Baby Grand
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Well, that didn't work.
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Baby Grand
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Baby Grand
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I give up. I guess I'll have to download Sketchup and fritter away a day learning how to use it or buy a scanner ... grrrr.
Willl
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Or a camera.
Draw something up in 'paint'
Draw something up in 'paint'
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Hope you don't mind, Baby Grand, but I think I know what you're getting at.
Please excuse the crudeness, I'm still learning!
Jim
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Exactly! Thanks.
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Iplayfarmer
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I claim the right to resurrect this thread since I started it in the first place.
I've used this ripper a lot since I built it, but it's never been as sturdy as I'd like. I spent some time in the garage tonight and made the design changes pictured below. I took it out for a test run tonight, and I dropped the three shanks as far as I ever have and didn't get any bending. I think that dropping the lift arm attachment pins lower helped as much as the added steel did. Hopefully I have a final product now.
P.S. This is the first real project I've made since I got my horizontal band saw working. It was very nice to cut the mitered angles on that piece of steel that is reinforcing the front of the ripper.
I've used this ripper a lot since I built it, but it's never been as sturdy as I'd like. I spent some time in the garage tonight and made the design changes pictured below. I took it out for a test run tonight, and I dropped the three shanks as far as I ever have and didn't get any bending. I think that dropping the lift arm attachment pins lower helped as much as the added steel did. Hopefully I have a final product now.
P.S. This is the first real project I've made since I got my horizontal band saw working. It was very nice to cut the mitered angles on that piece of steel that is reinforcing the front of the ripper.
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Congratulations - that looks plenty beefy. Can't wait to see pictures of ripped soil!
-Jim
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Thats a 4 inche square stock, then how wide are the shanks? 3 inches? I'm also curious about why some subsoilers have shear bolts, and others do not. Thanks.
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Iplayfarmer
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Why some have shear bolts...
3 inches sounds about right for those shanks.
I've used it quite a bit this spring. I've used the new improved ripper in conditions that stopped the tractor, and I didn't bend the implement. That tells me I've finally arrived at a design that's good enough for my needs.