Sorry I did know about it until now. I think I will be ordering more from them. Happy Gardening! Central Indiana, USA Check out my you tube, at Don Croddy, and javahjoeo power king tractor.
High Tim I just wanted to say I love the videos about Johnny plus I just bought one myself about two months ago and I have been buying a lot of attachments and I love it.Keep the videos coming and thanks.
I have been looking at one myself lately. It would save me a lot of wear and tear on my pull behind tiller. I have a 330 diesel John Deere, totally tricked out with a 4 way hydraulic blade custom lights and even a winch. If I can figure out how to post a picture of it, I will. I'd love to have your opinion on it.
It's official! Sold my x738 to a friend and pick up my 1025r TLB next week! Tim thank you and your family for the great videos. Please keep them coming.
Nice job! The three of you are having to much fun. If weather holds out I might get to have some fun too. Getting close to that time where we'll be busy for a while. Neighbor needs some chipping done so I should get a hold of him and see when that can be done. Have a great one and thanks for the video. God Bless...Levi
Howdy sure did a nice job of getting the roots out. You have good soil to work with I'm sure you could bend if not break the shear bolt here in WV we have nothing but red clay and rocks. I'm gonna look into the ripper tooth and the middle buster for my tractor. Wife is wanting to put in a garden next year so will have to have something to bust up the ground at least 18 inches deep. Again another good video really enjoy watching them and it is so nice your wife and daughter participate also. God Bless and keep tractoring.
Good video, I live in central Indiana as well, just a little to the North of you in K town. I've been looking at buying a sub compact tractor and your video's have helped me decide on a Deere.
It is a BX2360. I bought in new in 2012. It has been a good machine. I also have a Kubota G1900 3 cylinder diesel that I cut the grass with. I use the BX for loader work and anything else that saves my back! I bought a mower deck when I bought the BX but never put it on the tractor. I am waiting for the G1900 to give up but it keeps on going.
I used a sub-soiler to bury a 1000' of wire 6 inches below ground surface for a dog invisible fence; read about doing it on a tractor forum; took me about an hour; last time i did it with a lawn edger; took me a day and a lot of work down on my hands and knees; love my Tractor and its implements!!!
I wish I had watched this a few days ago. I have the heavy hitch rear weight bar with the receiver, but I just bought a County Line subsoiler because I didn’t realize this was an option
in most normal subsoiler applications., tractor is set just above idle in low low gear. When you roll over a giant stump it happens in slow motion. If you move fast, you will spin tires and or break things.
Tim I have the same unit you showed. But you might look at it as the hitch was upside down. The pivot pin goes near the top which is the end away from the square stock. The shear pin when broken lets the shank swing back completely out of the ground. With the unit turned down as you had it. The shank would bind on the square stock and bend the adjusting pin. No mater how you used it it did show how strong the ripper is.
Hey Tim and crew. Great...keep up the good work. Just found your channel while looking for fuel filter change help on my 1026R...so am now a big fan. On the Ripper. Other uses: If you ever need to bury a cable, you could add a little hanger on top to hold a reel of cable or small tubeing, and clamp a tube down the back of the ripper. feed the cable through the tube, and get it pushed down in the ditch, then you could just drive along and reel the cable into the ground...(don't have one myself yet, but plan on adding it to the ripper on my box blade soon). Shear bolt: I wonder what the instructions say about mounting the ripper ... you have the shear bolt and another bolt both attached to the mount...When the shear bolt breaks, the ripper is going to pivot on the 2nd bolt and contact the top part of the frame on the mount...I wonder if it should just be mounted with the shear bolt and use the mount as a brace...that way when it parts, it will leave the tractor and be just sitting there for you to pull up and reattach rather than being drug further into the obstruction by the second bolt. Just wondering. Love the video. Keep listening to GranPa about rusty bolts...seems like he knows his stuff...Wonderful work. Thanks for the videos...keep them coming.
Potato planting always eyes up 3 inch's down 20 inches apart loose cover and watch how wet. Too wet and plantings will rot. Wait till plant is 3 to 4 inches above before mounding. Always worked for me in Michigan, yield was 5 to 9 per plant. PS now retired in arizona, grow chili peppers cantaloupe grapefruit watermelon you can grow other stuff but the ants get really into most root veggies here.
