King-Sized Rock Picker

King-Sized Rock Picker ROCK PICKERS Rock Pickers 6-3-6 "We had big stones in our fields that the cultivator couldn't pull out. To get them out, we built our own king-sized rock picker which fits our front-end loader," says Don Dubyna of Cando, Sask. The rock picker has two replaceable teeth about 18 in. long that could be made longer for bigger tractors. The teeth are carbon-tipped for extra strength. "You just stick the teeth in beside the rock and tip them up with the center hydraulic cylinder on the loader. Then, you lift the front-end loader and push with your tractor. Sometimes you have to try two or three different spots on a rock before you find a lip or flat spot to grab onto," he explains. Dubyna says his first model, equipped with only one tooth; had a tendency to slip sideways. Two teeth grip much better, he says. "We've pushed rocks out so big that the loader couldn't lift them when the bucket was put back on. We had to drag them off the field." Dubyna's interested in finding a manufacturer to produce the rock picker commercially. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Dubyna, Box 194, Cando, Sask., SOK OVO Canada.

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