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Building a heavy duty Roller

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Robert (AL)

09-24-2005 17:09:02




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Where can I find a steel pipe 24-36" o.d?

A farmer friend of mine wants to build a heavy duty roller to roll his farm access road, when he adds new chirt and gravel.

If anyone has built a roller like this, any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert




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Jason, NW Ontario

09-27-2005 02:59:19




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
What our neighbour used was two large diameter cable spools from the utility companies spaced 8' apart. They put a 1 3/4" diameter pipe through the shaft centers and welded a wishbone trailer tongue to it. Next they bought pressure treated 2x4's and screwed them to the spools. You get 4 spots to fasten them to the spools so it's good and solid. Took around 26 boards, and that's been used for 14 years so far.

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Hermit

09-25-2005 19:31:19




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
Our road commission previously used a metal culvert filled with concrete and metal pipes coming out of the ends. Dragging it around will really pack down a road.



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buickanddeere

09-25-2005 15:51:28




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
An old hot water tank or water system pressure tank. Grind the lumps and bumps off. Weld on the tow frame/scraper. And fill with concrete. Keep the hitch attachment point low on the roller and the hitch short. This will help with weight transfer and tractor traction.



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fixerupper

09-25-2005 15:41:42




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
A neighbor of mine and I made one from a tank that used to sit on the frame of a small anhydrous ammonia applicator. It is 36" in diameter, has about 60" of actual packing surface width and holds a calculated 580 gallons of water. We built a 4" box frame all around it and used heavy six hole implement hubs for the axles. The spindles slide inside a heavy pipe that goes through the middle of the tank and sticks out each end. Cutting off all of the fill bungs and filling the holes in took a lot more time than we expected, but otherwise it was a fairly simple job. When full of water we estimate it weighs about 7000 pounds. Any damp soil it rolls over sticks to it and builds up incredibly fast so we will have to build some sort of a scraper for it someday to make it more useable. The one downside to using a tank like this is the rounded ends of the tank prevent us from packing real close to a building or other object.

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Midwest redneck

09-25-2005 15:03:16




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
When I was a kid, 16 yrs. old. I worked for a company that sold car paint, and the place sold 16 gallon barrels of laq. thinner the barrels were just small enough to pick up by hand super heavy to about 130 lbs and the lip on the ends was about 1/2", about 3 ft. tall and about 14-16" in diameter. If you got 2 of these and welded them end to end and rigged up a yoke to pull it then you would be set.

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old

09-24-2005 21:08:12




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
I've seen them made form old propane tanks, 2 ends welded on and a yoke to pull it with. Then all you do is add water to get it as heavy as you want it. Only problem is if its not real old and hasn't been empty long eoungh it can explode when welding on it. Other things that work good are 55 gallion drums welded togeather and filled with cement and a pipe to mount a yoke on



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JMS/MN

09-24-2005 19:40:49




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 Re: Building a heavy duty Roller in reply to Robert (AL), 09-24-2005 17:09:02  
I built a rubber tire packer using a 20 inch gas pipe purchased from an industrial salvage outfit. Actually used 22.5 tires on the 20 inch pipe, with spacers. You can also use culvert, filled with concrete or water, etc. to make a packer.



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