Roller attachment for 3PH?

[Soldier415]

Does anyone make a roller attachment for tractors? Everything I have seen are either smaller ones for lawn tractors or skid steer attachments. Was entertaining the idea of getting a 4 or 5 foot one for compacting my road after I grade it.

 

[rswyan]

These guys make a draw-type, designed to be pulled by your draw bar:

Hoelscher Commercial Products - PT Roller

 

[jeff9366]

Candy makes commercial rollers too:

24" x 48" Steel Lawn Roller | Gandy

 

[darmstrong2319]

Kodiak/paladin mfg makes them or did. 3 point and draw bar. It's my understanding that Paladin bought Kodiak out,they also make implements for Mahindra.

 

[Wagtail]

I simply Googled "ballast roller" (+ "Australia" ) and then had a look at what was on offer.

I eventually settled on a 3ph Cat 1 roller with aerating spikes. Yes, it was made in China and I had to do some modifications such as re-mounting the frame below the roller axle pins and a top-link extender. Oh, and a bit of 'steel putty' to fix a leaky weld around the fill-cap. But for something I only use a few day a year and for limited acreage, it was a bargain.

 

[leonz]

Does anyone make a roller attachment for tractors? Everything I have seen are either smaller ones for lawn tractors or skid steer attachments. Was entertaining the idea of getting a 4 or 5 foot one for compacting my road after I grade it.

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Depending on the size of your mule you may want to consider investing in a towed cultipacker to keep the roadbed in line and compacted. It works very well after a rain just like a sheeps foot roller.

If you can find a used single wing cultipacker or take a used double winged one and simply take one side off the wing can remain folded over the center section and the added weight will pack the dirt and stones down very well.

But If you have a row crop mule there is no need to remove a wing as the mule will be able to tow it with no issues.

It would be less work if you rented a small vibrating double drum roller for a day as it would work even better.

If you do not have good drainage meaning a crown in the center of the driveway to allow drainage a small vibrating roller is the best way to do this.

 

[Soldier415]

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Depending on the size of your mule you may want to consider investing in a towed cultipacker to keep the roadbed in line and compacted. It works very well after a rain just like a sheeps foot roller.

If you can find a used single wing cultipacker or take a used double winged one and simply take one side off the wing can remain folded over the center section and the added weight will pack the dirt and stones down very well.

But If you have a row crop mule there is no need to remove a wing as the mule will be able to tow it with no issues.

It would be less work if you rented a small vibrating double drum roller for a day as it would work even better.

If you do not have good drainage meaning a crown in the center of the driveway to allow drainage a small vibrating roller is the best way to do this.

Just looked that implement up. It appears using that on the road would leave the road grooved and not smooth/flat

 

[Wagtail]

I should've mentioned that the aerator 'bands' on my ballast-roller <above, post #5> are removable.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Just looked that implement up. It appears using that on the road would leave the road grooved and not smooth/flat

Depends on what cultipacker you use. I use a "crow foot" cultipacker on mine, and it works perfectly...

SR

 

[jenkinsph]

I just finished a roller for my field work this week. Will be trying it out today and will post pics, if it works I will clean it up and paint it.

This roller is segmented sections of 18" pipe with concrete filled centers. Made it with two rows to work with a quick hitch and it is 6 1/2 ft wide. Weight is about 2600+ lbs. This is a low cost roller with materials costing about $300 to $350.

Welding on this project has been an almost impossible task for me as I have been dealing with cataracts. Striking an arc and I can't see anything. Hoping to get the surgery on my eyes completed before another welding project is undertaken. Will definitely have to clean up the welding this winter before calling it complete.

Here are some pictures from the job today. This property was in the path of a wild fire a few years ago and last week I removed 52 stumps that were left. The property owner wanted to save the existing wild grasses. The plan was to remove as much of the surface rock without tilling or disking up the grass roots. I removed the surface rock as best I could and today I planted annual rye, raked lightly and rolled with the new roller.

The roller worked well enough but a little more moisture would have been better.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I just finished a roller for my field work this week. Will be trying it out today and will post pics, if it works I will clean it up and paint it.

