RaydaKub
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Been there, done that. Every spring into early summer, take the old Model A JD out with the flat bed out and pick all the rocks we could see. We dumped that trailer a bunch of times every year.
How to remove rocks from soil?
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Been there, done that. Every spring into early summer, take the old Model A JD out with the flat bed out and pick all the rocks we could see. We dumped that trailer a bunch of times every year.
Egon
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Rock picking time I can remember. A stone boat pulled with two horses and me throwing rocks on the stone boat. The remote voice operated pulling device worked well!
jenkinsph
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A Harley rake to windrow the rock into spacings about 15 to 20 ft apart then use a fel to scoop these piles up. Then sift these bucket loads out through a screen, this will be about as cheap and effective as it gets imo. If the ground is dry and the rocks are big enough a rock bucket can help but would leave a lot of smaller rocks. Most rock buckets with a 3" spacing allow are good for the larger stuff but still gather too much soil for my liking. Using a Harley rake and screening works much better.
RaydaKub
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Egon;3747287? said:
Technology that still can't be matched.
Egon
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greenmojo
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Yup, my rocket bucket just picks up too much dirt and bouncing it isn't good on the equipment.
Technology, is a service than comes and picks up my dirt, then brings it back a few days later all fertilized and rock free. Of course, putting it back where they found it. ;-)
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Ahh the old stone boat. Ours must be around the farm somewhere covered by brush, I threw rocks onto it as a boy. It was pulled behind 50 horses though, not a team. Good memories
That's what we do except it's a big family get together. A couple of UTV's and many, many different sized rock picking hands and proves to be effective.
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Moses,
I would look for a root rake that you could pin on the front of the 450C. Use the root rake to loosen the soil, then use your rock bucket to sift the soil. If you are doing a large area I would rent a harley rake to windrow the rocks after ripping with the dozer and then use the bucket to sift through the rocks. For perfection hand picking works best, however I prefer to buy diesel.
I would look for a root rake that you could pin on the front of the 450C. Use the root rake to loosen the soil, then use your rock bucket to sift the soil. If you are doing a large area I would rent a harley rake to windrow the rocks after ripping with the dozer and then use the bucket to sift through the rocks. For perfection hand picking works best, however I prefer to buy diesel.
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Can you get a ripper for the 450C? If you ran a ripper through it first, the rock bucket or root grapple would be able to pick the rocks out pretty easily.