anyone use a root plow on d6n

[lbrecht]

looking to cut small trees rakes and blades leave in clearing new farm land in heavy clay anyone do this

 

[CM1995]

Welcome to the Forums lbrecht!:drinkup

 

[d9gdon]

looking to cut small trees rakes and blades leave in clearing new farm land in heavy clay anyone do this

Holt Cat builds root plows for them...

http://www.holtcat.com/Portals/0/landmanage.pdf

Scroll down to page 13.

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . . d9gdon. Thanks for the link mate!

That is good looking gear, the toploading concept is new to me, brilliant!

Cheers

 

[CM1995]

Thanks for sharing d9gdon, that's some interesting attachments. I really like the root rake that fits into the ripper tines, that would very handy for cleaning up after clearing. I would like to have a hang over root rake for my D5G.

 

[lbrecht]

thanks d9gdon, I talked to Holt today but not sure about our soil never been any run on east coast thay know of

 

[8k bill]

My experience with blading heavy clay is, don,t plow to wet. If you get into it too early,you'll bring up slabs the size of Tasmania,and only thing that will break them up is the great man upstairs. Cheers Bill

 

[Dustin]

I have seen 2 root plows 1 on d8k with a complete frame that hooked to extra trunions on the track frame behind where the blade is attached (holt) and one that went into the ripper pockets on d7r (shop built). The one on the 8 worked well it was a full throttle pull the whole time... very hard pull. The one on the 7r worked pretty good but it pulled apart where it attached to the ripper shank pockets. I do not believe you would be able to pull a root plow with a 6n in heavy clay, probably just spin the tracks.

 

[eight]

D6n is same size as a jd750 pretty much, it'll pull, amaze you how much fuel it'll pull too, and you'll probably only get 1 acre per hour. Get one that's just 1' wider than the machine. I've never seen a newer dozer with a mounted root plow. All the new ones around here go in a ripper. Holt top mount should be a good plow, expensive. Industrial Bucket in Dallas builds bottom mount plows pretty cheap, less clearance under the ripper bar for trash to flow. In Texas we plow through light trees and heavy brush, if you clear the land off pretty good I'm sure the bottom mount is fine.

Root plow brings all the roots to the surface, what looked pretty good to start with will be a mess after plowing, have to rake it again, still won't get everything.