This is an excellent explanation of this attachment! Our new house in Washington will be just over 6 acres with about an acre cleared for our house and the rest is mostly all dense woods so we are having someone clear out another acre and we'll put our shop, garden, etc in that area and I plan to get a Johnny to help with that. I'm thinking that after all the tree clearing, I will have lots of rocks and roots to deal with before trying to till anything. This ripper may be the solution! ...also Katriel looks in excellent health for a 52 year old.
That little tractor handles that pretty well. Had a 6 shank zone builder that pulled hard at 24 inches. Had to use a little bigger tractor with it though. (Steiger Panther)
Have you seen the video from "A Tale of Three Cabins" where he uses his subsoiler with a piece of conduit with a 90* bend in it, to install underground electric cable. Sure beats digging a trench.
So wondering what should I’ve gotten with my HH Middle Buster. Tim’s video shows a hitch pin & a shear bolt. Mine came with two shear bolts and no hitch pin. Should I’ve gotten a hitch pin & the other bolt is a spare, or are they shipping these with two bolts these days?
Ran a subsoiler which what we called them and would go 3 ft deep. Mounted on a JD 2020 diesel it did a heck of a job but would do better on a 4020 JD because it was 3 ft of clay and compacted and hard. Broke a lot of sear pins on large hidden rocks so understand the deal....
That was a really good demonstration. I am jealous of your top soil. We have mostly red clay here in North Mississippi. It can be worked and made productive, but it would be nice to have the same soil as you.
If you have moles in the yard, you can use the ripper to rip deep and across the mole tunnels. I have heard moles leave for 1 year or more till the soil hardens again. So I've heard.
Excellent report on this attachment and how nice to be able to think about spring gardening. Still to much winter here. Did I miss a video? I see your compressor cabinet looks finished, how does it work out
+willie Makit haven't posted any more video about that. It isn't really finished, the walls are just kinda sitting up there. I'll get a video out about it at some point. To many projects, not enough time. Christy is trying to learn to edit video, so maybe we'll be able to go faster in the future.
Let’s clear up one very important point: Sweet potatoes are not a type of yam, and yams are not a type of sweet potato. They are both tuberous root vegetables that come from a flowering plant, but they are not related and actually don’t even have a lot in common.
The single ripper was perfect for the small backyard garden. Until you turned and went across the grain I didn't see much being pulled up. Wow, Johnny grunted and kept on pulling. If I heard 1 more SHEAR spoken I was going to Get The SHEAR Out of HERE!!!!! Shear Enough? I'm Shear, Forshear. ;>)))))
I hit about a 100 pound piece of granite using my subsoiler the other day. Needless to say, it "rocked" my world. Gave my one ton tractor quite a jar. Lesson learned, go slow...
I just "discovered" that these rippers exist yesterday. I promptly ordered one to attach to my pickup for busting the ice off our our hill...I am anxious for its arrival.
No video...just a broken two broken shear pins and a lost but found chisel tip :( I'm going to talk to the guy at the local welding shop and see if he can make me something more suited for the task of cutting through this ice that I can use with this mount...we shall see.
Hey Tim quick question. I’m looking at a heavy hitch ripper combo shank. I’ve looked on the website and can’t find if it’s recommended for a hitch with weights or can you use it with just gravity? Thanks. As always love the videos.
+Kenneth Marlow ah good. Sometimes I watch these things over and over while editing, and get mixed up on the final result. I see it 100+ times during editing.
Hey Tim, is your Heavy Hitch the standard duty one or the "Super" Heavy Hitch made with the thicker material? I was wondering if you needed the "super" version to pull these ground engaging implements like the ripper.
I have the super-duty. I would recommend folks get the heavy duty version because when you purchase it, you have no idea of all the ways you will use it.
My Heavy Hitch and Combo Ripper was shipped this week. Had to rewatch the video again...third time now lol. Tim, do you know if the suit case weights are required to pull the ripper? I own a 2720 and i'm waiting till fall to purchase the weights and stand?
Hi Tim great demonstration question im in PA mountains we do have shale do you recommend this ripper? id like to get down 8+ inches atleast to put electrical wire in thansk al
+TractorMonkey with JL corn and potatoes. The corn tastes so good...and the potatoes are SO rewarding to me personally to grow....and they are easy. We don't eat tomoatoes, so that is why we don't grow them.
