OT: PICTURES of Root Rake, Ridgid Harrow I built...

I built this to follow up behind the dozers and trackhoe that I hired to clear 50 acres of land. I am hoping this will clean up the surface roots, sticks, small stumps ect. Also I hope I can use it to push and drag my windrows as they and after they burn.

It is too wet to try it now. What do you the viewers think. Will it work or is it a pile of scrap iron? I think I need a hydraulic top link to maximize its potential.

[b:400eea754d]Brought it all home, I think I am ABUSING a 1/2 ton Chevrolet 4x4 here![/b:400eea754d]



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[b:400eea754d]Rear View, Notice the 3/4 Ton parked... I know it is confusing to me too. Gas milage makes one do strange things.[/b:400eea754d]



[b:400eea754d]Cat 1 Three Point Hitch Revisited...[/b:400eea754d]




This has been my front burner project for the past three weeks off n on. Once it dries a bit I plan to try it some more. Actually tomorrow I am going to try some high ground, hope I don't bury Ol' Red.

Charles

thats quit the piece of work, i ran heavy equipment for a lot of years, lost count of how many acres of bush that i cleared, what you have there should work to clean up smaller debris left behind from the dozer, although i wouldnt try taking apart windrows or working near burning windrows with a farm tractor, tires burn real well,lol, dozers catch fire as well, but not as easy as a farm tractor, good luck with it , keep us posted

Been there done a lot of that. You have very little distance between the rear wheels and the first set of teeth. Your rake will fill quickly.
Best results we ever had was to use a root rake on the dozer followed by a harrowgator. You need a harrowgator with a high lift. Unless it is bone dry your tooth spacing is going to pick up a lot of dirt.

Thanks for the input. It is muddy right now. I tried it today and it did ball up some mud, but it was pulling up A LOT of debris. I feel it is going to have to be VERY dry to make it work without picking up a lot of dirt.

As for the spacing, I roughly designed this from someone else's design. They had 6.5" spacing, I have 6" on the first two rows and 7" on the rear (it also has teeth facing both ways). If I cut out half the teeth I feel I will miss a lot of trash.

This is experimental and I am sure it will require some "Tweeking" before it functions like I want. I already see that I hydraulic top link is in my future. I had problems getting it off the trailer, could not lift it high enough. I had to find a combination of uneven ground to allow me to back it off! I am going to convert this to a DOVETAIL one day, another topic.

As for the burning, I was planning to use my loader and the rear facing teeth to crowd the pile in to a degree. I could not see paying $80.00/HR for a dozer guy to burn the piles. I may call him again after I burn to do what I cannot. I think if I had a hydraulic top link I could lift it up and drag/scatter the remains then repile with the rake and FEL. I may be dreaming big, there are many stumps in the piles.

Charles