Single tine ripper

Paul Allwood

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Almost finished making a single tine ripper over the weekend. Apart from the main vertical arm (100 mm x 25 mm flat) which I bought a few weeks ago, the rest was using bits that were leftover from other things.

I decided to make it adjustable copying some that I saw online - no idea if that will be a useful feature or not.

I'm planning on trying it for some drainage trenches. Want to try and come up with something I can fit to it to clear out the trench once I've made a few passes to loosen the soil. Also planning to make and add a pipe laying attachment to lay some small diameter irrigation poly pipe.

Still a couple of angle braces to add, some cleaning up and painting.

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jimh406

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Looks good. I bought something similar for my Polaris Ranger. Yours has a lot more features. I use mine for shallow ditches for waterlines.
 
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Yooper

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Very cool! Suggestion: You can build up the surface of your tine with weld to extend the wear life.
 
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Bee-Positive

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Wow! That's heavy duty, very nice.
Looks like it would stop the tractor quick if you hit some hidden immovable object. LOL.
 
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McMXi

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Very cool .... like a shorty sub-soiler. šŸ˜‚ It'll be interesting to see how your B7200 manages when pulling it. Depth and soil type will be the main variables, the bottom bolt too, the one loaded in double shear.