Ripper Plow

stray · Feb 5, 2005

I am building a ripper out of an old plow beam. I thought you all might want to see some pics. As they say a pic is worth 1000 words. This is of how I built the plate.

stray · Feb 5, 2005

This is how you can attach it to the tractor without handling it. It will lie on the floor and you just tilt the lift into it.

stray · Feb 5, 2005

As you can see here I still need to attach the plow sheer and paint it.

stray · Feb 5, 2005

This ripper is built so you can add pins to the side and weld uprights to it for a 3 point hitch hook up.

toy · Feb 5, 2005

It looks good. I am not a great farmer or any thing, but this summer I ran across a plow point with the intentions of doing the same thing someday. The point that I found is not like a turning plow instead it is more shaped like a round pointed shovel that has a curve longways in it. I beleive it would be very usefull for digging potatoes the way it is made, I also beleive it would do a fine job digging a trench the way it is curved all I would have to add to the point is at the top a way to turn the dirt off to the side. Again I like what you have made. The point that I found bolts on so when I ever get around to building it instead of welding the point on I think I'll bolt it on so I can take it off and add other points to do different jobs. One of your other projects the large bucket I am going to get me an oil tank and do that also I have been trying to get one for some time now . I have found one but it is in an awfull place to try to get to to get it . How thick is the metal in those tanks I have never been close to one that has been cut apart. What I have left over after making the bucket I plan on making a garbage container with a lid .

stray · Feb 6, 2005

Thanks for the advice. I believe I will bolt my sheer on too. The metal of the oil tanks can very some but mine is thick enough to be strong enough the way it was braced. Any thicker and it would just add weight. Be sure to tilt the plate forward at the top in reference to the bottom of the bucket. When you get ready to build the bucket just let me know if you need any more info on the way I built mine.

stray · Feb 6, 2005

Toy another thing, on my ripper if I was going to do anything different I would have tilted the plate a little forward on it. It wouldn't make any difference when plowing or ripping but if one wanted to rake stuff off of a high dirt pile say (5 to 6 ft high) it would help. Good luck on your projects and let us know how you’re doing.

cqaigy · Feb 6, 2005

Nice Picturs Stray.

That ripper looks as though you could rip pavement up with it. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

pequeajim · Feb 6, 2005

This is a dumb question I know, but besides breaking up hard dirt and clay to dig up, what else would you do with this?

johara1 · Feb 6, 2005

i made mine out of a ripper shank out of a box blade. what will it do?rip hard dirt, roots tear out a sidewalk,rip very large rocks out of the ground. then i load them with the large bucket,the ripper will dig where nothing else will. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

MossRoad · Feb 7, 2005

AAARRRRRRR!!! Looks like a giant Pirate's hook! Very heavy duty. Nice job. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

BAGTIC · Feb 7, 2005

Here is a link to a commercial variation of a static (no moving parts) trencher.

http://www.skid-steer-attachments.net/trencher.htm

It does not dig very deep but I suspect most of us do not need to go deeper that a foot or so very often. Most places the ground does not freeze deep enough to require burying irrigation pipe deeper than that.

If I had one the first thing I would do is to use it for planting an asparagus patch. Might also be useful for planting berries, potatoes, etc. Faster than digging separate holes and a trench would allow one to lay in a buried drip irrigation tube than ran the length of the row.

stray · Mar 15, 2005

Finished the Ripper.

BobRip · Mar 15, 2005

Maybe you could attach a tube and wire spool holder and use it to bury cable.

Bob Rip

FOURTEEN · Mar 19, 2005

Nice job!!

But in the heavy red clay of NC the PT-425 doesn't have enough power to use anything bigger than the Power Trac Potato Digger!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

stray · Mar 19, 2005

Yes 14. I think that the potato plow would put more power in its bite because the digging point is closer to the PT. I would recomend to anyone building one that they stick close to the PT design. I built mine like I did because my dad wanted it that way. It was mostly for him. (But it does work well)