cause that's the most meaty part of the plate. It was enough of a crease to pop the paint loose.

 

[alancamby]

Yep, there or the subsequent tug 10 seconds later that also hung, or a combination of the two. Whatever it hit under the ground wasn't square (although rocks seldom are) and it twisted the tip about 3" from center, all the bend is in the main 1/2" plate...

I'll grab pics tomorrow when I've got daylight. It frustrated me (to say the least) that it worked really well till I went for the camera. The camera (my phone) almost went flying when I got ready to start the next row and saw things out of whack; but I contained myself, so at least we have video...

That main ripper shank should be 3/4"x6", not 1/2" thick.
The shank is A36 steel

The original design, which has been around for a very long time, was designed so that the ripper could be flipped if worn.

BTW, the subsoiler sold at TSC has a 3/4"x4" ripper. I stopped and measured it the other day.