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Picture of the subsoiler I pulled

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Don-Wi

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I pulled the 2 outside shanks off and was able to pull this monster with our 1855. Got too wet out to go back out there this last wqeekend, so I wasn't able to get any action shots before I brought it back to the neighbors. Managed to go atleast 12" deep, and it was pulling up the soil atleast 3' ahead of the front shank under the tractor. Was a little on the wet side in some spots for subsoiling, but we'll see how the feild is next year. We plan to seed it down w/ oats and alfalfa. Might do peas & oats and chop it into a bag...

The toplink pictured is a Cat. 3 off a Case magnum. We folded up the only semi-heavy one we had, so asked the neighbors what they had that they used with it. When I went to pick it up he showed me 2 toplinks off the 66-86 series IH's that they snapped at the threads last year pulling it. They got this one out of the junk yard to remedy the situation.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Wow, that's a load!!! I'm surprized that you didn't need duals for extra traction. I would like to find a cheap one to cut down to size or else just a shank and make a subsoiler to use on about 2 acres of wet spots. That should have gotten her broke in. Send me a e-mail when you have some extra time, I have a question for you. Chris
 
Consider it sent-

The tires were new in June '08, so they've got really good traction. If I had the other old ones on, I don't think it would have gone as well. My dad didn't think I'd be able to pull it and was grumbling we should just rent a tractor while I was hooking things up and removing the 2 shanks. Gotta confess I was a little nervous myself, but I had to try it atleast once.

It went pretty good, and depending on how that field is next year, I think we'll try and get it again next fall if it 's a bit drier and do some more of our fields.
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If we woulda had the duals on, then it wouldn't have covered the tracks because as a 5 shank it was already barely doing so. Course it doens't matter as much if it's just primary tillage...

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
I can't believe you could pull it six inches deep without duals - I used to pull the same ripper with a 4440 jd two wheel drive with 20.8 duals, in gumbo got lucky to go 12 to 15 inches. Then the guy I worked for bought a 4450 fwd we put seven shanks behind it I burned third gear out of the powershift the factory rep rode with me in the tractor said we had to much traction and to big of implement either had to lose some shanks or raise the tool bar or turn up the horse power, I was trying to run the thing as deep as I could pull, sometimes the toolbar was dragging the ground! I ended up not going so deep. Rippers are quite the tillage tool, looks good behind that Oliver.
 
Haven't had our 18 on the scale since I put the fender tanks on, but before that it tipped the scales at around 13,300 lbs. With the fender tanks on and full it adds a few pounds. I had to air up the tires too as they were buckleing and I had already aired them up for pulling the plow and they were fine for that.

It really bit down and impressed me... and these are bias ply tires...

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Hey Don, nice pics. We have the same Brillion unit but hook it up to one of our 2255 and run fairly deep. It is only a 5 shank but it makes the tractors grunt.
 
this proves that the 1855 was a strong tractor. That is quite a load and i dont think many tractors of that age or horsepower could pull that. Those rippers pull real hard. I honestly wouldnt even expect it to pull it but hey im glad you tried. I bet she was grunting!
 
Still in a bit of disbeleif myself, but we did a 10 acre field with it. Had to pick it up in the wet spots, but overall it seemed to do a pretty good job. Could only go in 2nd gear, but it got the job done. I think if we had 4 shanks we'd be able to pull in 3rd gear, but I don't think we'd gain much by it. Definately sucked down some fuel doing the job though...

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Here's a shot of the mounting point. The neighbors had to torch the holes to the larger size for a Cat. 3 hitch, because they were bending Cat. 2 pins. Don't know if they were using soft bolts or what though. We already had a 1 1/8" drawpin, so we went to Fleet Farm and bought another draw pin and 2 packs of reducer bushings to bush them back down to a Cat. 2 for our tractor. We also had to cut off some pipe to take up the extra slack, so the bushings stayed put and so did the arms.

Good news is, my 3 pt. balls I made held up beautifully to the extra heavy pulling.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
My father has pulled a 5-shank Brillion on an 1850 at 12" deep for 30 years now. You have to raise it up in wet spots and it really pours the smoke out. I think duals would eliminate having to raise it up. He doesn"t use a moldboard at all. They are parked in the weeds. He has absolutely no hard pan at all and hardly any wet spots.
 
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