Screening Loam or Gravel

[Currmudgeon]

I only had a little dirt to screen, so I went about it the other way round.

I picked up a piece of expanded metal at the junkyard, cut it and bent it to fit on top of my bucket. I shovel the dirt in, and rake the clumps off the screen with the shovel. Distinctly low class, but if all you need is a wheelbarrow of screened dirt from time to time, it's easy.

 

[BKrois]

Not sure how big of a screen you're looking to build, but theres a few local excavating contractors and landscapers that build home made screeners. They usually load them with their loaders or backhoes. My friends dad has a hydraulic shaker on his homemade screen that he loads with his backhoe. It's a nice setup, its all self contained and has a gas powered hydraulic pump with quick disconnects so he can take the power unit off for the winter.

I'll get some pictures of the screener next time i'm up at his house..


Bryan

 

[GoodGuy]

Larry Van Horn, that's the one. Great Guy & Great Projects. Always had good advise/tips. Check this post & you'll see that he got a air vibrator from Grainger.

 

[LBrown59]

For getting fine dirt I just back the old Bolens with the tiller into the dirt pile and churn away.

 

[JimMorrissey]

I'm talking about a 100 yards of material or more. Not sure something like the ol' Bolens is going to be up to the job /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm talking about a 100 yards of material or more. Not sure something like the ol' Bolens is going to be up to the job /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )</font>

I don't know, but I've moved tons of dirt with the blade on the front and the tiller on the back of that old BOLENS.
Not bad for an 8.25 HP 1 Cyl. motor..
And it didn't have the help of a bx23 like it does now.

On of the first thing i did with the BX 23 was move 2 piles of of dirt I had piled up using the bolins set up this way.
It wasn't any 15 minute job for the BX 23 to remove it either.

 

[BKrois]

I was looking on ebay and came across this link. Looks like a nice size for a compact tractor. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=61567&item=3870160830&rd=1