Posted by super99 on December 19, 2012 at 17:18:20 from (74.32.187.189):
In Reply to: Ripping with a JD 4430 posted by reid1650 on December 19, 2012 at 16:39:13:
I agree with Johnwayne, 3 will be plenty unless you want to drive in low or 2nd gear. I have 3 low spots(water holes) on my sandy, hill farm. Normally, you could plant them 5 out of 10 years, lucky to harvest 2 out of 10. I wanted to rip them as deep as I could. Local consignment auction had a OLD!!! 9 shank V-Ripper on it. I left a bid of $300 with the auctioneer, I got it for $280. It was so heavy, it made my 1850 with weights, fluid and front weights squirrelly driveing it home. I cut 2 shanks off each end, making it a 5 shank, then I took 2 off and used 3, one in the middle and one behind each tire. My 1850 has a turbo, never dyno'd it, supposed to be 120 HP. I lowered the lift arms until I could just pick it up high enough to turn. Went across all the water holes just as deep as I could get it in the ground.I stuck a yardstick behind a shank and was running 21" to 23" deep. Went over it 2 times in a crisscross pattern. Couldn't go very fast, once in a while it would hit a hard spot and pick the front on the tractor 4' off the ground. Several times I had to stop and back up to get the front end to come down. We had some good spring rains after that year that would have drowned out the crops, but it has dried right up. Had a crop on it every year since I did it. Need to hit it again next fall. Chris
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