Posted by The Famous Grouse on November 11, 2015 at 10:13:53 from (75.146.45.9):
I just opened up two new fields last year out of 100% wooded areas of my land. The dozer took out all the stumps and he went over it with a huge brush disc as well, so it's as cut up as possible.
Now what I have is 10 acres of, well, basically rocks from golfball to bowling ball size. This is kind of the only good news on my land, nothing much larger than bowling ball, but I got plenty of them.
I don't know anyone who owns a full on rock picker, so I was looking at what would be then next best thing: A rock bucket or as some guys call them, a skeleton bucket.
I have a John Deere 2010 gas tractor with loader. It is what it is.
So my questions for the forum:
1. Do rock buckets work? I mean honestly, could I get rid of 80% of the larger rocks our of the top 4-5 inches? Or to what depth would a rock bucket work?
Really this "how effective are they?" question is a big one. I don't want to go through all the expense and hassle and then discover that they are practically useless.
2. Could a Deere 2010 gas push a rock bucket and how big?
3. Is a loader bucket on a Deere "standard" as far as how it mounts such that I could put an aftermarket rock bucket right on?
4. Would rental of a skid steer and rock bucket be vastly better? Thing is that rental of these babies would be in the $200+ a day range, so for a 1 week rental, I could buy a rock bucket that's mine forever. But maybe renting is the way to go if a skid steer or track loader would be much more efficient than the Ol' 2010.
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