Lawn Aerator question

[Dataway]

Excellent advice and suggestions thank you. So far I'm just completing the drum ... the "spikes" are 1/8" x 1.5" CR flat stock cut to at 45 degrees ... I've cut myself on them 3 times already The will be cross braced at 3" from the tip to keep them from going any deeper than that and to facilitate rolling. This is not really for my "lawn" but more a manicured field that has been compacted by years of driving tractors across it. I think the fertilizer I put on it now and then just gets washed off the surface because it has no where to go.

npalen ... I didn't think of that solution ... I think I could design a 3PT that would lock straight when lifted and swivel when on the ground with a few minutes on the drawing board.

Basically I will just be towing this behind the BX2200 while mowing a couple times a year. Wife says to just pull the disk'er behind the 1715 .... I think that would make a mess of things.

I'll post pics of my progress.

 

[Dataway]

Completed my simple aerator ... total cost about $20 for the bearings, the rest was stock I had lying around the shop. Went the simple route with a 3pt hitch setup, figure half my implements I have to raise before going around a corner so it's no big deal. Seems to work fine, the three blocks will send the tines down 3.5" to the cross bar stops. I knew I had a lot of rocks just below the surface, now I know I have millions. Cuts a narrow 1.5" long hole and flips up a little dirt as it comes out, so not bad for something intended for more field than "lawn".

 

[kenmbz]

Looks like that will work pretty well. Nice fab work