This roller is segmented sections of 18" pipe with concrete filled centers. Made it with two rows to work with a quick hitch and it is 6 1/2 ft wide. Weight is about 2600+ lbs. This is a low cost roller with materials costing about $300 to $350.

Welding on this project has been an almost impossible task for me as I have been dealing with cataracts. Striking an arc and I can't see anything. Hoping to get the surgery on my eyes completed before another welding project is undertaken. Will definitely have to clean up the welding this winter before calling it complete.

Would you mind posting a link here when you described that build? I definitely like to see some pictures.

 

[jenkinsph]

Luke,
I just added the pictures to post 10. The segmented rollers worked well allowing me to make sharp turns without skidding the way a single wide roller would. Having two rows makes it easy to hitch up with the IMatch too. I did not bother with hitch pins and drilling I simply welded the thick bushings in place to save time and money.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Luke,
I just added the pictures to post 10. The segmented rollers worked well allowing me to make sharp turns without skidding the way a single wide roller would. Having two rows makes it easy to hitch up with the IMatch too. I did not bother with hitch pins and drilling I simply welded the thick bushings in place to save time and money.

That's really interesting and well executed! How much does each wheel weigh? If you made it out of corrugated culvert you'd have a pretty nice cultipacker. I really like it.

 

[jenkinsph]

That's really interesting and well executed! How much does each wheel weigh? If you made it out of corrugated culvert you'd have a pretty nice cultipacker. I really like it.

Each wheel weighs about 360 to 375 lbs. the pipe is 18" with a 1/2" wall weighs right at 100 lbs. /ft. The concrete is about 1.65 cubic feet at 150 lbs./cu ft. Plus some steel bracing and rebar inside the wheels, about 5 lbs. The center of these rollers have a piece of 2 7/8" pipe, the axles are 2 3/8" pipe. The axle tubes are closed each end with grease zerks between the rollers and I drilled holes to allow the grease to run inside the rollers. To reduce the amount of grease to fill the 2 3/8 pipe I put a piece of 1 1/4" pvc with caps glued each end inside. I used freeze plugs to close up the ends of the tubes.

With frame and seven rollers the total weight is close to 2800 lbs, I have not weighed it yet so this is a guess. My 4520 is rated for 2500 lbs lift, it was not a problem to lift to full height. I did have to use the split brakes a few times and found this to be a good place to use float on the top link.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Each wheel weighs about 360 to 375 lbs. the pipe is 18" with a 1/2" wall weighs right at 100 lbs. /ft. The concrete is about 1.65 cubic feet at 150 lbs./cu ft. Plus some steel bracing and rebar inside the wheels, about 5 lbs. The center of these rollers have a piece of 2 7/8" pipe, the axles are 2 3/8" pipe. The axle tubes are closed each end with grease zerks between the rollers and I drilled holes to allow the grease to run inside the rollers. To reduce the amount of grease to fill the 2 3/8 pipe I put a piece of 1 1/4" pvc with caps glued each end inside. I used freeze plugs to close up the ends of the tubes.

With frame and seven rollers the total weight is close to 2800 lbs, I have not weighed it yet so this is a guess. My 4520 is rated for 2500 lbs lift, it was not a problem to lift to full height. I did have to use the split brakes a few times and found this to be a good place to use float on the top link.

Very nice.

I'm going to guess he gave you a pretty rough ride without the top link floated. LOL

 

[jenkinsph]

Very nice.

I'm going to guess he gave you a pretty rough ride without the top link floated. LOL

The ride was not bad but when I was pulling up the side of the driveway embankment float allows the roller to follow the contour better. It is set up with the hitch mounted high on the roller so it can drop down a long way without affecting the tractor. Without an implement on it my IMatch will drop within 3 inches of the ground.

With 425 lbs. of front weight and no fel it is not something I would run at transport speeds. For moving across a field it handles okay if moving slow. With the roller dropped down on the ground it turns easily without problems. Loading on the trailer was not a problem either as it just rolls up the ramps to the deck.