What variety of Corn do you plant? When I was a kid in East Tenn we ate a corn that does not grow here in North Texas. I cannot remember the name of it. Bought it at the grocery stores and neighbor grew it in their backyard garden. It was a lighter yellow and mostly white. Has been 50+ years since I had any.
well Tim nice video down here in old Alva Florida it's mighty sandy but if I go deeper than 6 feet might hit water. I do have a 5 tines cultivator and not much problem pulling that except for roots. I own an LS 3033H tractor with loader. I did look at John Deere but they were having issues with front ends leaking. Also priced out Kubota plenty of dealers for them all. This LS tractor has cast iron front and rear ends. I'm considering moving back north to Carolina states soon it's just too hot to much of the time.
Hello Tim. I was wondering what the difference is between the standard Hitch and the offset Hitch. I was looking in to getting one and I have the bx 23s
Need and use of a subsoiler (ripper) as a tool benefits are obvious. But, when encountering roots, it begs the question why the makers don't sharpen the vertical shaft.
Just heard the comment about feeling the tractor drag. On larger machines it just breaks with no time to react what so ever. Maybe the 1 would be stopped. Watching the vid to see.
I have to dig up a trench to put down my satellite cable to my old house and I have a middle buster and will use it to dig the hole and then cover it up using the bucket on my tractor, and anything the tractor can't get with my tractor will be covered by hand. That is a good tool you have attached to the tractor, and you probably don't get to use that attachment very much though.
gee, was the volume turned down? :-) heavyhitch.com/product/ripper-sub-soiler-potato-plow-middle-buster/?attribute_shank=Standard+Shank&attribute_pa_color=black
195. No major problems. I've had a couple things break, like the seat mechanism for the backhoe seat swivel, and another minor item which I'll discuss in a future video. However, these are normal things. Nothing that makes me say "why did I buy a Deere????" For instance, I'm highly confident that the loader frame will stand up to everything I can throw at it. I am not so confident in a couple of other brands based on the feedback here. I should start putting more hours on again soon. We had no snow this winter, so didn't use it much at all. Are you thinking about getting one?
Thanks Tim, Yes I'm thinking about getting one. We currently mow 4 acres with a zero turn. I'd like to get something I can mow with, attach a tiller to use in the garden andthe loader would be nice for landscaping jobs. We just had a 40x40 barn build last winter. I need to get some gravel put in it and the loader would work well for that too.BTW, we live about an hour South East of Indy. Not to far from you.
@@TractorTimewithTim I made mine so when the single security bolt snaps it will turn almost 90 degrees. Without falling off. I still don't see how yours folds backwards. At 41 seconds in de video I can see it folds forwards. If you mount it upside down then yes, it would fold backwards. The version shown in this video just doesn't allow it to fold backwards in case needed. Unless the second bolt brakes, the you just loose the hole tooth. If the top pin was just a little higher than the horizontal hitch then it could fold back and you would only need 1 sheer bolt and not loose you tooth. Cheers from Belgium.
Hey Tim, just curious if you have tried using this ripper again since you added the second adjustable 3 point link? Does having the ability to lift the ripper higher let you use more of the available depth of the ripper shank?
+Kirk Brinkley I have used it again. But I didn't need the full depth, so didn't really give it a good test. Overall, you won't be able to pull a ripper more than 12-16 inches anyway, even in good soil with a 1025R. I had fluid, full ballast, etc to get mine to pull it that deep, and our soil is like dreamland!
Those rippers are real good at helping a guy fine old sprinkler, phone and water lines too....
No problem mr. T. Your videos are fun and clean. God bless you and your family
+Kenneth Marlow and God Bless you as well!
Awesome! I've got one of these as well - will try and video this spring sometime. Your video is great - thanks for posting!
Great video, it’s nice with taking your time to explain everything, thanks.
Ordered one today. Had to come back and watch the video again! 😁👍
Cool!
The big kid in me really enjoyed that video. Glad I subscribed. Quality family entertainment too.
+Keith Brettell that's what we want to hear! Glad to have you on board!
Great video. Very informative and entertaining. You guys are having a blast with johnny.
Glad to hear that you liked it. indyphotos, eh? Have we met?
THE 3RD PASS was deep excellent job Tim
+mark yep. Dug right in...
Good video! Nice to see a ripper going thru real dirt!
+1rustytree ripper up!
