Single tine ripper

[Paul Allwood]

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.

 

[jimh406]

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

 

[Yooper]

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

 

[Bee-Positive]

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

 

[Paul Allwood]

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

Probably better than the brakes.