"Air Seeder" Box Scraper

"Air Seeder" Box Scraper AIR SEEDERS Air Seeders (42B) 34-5-42 "I built a 4-ft. wide box scraper using scrap iron and four discarded closing wheels off an old air seeder. It's really handy and cost almost nothing to build," says Elroy Lindaas, Mayville, N. Dak. Lindaas uses an Ariens garden tractor to pull the scraper, which is raised and lowered by a 12-volt winch that acts on a mechanical ram. The winch mounts on a 4-in. dia. steel pipe that serves as the scraper's tongue. The ram consists of a length of telescopic square tubing, with a pair of small wheels mounted above it. A bolt at the top end of the ram serves as a hinge, allowing the scraper to move up or down. As the cable is reeled in over the wheels, it causes the ram to extend which raises the scraper. When the cable is let out, the ram retracts which lowers the scraper. The four 15-in. dia. closing wheels are arranged in two sets behind the scraper to form a walking tandem axle. Each set of wheels bolts onto a metal arm and flexes up and down on a bolt pivot. "The flexing up and down of the wheels results in an effective leveling action. It's amazing how much dirt and gravel this scraper will move," says Lindaas. "I've used it to move dirt on landscaping projects and to level pocket gopher mounds, and also to add new gravel to our driveway. "The air seeder wheels mount on a metal frame that I welded to a shaft located behind the scraper. The shaft is free to rotate inside a pair of short pipes, which allows the scraper to move up or down as the winch is activated." Lindaas used two 4-ft. lengths of scrap metal to build the scraper itself. He cut one in half and used the leftover material for the sides. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Elroy N. Lindaas, 735 û 153rd Ave. N.E., Mayville, N. Dak. 58257 (ph 701 786-3064).

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