Dirt Scraper/Leveler Works Great

Dirt Scraper/Leveler Works Great TILLAGE EUIPMENT Miscellaneous 18-3-7 "This scraper works great for snow, mud, dirt or manure," says John Hofer, who raises geese near Cut Bank, Mont. "It works well in sloppy barn yards to pull mud and manure out soitdries in half the time. Also, when I have snow drifts close to doors or wherever, I can backup to the building and drag the snow away. "Fits any 3-pt. hitch. Measures 80 in. wide (with sides made out of 2 by 10 boards) and 84 in. long, but you could build it to any size depending on the size of tractor and what you wanttodo with it. "This is the cheapest and easiest way I know to knock down piles and level them out. The backboard is slanted and braced. The one in the pictures is not complete. I put a 4 in. by 3/8-m. trick steel blade on the bottom of the back board that extends 3/4 in. below the side boards so wear is minimal on the wood. "I pull this with a 1952 Ford Workmaster 850 tractor. I have a much larger scraper that I pull with a 4-WD front-wheel assist tractor that makes short work out of muddy corrals. The great thing about it is that it lets you clean out a muddy pen without leaving a lot of big holes like happens with a front-end loader. After you clean out a muddy pen with this, the pen dries level." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John P. Hofer, Glendale Inc., Box 850, Cot Bank, Mont. 59427).

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