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Ripper to address Soil Compation ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1226456" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I'm with Angus Cowman.. We like to do it after a grain crop, but when it's wet it's useless if you want to break the hardpan. If it slices and doesn't take any power, it's not doing much. A rejuvenator is fine for pasture that needs a scratching, but you aren't getting rid of compaction problems with it</p><p></p><p>Here's the tow rig we have.. I think it's about 75 horse at the wheels but weighs about 8 ton (yes, the tires are full, plus wheel weights, and it's not built light to begin with)</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Rx7man/media/20140106_150006_sm_zpsyou8e8nk.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/20140106_150006_sm_zpsyou8e8nk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>For a subsoiler, I'd say definitely 3pt hitch, especially if your tractor has draft control, which will make it possible to sink it as deep as the tractor has the power to pull it.. also, since most tractors will spin before running out of power, being able to lift will boost your traction dramatically.</p><p></p><p>Yes, this thing finds rocks, and it will bring them up.. Biggest I was able to bring up with it was about 3' around, and it took a lot of scratching around it until I got a bite on it.. biggest problem is the tractor doesn't have live hydraulics (they're PTO powered, and that's on the same clutch as the drive) so I couldn't pull and lift at the same time, it was one or the other. It was real fun trying to get that rock from between the tractor and the ripper once it was out of the ground too</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1226456, member: 9096"] I'm with Angus Cowman.. We like to do it after a grain crop, but when it's wet it's useless if you want to break the hardpan. If it slices and doesn't take any power, it's not doing much. A rejuvenator is fine for pasture that needs a scratching, but you aren't getting rid of compaction problems with it Here's the tow rig we have.. I think it's about 75 horse at the wheels but weighs about 8 ton (yes, the tires are full, plus wheel weights, and it's not built light to begin with) [url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Rx7man/media/20140106_150006_sm_zpsyou8e8nk.jpg.html][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/20140106_150006_sm_zpsyou8e8nk.jpg[/img][/url] For a subsoiler, I'd say definitely 3pt hitch, especially if your tractor has draft control, which will make it possible to sink it as deep as the tractor has the power to pull it.. also, since most tractors will spin before running out of power, being able to lift will boost your traction dramatically. Yes, this thing finds rocks, and it will bring them up.. Biggest I was able to bring up with it was about 3' around, and it took a lot of scratching around it until I got a bite on it.. biggest problem is the tractor doesn't have live hydraulics (they're PTO powered, and that's on the same clutch as the drive) so I couldn't pull and lift at the same time, it was one or the other. It was real fun trying to get that rock from between the tractor and the ripper once it was out of the ground too [/QUOTE]
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