Rugged Tooth Rips Roots And Rocks
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Nuisance buried rocks and tree roots in pastures and tillable land don’t stand a chance when Noah Sprouse sinks his rugged ripper tooth into the ground around them. As one observer told him, “That’s a tooth that looks mean and definitely means business.”
Sprouse built the 27-in. long root and rock ripper out of 1-in. thick plate steel from an old road grader blade. He outlined the shape and teeth on the steel, did all the cutting with a torch, and then welded it to a 1-in. thick backing plate with multiple passes. It’s reinforced with 8-in. triangular gussets on each side. Mounting brackets made of the same material connect the shank via a quick coupler to his Yanmar SV40 mini excavator. He used 1 1/2-in. hardened steel pins spaced about 8 1/2 in. apart with a dipper gap of 5 7/8 in. to allow easy attaching.
Sprouse says, “So far, I’ve used the tooth without any problems to rip out stumps more than 30 in. in diameter that weigh about 3,000 lbs. I think it could handle even bigger ones. It works great on rocks, too.”
Sprouse added a hardened and replaceable point to the tip of the tooth and cut four menacing curved teeth into its arched backside. “Those teeth work great to rip through roots about 10 to 12 in. in diameter and make it easier to dig out stumps if I’m close to a fence line,” Sprouse says.
It took Sprouse about 8 hrs. to build the tool from scrap material he got at a reasonable price. “Building this myself was a whole lot cheaper than buying something from a manufacturer, and I think this is made well, so it’s going to last a long time,” he adds.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Noah Sprouse, 499 Augusta Farms Rd., Waynesboro, Va. 22980.
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Rugged Tooth Rips Roots And Rocks MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Nuisance buried rocks and tree roots in pastures and tillable land don’t stand a chance when Noah Sprouse sinks his rugged ripper tooth into the ground around them As one observer told him “That’s a tooth that looks mean and definitely means business ” Sprouse built the 27-in long root and rock ripper out of 1-in thick plate steel from an old road grader blade He outlined the shape and teeth on the steel did all the cutting with a torch and then welded it to a 1-in thick backing plate with multiple passes It’s reinforced with 8-in triangular gussets on each side Mounting brackets made of the same material connect the shank via a quick coupler to his Yanmar SV40 mini excavator He used 1 1/2-in hardened steel pins spaced about 8 1/2 in apart with a dipper gap of 5 7/8 in to allow easy attaching Sprouse says “So far I’ve used the tooth without any problems to rip out stumps more than 30 in in diameter that weigh about 3 000 lbs I think it could handle even bigger ones It works great on rocks too ” Sprouse added a hardened and replaceable point to the tip of the tooth and cut four menacing curved teeth into its arched backside “Those teeth work great to rip through roots about 10 to 12 in in diameter and make it easier to dig out stumps if I’m close to a fence line ” Sprouse says It took Sprouse about 8 hrs to build the tool from scrap material he got at a reasonable price “Building this myself was a whole lot cheaper than buying something from a manufacturer and I think this is made well so it’s going to last a long time ” he adds Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Noah Sprouse 499 Augusta Farms Rd Waynesboro Va 22980
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