Rock Picker suggestions / experiences

We are in southern Indiana, It's not real rocky, but he has some bottom ground where the creek as got out into his fields and spread some rock out over time.

Anyone use one of these?

Thanks for any comments.

Jon

I used to do custom rock picking, and machines like Hay Dr posted photo on work well. Some situations the rock rake will work better. I have indeed picked up windrows from a rake with one of my pickers. If you have very scattered rocks the very best machine I've found are skid steer loaders with rock fork. The beauty of the skidsteer is you can see tip of the fork, much better than with a tractor. They also now have a hydraulic sweeping device for skid steers that pull the rocks into the fork.

If I were tackling your project today as you describe it I would go with the rock rake and rock fork for gathering up the windrows. If indeed your rock problem is much worse than it sounds, Hay Dr's picker is the answer. Just my opinion, no one type of machine is best for all situations. I used 3 pickers each one different, 2 rakes and 2 skid loaders.

• Haybuster

That's a great rock picker we leased those out for farmers for 15 years but now we can not pull them on the highway so we rent out the Vermeer rock picker because we can legally pull it down the road.

• Vermeer Rock Pickers