need to clear small and medium sized rocks from pasture. What is the best tool?

[olPete]

Those FEL buckets designed for lifting out fodder crops like sugar beet work really well. The bottom is just made out of rods approx 6in apart so the small ones and soil drop through.
Unlikely to be worth buying one for the job, but if a farmer nearby has one...
We chisel plowed about 100ac and then scooped all the stones up before cultivating it and sowing grass. The small ones roll in better than baseball size and up

 

[Xfaxman]

Up here it is called a Rock Bucket. They are available with different tine spacing.

 

[jenkinsph]

I use a rock bucket to gather the larger stones over 3 inch and it works okay but you need to be working with dry soil to get good results. With 3 inch spacing in slightly damp soil the rock bucket will still hold more soil than I would like.


I have considered adding a vibratory shaker driven by the hydraulic aux circuit on my fel to aid in getting the dirt out. Just have not acted on it yet. I suspect the isolator/vibration mounting would be the bigger issue to make. Don't want to vibrate the whole fel mounting.

 

[kevin37b]

Big is 4 - 8" . Is it pasture or rowcrop ? Are you going to plant corn or just mow it ? All these rock picking devices are quite elegant in dry sand . Not so much in dirt . Either get an excavator to root them out or mow over them .

 

[cat fever]

When I get real bored, my wife and I will hook up the little trailer to my four wheeler and go picking rocks. We have been doing that for 20 years now. After reading this thread I know why I still have rocks. It's those of you who are pushing them back down, they are coming up in my field. STOP NOW :laughing:

 

[TomSeller]

When I get real bored, my wife and I will hook up the little trailer to my four wheeler and go picking rocks. We have been doing that for 20 years now. After reading this thread I know why I still have rocks. It's those of you who are pushing them back down, they are coming up in my field. STOP NOW :laughing:

Oh, sorry about that!

 

[FTG-05]

When I get real bored, my wife and I will hook up the little trailer to my four wheeler and go picking rocks. We have been doing that for 20 years now. After reading this thread I know why I still have rocks. It's those of you who are pushing them back down, they are coming up in my field. STOP NOW :laughing:

How far do you live from Sodo? I could start dropping them off there.

Or better yet, someone PM me Shield Arc's address; I have a special gift for his next door "friend".