Finally built 3 pt brush rake

[magicheater]

I started thinking on this about a year ago. Something to drag brush and pulpwood leftovers from hunting lease. Also a pretty good ripper tool.
Drew up a design and got with my buddy Jim at All American Equipment and this is what came from it,. I call it the Beast. Reinforced every where we could think. Don't think my TC 35 will tear it apart. Seatbelt a must when working around roots and stumps. Trash doesn't get up on rear tires like on my BB. 66" wide w/16" rippers. Threw in the receiver hitch for extra's, you just never know.

I like that and with a hydraulic top link, adjustable depth. You could put that on a float circuit as well and with the extension away from the tractor not be affected too much with gouging. This is why I am in favor of routing remotes through a joystick that has this function built in. Then you can decide which cylinder you want to have on the float valve. For me it varies as to what I have on the 3PT. It might have some tillage applications as well!

 

[VroomVroom]

I've thought of a similar idea to clear trails.. Currently no trails, trees about 8 feet tall fir. I thought of mounting it behind a j5 bombardier tractor, which would run over all the fir trees, hooking and raking them as the just starting to stand up behind the machine. There is also a lot of dead falls about 6 inches in diameter inside all the brush that fell over 25 years ago. It just has to be good enough to walk through. I need miles and miles and just cannot cut it all. I thought of flattening most of it. And as it dies walk through and cut here and there with a chainsaw. But a j5 is 115 hp, 4000 lbs

 

[VroomVroom]

Though that brings up the fact that I'd have to get a three point hitch to mount on the back of the j5. No hydraulics either, but I'm sure a small hydro pack would work enough for that