Hydraulic scarifiers: various designs

MinnesotaEric · Feb 17, 2015

BukitCase said:
Eric, congrats on your new goody - $2 a pound ain't all that bad for store-bought stuff these days ...Steve

Thanks. The 2014 BB4284 SRP is $4077, and yesterday morning, I called around and a friend told me his cost was $3331 and he'd need to charge me shipping and make some money. Basically, he told me to buy this used one if we could figure out if it would fit a quick hitch (as he couldn't). I wanted the price down far enough that if I wanted to sell it, I'd be in the range of getting about what I paid for it back.

Looks like Wednesday I chase up to Nevis, Minnesota to fetch my dump trailer to haul the new-to-me box scraper home.

I still need to get a rake and land plane.

In other news, I'm currently the high bidder on a new-in-the-box 10-ton Hein-Werner floor jack for $460. That's a $2600, 400-pound jack!

Poopdeck Pappy · Feb 17, 2015

BukitCase said:
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Pappy, thanks for the offer - mainly I'd like to hear your opinion/reasons on that hitch - it appears they don't offer ANYTHING related to implements any more, other than "high speed chicken scratch stirrers" - makes me wonder how I'm gonna get my "lifetime guaranteed against breakage" tiller tines replaced

I grabbed that pic off their site when it was still available, thought I'd borrow the toplink scheme - my Caroni flail has Cat 1 spacing on the drawpins, and (approximately) Cat 2 spacing on tower height I fabbed up a couple flat bars with holes in 'em short term, but simply pulling a pin and instantly adjusting top hook height seems 'way more "civilized".

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Steve, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit I bought that Priefert quick hitch and haven't used it yet. My two main implements I used are my Gannon box blade and my Rhino 172 cutter. Since the Gannon isn't compatible with my quick hitch, I've just left the quick hitch off the tractor.

I think Priefert is still big in cattle and horse panels, chutes, etc. So I think you'd have no issues getting your tiller tines replaced if necessary.

jenkinsph · Feb 17, 2015

BukitCase said:
Jenkins, being in business, if you ever might consider selling your Gannon I would go for Xfaxman's idea instead of mine if your tractor is big enough not to care about 3-4" longer arms with 1200# on it - it wasn't mentioned, but I would definitely NOT use the free-standing pins in that drawing on anything that massive.

I'm assuming "X" wouldn't either, looks like a "borrowed" thang just for illustration

Just a thought... Steve

Thanks for the reply. I will use cardboard to make templates then cut that out of 5/8" flat bar stock I have already. I don't have any qualms with welding on the box blade, it is just a tool in the grand scheme of things. Last year during the winter I came up with a design to add wheels and a tow type tongue to use this for laser leveling. I have since decided to buy a separate pull type drag box and keep the Gannon as is for hogging out the dirt. Sometimes it is best to keep it simple.

I use TurboCad Pro 14 for most of my drawings but still use the old school Mayline boards too. A project like this speaks to using cardboard from a shoe box, kiss. Thanks for the help.

BukitCase · Feb 17, 2015

Pappy, no need for embarrasment (at least, no more than mine :=) - you'd probably laugh if you knew how much stuff I have stored in the back of the shop that hasn't been out of the box yet - it hasn't reached the top of the project list yet, but I know it will... also, depending on which QH you use a hydraulic toplink MIGHT make the Gannon usable on QH. It did on mine (with my lower mod - it's also possible that the Priefert QH AND a hydraulic toplink would be all you need.

Jenkins, glad to help - BTW, the way I did my Gannon shouldn't interfere with ANYTHING - the original holes are still usable, although I haven't tried it on a NON-QH set of arms, if the lower ball joint arms were bent too close to the balls themselves it might bind.

My thoughts on that design were 1 - up AND forward got the geometry more like other implements, and at that time I didn't have the TnT set up, and 2 - I figured maybe with the welds running in TWO axes it should be stronger.

So far no problems at all, I've cut/moved about 400 yards of clay soil to level out an area off one end of my shop, AFTER first stripping off most of the gravel into separate piles - then I put the rock back with the Case loader - wasn't quite enough of that, but it's getting me thru the winter without getting stuck... Steve