Plans

[Sprocket1]

Does anyone know where plans for building one of these can be found? Thanks

http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=49883

 

[bpattie]

pretty neat looking attachment, I had never heard of a tow behind scrapper/soil mover. Box blade would do half the job, it just could stop scrapping to move the dirt.

 

[charlz]

Actually see really old versions of these sitting in fence rows around here fairly often. Google Fresno Scraper for an old horse-drawn version. Miskin is another you see around here but it looks like their website is slow or down. Homepage

Here is a link to another company that sells modern scrapers, maybe if you study enough photos you can figure out how to build one:

Hoelscher Commercial Products - DB Scraper


On a side note, what is your project? Do you really need an 'earth mover' or do you just need a landplane to make a field level?

 

[Sprocket1]

I don't have a specific dirt moving project right now. If you follow the thread that I linked to you will see there was a lot of excitement and desire to build/buy a pull type soil mover. It seems to me that interest has declined as evidenced by the lack of replies to my post. But, thank you for you two guys' replies.

I have an idea that would allow a person to remove his Fel bucket and use it as part of the pull/type pan scraper very easily. If I was adept at using GoogleSketchup I would make a drawing of it, but unfortunately I can't.

I think these "mini" soil movers are very expensive to purchase. My idea would make it a whole lot more affordable for a lot of people to buy or build. Thanks

 

[Taylortractornut]

Dirt movig with a pan is very efficient, I run a large pan almost every day when the weather permits. If you look around the internet look up Shawnee manufacturing they made tractor implents in the 40 50s and 60s. mostly famous for their backhoes and olader they made blade and made a few pull pans. The one I saw in person was a lost on my old computer. it waslifted wit hthe 3 pints lower lift arms and the frame was 1/2 inch plate about 6 inchs wide and a pivot in the center. They had a set of wheels that adjusted up and down for different hitch types. The bowl dumped with a cylinder that reached over the top of the bowl. That would be in the way of some things like toploading, but it was high enough to be out of the way of the soil heaping. The man that had it originally used it to dig small farm ponds and barn pads. the bowl was really simple and around 3/4 yard capacity.

 

[bucmeister]

The commercial made units are pricey for sure. The Hoelscher DB6 with the front door will get close to the 10 grand area in a hurry. I have been pricing them. These units are as handy as pockets on pants if you need to move a bunch of dirt from one area to another, think of a baby dump truck. The DB6 will hold close to a yard heaped up so moving a couple hundred yards of dirt from a source site to build up a levee or create a pad for a shop slab or any other such job could be accomplished in a few days without a lot of stress. There have been several threads on TBN about them, one that comes to mind was bout the best earth mover attachment I think, another thread was about reworking a pond with one. This thread is about a guy that built one that is essentially a copy of the Hoelscher design with the high range of motion type hitch.

 

[Sprocket1]

Thanks for the links. I started building one today that will hopefully fit my JD2305s' capability. I am going to eject rather than dump. (I hope).
These types of dirt movers are prone to tipping over under certain circumstances. I don't see any provision on many of these machines to allow the pan to "breakaway" from the tractor in case it decides to go into the inverted mode. I think I have figured out a hitch setup that will pull and still allow the scraper to disconnect if it so decides.

 

[MJPetersen]

Have you drawn up plans or are you just "going from the pictures" and have a picture in your mind of where you are headed? I personally would like very much for you to document with pictures your progress on this build. I have thought about a scraper a lot and have saved pictures into a file from all that I have come across.

Mike

 

[Sprocket1]

I am going from pictures, what I have in my mind, and what I have to make it out of. I don't want to spend much money on it, but instead want to see how economically I can do it and not sacrifice strength or usability. I would like to draw up plans and have pics after it is finished. May take awhile.

 

[lostunderhood]

Hi Sprocket1, found you another site to look at Mini Scraper www.gaenterprises.ca