3-Pt. Root Ripper Amd Stump Remover

3-Pt. Root Ripper Amd Stump Remover WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 21-2-10 "It lets me rip out small tree stumps with-out having to dig them out," says Joe Lewis, Edina, Mo., who used scrap steel to make a 3-pt. root ripper and stump re-mover. He used 3/4-in. dia. steel rod and flat metal to reinforce the back side of a long shank and welded a 4-in. long point (salvaged from an old road grader) at the bottom. A cutting torch was used to "sharpen" the front side of the point, leaving it with a saw-like roughness. To cut tree roots he gets as close to the stump as possible, then lowers it into the ground and pulls forward. Once all the roots have been cut he lowers the point deep into the ground and drives ahead to pull out the stump. If the stump is too high to clear the tractor drawbar he reverses the drawbar, adjusts the 3-pt. top link to set the point farther back, and backs up to lift out the stump. "It works good. I can cut even big roots by raising the 3-pt. and going forward at the same time for maximum pressure," says Lewis, who uses his Massey-Ferguson 165 60 hp tractor to pull the rip-per. "The farther forward the point, the easier it is to penetrate the ground. A subsoiler point might work just as well as my road grader point. "I welded a steel tube behind the point that I can also use to lay electric wire under the ground. I make one pass to dig a trench for the wire, then make a second pass and feed wire through the tube." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe D. Lewis, Rt. 3, Edina, Mo. 63537 (ph 816 397-3300).

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