STRIPPING TOP SOIL

[Renze]

I think that your loader's user manual states, that you should not scrape or drag with an allmost fully tilted bucket, because of the geometry of the tipping mechanism/cylinders, it can cause overstrain of the cylinders. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Someone stated it already, but most operators manuals advise to put the loader full down (front wheels off the ground if it's double acting) and then regulate the depth of bite, with the tipping cylinders alone.

This way, the bucket serves as a slide plate/leveling device, giving very accurate control of digging depth.

If you push through, and your tractor is strong enough, the bucket will fill to a certain degree, and the newly sliced soil layer will roll up onto the soil that is already in the bucket. when it's high enough it will fall down again, giving the same effect as a dozer blade. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

But I dont know if that works in heavier soil types... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif


Off course rototilling first, is the nicest way to do it, the more if you work with compact machinery. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[jjcc246]

Well i'm working in a confined area surrounded by trees. It's not cutting when I go forward and when I back drag with the bucket I have to keep moving it so I'm not riding over the piles I just made. I have it down pretty decent but I'm not hitting clay yet and I'm down about 4-6". I'm trying to get to a good solid clay base then fill with stone and top it with 4" of concrete. Where I am code calls for #4 rebar 2' on center through out the pad. I think I'm going to hire a dozer to finish it. By the time I get a bite with the box scraper I'm off the lines, so I hate to give in but there is a machine for every job and a tractor with a bucket or a box scraper just isn't right for this job. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Soundguy]

Go forward.. or use a rear scoop, again.. cutting forward.. or even a box blade angled correctly. You should be able to fairly easilly strip with a box bladed.

Next to the loader, the box blade is probably a tractors most used implement.. think of it as a swiss army knife type implement.

Soundguy