Single Tooth Ripper

[SpinyMouse]

Does anyone out there make a single tooth ripper for CUTs?

This seems like a useful implement to use for getting stumps out of the ground if you can't afford a BH.

Any thoughts?

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Pls don't try to do this. As others will most likely agree, a really easy way to turn the tractor over on you!! I'd use a pick and shovel before I'd take a chance on using a subsoiler to get up stumps of any size. BobG in VA

 

[shvl73]

I just ordered one, I called around the central & southern NH dealers & I didn't find one in stock. Most dealers didn't even know what I was asking for. I don't think it would work for your purpose. It's not like a ripper on a dozer. I'm getting one to rip the ground before I till it to remove roots & rocks. I believe it has a hinge point & a shear pin if it hits a immovable object.

 

[beenthere]

I tend to not agree on it flipping the tractor. I use one often for rocks and subsoiling and have no problem with the tractor even hinting of raising up. The top link actually has compression on it similar to a moldboard plow. To lift the front end the top arm would need to be in tension, such as when lifting a log with the logging tongs. Then one just has to be careful.

The ripper tooth (or subsoiler tooth) is either in the ground or against a root (if that is what one is trying to sever) and much below the drawbar line of pull. The 3pt arms are doing the pulling and they are below the axle as well.

Not sure what you are thinking of, but doesn't seem like a single tooth ripper. I plan to give that a try to dig some pine stumps, but don't expect it will break the heavy roots, so will probably have to chop through them.

Any thoughts? Hope I am not being rude to your comment but am confused by it, nonetheless. And, you don't have to agree with me either /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MikeInIdaho]

I have one and it works great for planting seedlings. I just rip a slit in the ground and insert a seedling and tamp the earth down around it. Get a couple of the shear bolts since you don't know how many big rocks are down there! I haven't tried it on stumps.

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Suit yourself. good luck. BobG in VA

 

[chim]

Mine saved me a lot of work when I buried a couple hundred feet of 4" SCH40 PVC from the downspouts..............chim

 

[SpinyMouse]

Thanks for the caution about flipping the tractor over. If the ripper catches on something below ground level, it seems to me that the reaction on the tractor would be just the opposite. The tractor should tend to dig into the earth. If however, you catch on something above where the tires rest on the ground, then you could maybe flip the tractor over. Working slowly and cautiously is the order of the day.

So, shvl73, what did you buy and where did you get it? What you are describing sounds worth looking into for me.

My thought is to rip up the roots around a stump to loosen it up enough to scoop up with the FEL. This would take maybe four or five passes from different directions. I'm not thinking of hooking to the side of a 30" stump and hoping to remove it in one pass.

 

[SpinyMouse]

After reading your replies, I did a google search for "subsoiler" and came up with this:

Howse Subsoiler

It looks like what I had in mind. Do you think an implement like this should be able to rip up and cut pine tree roots when pulled by a 30hp CUT?

 

[sweettractors]

We stock these for CUT by Worksaver at $195--The shank is not as long and a perfect match up to about 30 HP--Ken Sweet
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