Box Scraper Made From IH Cyclo Planter

box Scraper Made From IH Cyclo Planter PLANTERS Planters 26-4-11 Gene Viel, Winnebago, Ill., made a low-cost box scraper out of an old International Harvester Cyclo 6-row planter. Viel cut the outside two rows off the 6-row, 30-in. planter, which left the inside two wheels, hitch, and hydraulic lift assembly totally intact. He welded an old 8-ft. snowplow blade onto the frame under the back part of the hitch, using some of the scrap that was cut off the planter as bracing. He also added ends onto both ends of the blade to contain material. "It works great for grading driveways, leveling gravel, grading cattle lots, and maintaining waterways," says Viel. "It isn't as big or fast as some commercial models, but it meets my needs and cost very little to build. I already had the planter, which I had bought for parts. I also had the blade. "Most of the time I use my Deere 730 tractor to pull it. The blade raises and lowers exactly the same way the planter did before and has about 7 inches of clearance. The only limitation is that it doesn't have enough weight to work well in hard ground, unless I use a field cultivator to dig up the ground a little first." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gene H. Viel, 11207 Edwardsville Rd., Winnebago, Ill. 61088 (ph 815 335-7069).

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