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JMS/MN
05-23-2005 07:50:12
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Re: Picking Rocks in reply to TimWafer, 05-22-2005 16:49:51
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Interesting terminology when you refer to mattress sized stones. I assume they are slabs of rock? We talk about football, basketball, and table rocks. Table rocks are ones which barely fit under the kitchen table. I've had a 4625 Gehl skidloader for 7 years, and first used the material bucket to dig rock, but got too much dirt with it. Went to the standard manure tine with grapple, have yet to break or bend a tooth, and work out table rocks- some so big I can't move them off the field with the Gehl. Can pick anything good enough for corn, but bean and hay ground still needs hand picking. Local mfgr makes rock buckets with teeth on small spacing- idea of making your own sounds good. I made a rock bucket for a reversed WD using 1 1/4 square stock years ago, about 7 inch spacing- worked pretty good, but closer spacing with an underside brace near the front would do well on smaller rock, like what you want to pick. Closer the tine spacing- the more dirt you get with the rock. If you have parttime help- run by yourself during the day, up and down the field, dumping on the ends. At night, when you have spouse, kids, etc., to run a rock wagon, go once around the field and pick up all the piles.
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