need toolbar advice

ObsoElitist · Apr 7, 2015

I am not a Farmer, and have never plowed, so I have a few questions. My little Oliver OC3 based loader has the pictured tool bar. I intend to use the tool bar to tear up the soil so I can dig it up with the bigger MF 30 Industrial wheel loader and move it, a couple of areas maybe 50 x 100 feet, and sloped from zero to 4 feet deep. The soil is virgin Sierra Nevada forest, some possible boulders but mostly just hard red dirt with roots averaging 6, but up to 10 inches in diameter that will probably have to be cut by axe after deep stump grinding
I guess a single ripper tooth would be best? What kind of ripper is supposed to attach to this 2 and 1/4 inch bar and who sells them? Should they look like the narrow ones on the MF's box scraper? What are the rear tabs for? Why is one of the two rams rigged as a damper?

Traditional Farmer · Apr 7, 2015

Looks like you could adapt a 3pt subsoiler pretty easy.

Brendon-KS · Apr 8, 2015

The 2.25 "square on edge" toolbar was very common years ago and there were all kinds of shanks and
clamps made for them. I have the ones shown below on my planter for row markers. They are fairly
heavy but might not be up to the duty as crawler rippers. This will be the trouble you'll have -
most tools that were used with these bars were made for lighter jobs like planting and cultivating.
Finding something stout enough for what you're wanting might require doing some custom fabricating.

ObsoElitist · Apr 8, 2015

Thanks. That bracket and tool do look too weak for my intended use, but at least i know what was supposed to be there.

I will build somethng much heavier based on designs I see on the big Cats , that bolts to the front of the bar but also gets support from the upper frame as well, I know these roots and rocks will stop the tractor. All I have to do now is make it run

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