Nice attachment, really done a great job. Great video you guys stay safe
+Cary Hubbard & Family Channel thanks Cary!
Great video! A sub-soiler is definitely a good load for the tractor.
I just bought from Heavy Hitch. They seem like good folks. Happy Gardening! Central Indiana, USA
+Don Croddy hope you used the discount code!
Sorry I did know about it until now. I think I will be ordering more from them. Happy Gardening! Central Indiana, USA Check out my you tube, at Don Croddy, and javahjoeo power king tractor.
High Tim I just wanted to say I love the videos about Johnny plus I just bought one myself about two months ago and I have been buying a lot of attachments and I love it.Keep the videos coming and thanks.
+vernon baker congratulations. Unfortunately, the tractor is just the beginning of the expenses!
Tim I was wondering if it would be easier on my tractor if I plowed it with a bottom plow before I plowed it with my tiller.
Tim, just ordered the super duty Heavy Hitch. Thanks for the coupon!
+Tony Mariano congratulations!
thanks Tim great video, I'm definitely getting a ripper bar soon!
I have been looking at one myself lately. It would save me a lot of wear and tear on my pull behind tiller. I have a 330 diesel John Deere, totally tricked out with a 4 way hydraulic blade custom lights and even a winch. If I can figure out how to post a picture of it, I will. I'd love to have your opinion on it.
Don't mind me, it's 2AM and i'm just going down a rabbit hole of youtube videos... and enjoying every minute of it.
Thanks for watching!
It's official! Sold my x738 to a friend and pick up my 1025r TLB next week! Tim thank you and your family for the great videos. Please keep them coming.
+Benny Viola woohoo! Congratulations! Funny thing is, 8 bet your friend is excited too!
What a wonderful little family
Nice job! The three of you are having to much fun. If weather holds out I might get to have some fun too. Getting close to that time where we'll be busy for a while. Neighbor needs some chipping done so I should get a hold of him and see when that can be done. Have a great one and thanks for the video. God Bless...Levi
supposed to be warm tomorrow. ...then rain on the weekend here. So, I'll have to be in the office during the 'nice' day.
Retirement is a good thing. LOL....:)
You made me look up the Yam and Sweet potato question:o). Johnny is impressive pulling that ripper.
+John R Hudson he was operating above his pay rate, I think!
Howdy sure did a nice job of getting the roots out. You have good soil to work with I'm sure you could bend if not break the shear bolt here in WV we have nothing but red clay and rocks. I'm gonna look into the ripper tooth and the middle buster for my tractor. Wife is wanting to put in a garden next year so will have to have something to bust up the ground at least 18 inches deep. Again another good video really enjoy watching them and it is so nice your wife and daughter participate also. God Bless and keep tractoring.
+Allen Jackson could not do it without them! Thanks for your comment.
Good video, I live in central Indiana as well, just a little to the North of you in K town. I've been looking at buying a sub compact tractor and your video's have helped me decide on a Deere.
+jsew thanks for commenting. You will love the little tractor
I got my, shorter version, of the Heavy Hitch ripper today. Will be testing the shear bolt on a bunch of roots in the driveway. Hope I have your luck.
The ripper works great Tim! Thanks for taking time to post your videos. I really enjoy them even though my tractor is orange.
It doesn't matter what color your tractor is!!! Any color is lots of fun. Which model do you have?
It is a BX2360. I bought in new in 2012. It has been a good machine. I also have a Kubota G1900 3 cylinder diesel that I cut the grass with. I use the BX for loader work and anything else that saves my back! I bought a mower deck when I bought the BX but never put it on the tractor. I am waiting for the G1900 to give up but it keeps on going.
+Herm Zinn that is a great tractor!
I used a sub-soiler to bury a 1000' of wire 6 inches below ground surface for a dog invisible fence; read about doing it on a tractor forum; took me about an hour; last time i did it with a lawn edger; took me a day and a lot of work down on my hands and knees; love my Tractor and its implements!!!
+Ron Trent another great tractor story!
I wish I had watched this a few days ago. I have the heavy hitch rear weight bar with the receiver, but I just bought a County Line subsoiler because I didn’t realize this was an option
I'm loving all the attachments. I think it's time for me to ask the finance committee....lol!
I enjoy your videos
Thanks Tim for the comment I'm taking delivery on a 2025r with a backhoe attachment this Saturday
Like every home is your castle, your garden is your field!
i just got a new cultivator for my John Deere x500 and it has completely changed the way my garden beds look.
