On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:41:53 -0600, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:
Leon Fisk wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:57:06 -0600
"Terry Coombs" wrote:
I need to build well , "need" might be too strong ... some kind
of plow to pull behind my "new' tractor , and I'm thinking chisel
plow . 3 or 4 blades is probably going to be the most I can pull
with 17 hp , and I'm trying to form a basic design using some old
Chevy springs as the part that holds the actual plow blade . Basic
framework will likely be some 2X2 tubing , using some high-wheel
mower wheels as depth regulators (Isn't that how they work? Wheel
sets the depth?) . I'm not sure I'll even need to design a 3 point
hitch to use this type of plow ...
That's kind of a catchall term, chisel plow. Picture of a JD V-Ripper
he
http://www.ag-power.com/new-product/...e/915-v-ripper
If you're thinking of something like that (but smaller) it will still
take a lot of machine to pull it. It sounds like you want something
similar to their cultivator:
http://www.brinly.com/CC_56BH.html
Yup , that cultivator is very similar to what I have in mind . This is for
prepping my garden in spring , might see duty as a between-the-rows
cultivator too . I'll probably also use it so score the ground where I want
wild flowers and stuff planted for our bees . Not going to see really heavy
duty , at least that's not the plan now .
OT:
Whatcha planting for your bees? A client sent me a little jar of her
Lehua honey from Hawaii. Yum! Do you li'l guys produce honey for you
and do you and collect/use the beeswax? Top bar or Langstroth style
hives?
Back on topic:
Some scrap heavy duty angle iron and old leaf springs might be
cheaper, since you have extra time/less $$ now. I have a spare leaf
spring which I made into a woodsplitting tool, a froe. I was going to
make a nice, big slick (2-handed wood chisel) but Gunner gave one to
me when I was there last month. (Thanks, mon!) It's handy steel.
$199 snow plow blade, not too bad. But does your local steel scrap
yard have pieces of 48" (or 60?) pipe you could cut one from?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Swisher-4...8749/203629508
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I started out with nothing and
I still have most of it left!
--anon