Big blue garden tractor

47fivewindow · Mar 9, 2023

The garden had gotten compacted so I ran the subsoiler through it. The 9N is real light so it did a good job. Not bad for an 83 year old

47fivewindow · Mar 9, 2023

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David Snipes · Mar 9, 2023

My ripper has no stress relief, such as a shear pin. It doesn't look like yours does either. Does anyone know why that is so? I know a farmer near by who has destroyed a ripper because he hit a big rock and there was no stress relief mechanism. I think the guy was ripping too fast, I go real slow with a foot on the clutch in case I hit something.

wjytexas · Mar 9, 2023

It's a little older than me but probably works harder and looks better!

47fivewindow · Mar 9, 2023

This one from TSC has no shear protection . Thats why it is on the Ford. It doesnt have enough power or traction to break it. I bought it to bury some cable. I dont think it would last very long on a real tractor

larry@stinescorner · Mar 9, 2023

great picture!you have nice soil,,its grows some nice lookin tomatoes too!!

caterpillar guy · Mar 9, 2023

Subsoiling will work better for you if you could do part of it in the summer when it is dry then do the rest the next year in the dry summer. It will fracture better the drier it is to a point.

Leroy · Mar 10, 2023

Unless your ground is dry enough to be planting you did more harm than good using it now. You just compacted it more. So when it gets very dry later in the year do it again every 30 inches apart and then go crosswis the same spacing and run as deep as your tractoer will pull it. May need to due it 3 or 4 times to get deep enough to do any good. You will not hurt it with your tractor. I own a 41 9N and a 44 2N bought new and so I will know what they will do and both are fully loaded with CACI And when doing all the farm work has 3-400 homemade concrete weights on both rear wheels of the 2N. And you need to get your tires loaded to do any good with that subsoiler.

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 10, 2023

(quoted from post at 13:36:13 03/09/23) My ripper has no stress relief, such as a shear pin. It doesn't look like yours does either. Does anyone know why that is so? I know a farmer near by who has destroyed a ripper because he hit a big rock and there was no stress relief mechanism. I think the guy was ripping too fast, I go real slow with a foot on the clutch in case I hit something.

They are designed for tractors that do not have enough power or traction to break them. If you can't pull it, you probably shouldn't be pulling it.

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