Scrub Puller
Senior Member
Yair . . .
I took some time out to watch a bloke struggling to rip dryish clay with three tines on a hitrack D6.
As I have mentioned the dirt is just the same as it was fifty years ago when I decided Mother Caterpillar only put the three slots on the main beam so you could pull one tine at full depth in the middle if you couldn't pull the two.
Three tines I always found was neither your azz nor your elbow. You couldn't pull them full depth or, if you could it would pull out in lumps and not shatter. When conditioning for bulk pushing I reckon straddle ripping with two tines gave far better production . . . some times you can even do the first pass spaced even and then cross rip with a straddle.
For a general purpose tractor on a station or what all that centre tine in there can be a bitch when ripping trees and stumps.
Just thought I'd mention.
Cheers.
I took some time out to watch a bloke struggling to rip dryish clay with three tines on a hitrack D6.
As I have mentioned the dirt is just the same as it was fifty years ago when I decided Mother Caterpillar only put the three slots on the main beam so you could pull one tine at full depth in the middle if you couldn't pull the two.
Three tines I always found was neither your azz nor your elbow. You couldn't pull them full depth or, if you could it would pull out in lumps and not shatter. When conditioning for bulk pushing I reckon straddle ripping with two tines gave far better production . . . some times you can even do the first pass spaced even and then cross rip with a straddle.
For a general purpose tractor on a station or what all that centre tine in there can be a bitch when ripping trees and stumps.
Just thought I'd mention.
Cheers.