+Eli Fulton sounds great !
Love the Family videos!! you crack me up with the Al Gore comment.
in most normal subsoiler applications., tractor is set just above idle in low low gear. When you roll over a giant stump it happens in slow motion. If you move fast, you will spin tires and or break things.
Tim I have the same unit you showed. But you might look at it as the hitch was upside down. The pivot pin goes near the top which is the end away from the square stock. The shear pin when broken lets the shank swing back completely out of the ground. With the unit turned down as you had it. The shank would bind on the square stock and bend the adjusting pin. No mater how you used it it did show how strong the ripper is.
Hey Tim and crew. Great...keep up the good work.
Just found your channel while looking for fuel filter change help on my 1026R...so am now a big fan.
On the Ripper.
Other uses: If you ever need to bury a cable, you could add a little hanger on top to hold a reel of cable or small tubeing, and clamp a tube down the back of the ripper. feed the cable through the tube, and get it pushed down in the ditch, then you could just drive along and reel the cable into the ground...(don't have one myself yet, but plan on adding it to the ripper on my box blade soon).
Shear bolt: I wonder what the instructions say about mounting the ripper ... you have the shear bolt and another bolt both attached to the mount...When the shear bolt breaks, the ripper is going to pivot on the 2nd bolt and contact the top part of the frame on the mount...I wonder if it should just be mounted with the shear bolt and use the mount as a brace...that way when it parts, it will leave the tractor and be just sitting there for you to pull up and reattach rather than being drug further into the obstruction by the second bolt. Just wondering.
Love the video. Keep listening to GranPa about rusty bolts...seems like he knows his stuff...Wonderful work. Thanks for the videos...keep them coming.
+Tom Talley welcome to our channel! Thanks for watching. You have ~170 more episodes to watch. That should keep you busy for a few days!
I never thought this is so useful
+biliboc yea, very helpful
Potato planting always eyes up 3 inch's down 20 inches apart loose cover and watch how wet. Too wet and plantings will rot. Wait till plant is 3 to 4 inches above before mounding. Always worked for me in Michigan, yield was 5 to 9 per plant.
PS now retired in arizona, grow chili peppers cantaloupe grapefruit watermelon you can grow other stuff but the ants get really into most root veggies here.
perfect for planting root veges, already creates the mound!
Good job Mighty Moe gives it a thumbs up
+john d thanks!
Jack The Ripper Test. Nice video.
Thanks Hound!
Love the channel! Fellow Hoosier here too
Thanks for watching! Glad to have you!
Love this. Must get or make
This is an excellent explanation of this attachment! Our new house in Washington will be just over 6 acres with about an acre cleared for our house and the rest is mostly all dense woods so we are having someone clear out another acre and we'll put our shop, garden, etc in that area and I plan to get a Johnny to help with that. I'm thinking that after all the tree clearing, I will have lots of rocks and roots to deal with before trying to till anything. This ripper may be the solution! ...also Katriel looks in excellent health for a 52 year old.
Thanks for the kind words, Jeff! I'm happy to hear that you are close to getting your own property (and tractor).
Great job! Johnie almost sheared that bolt! I have a middle buster that I use to dig up my potatoes.
+Fred Kaminski maybe he'll grow up enough to shear it later?
"Ripping" is a whole nuther ballgame! But necessary if you're going to Win it! Families that "Rip Together.....Stay Together"!
Shoot I definitely need that down here in Texas the ground is so hard it tears up my tiller
That little tractor handles that pretty well.
Had a 6 shank zone builder that pulled hard at 24 inches.
Had to use a little bigger tractor with it though. (Steiger Panther)
Have you seen the video from "A Tale of Three Cabins" where he uses his subsoiler with a piece of conduit with a 90* bend in it, to install underground electric cable. Sure beats digging a trench.
So wondering what should I’ve gotten with my HH Middle Buster. Tim’s video shows a hitch pin & a shear bolt. Mine came with two shear bolts and no hitch pin. Should I’ve gotten a hitch pin & the other bolt is a spare, or are they shipping these with two bolts these days?
Ran a subsoiler which what we called them and would go 3 ft deep. Mounted on a JD 2020 diesel it did a heck of a job but would do better on a 4020 JD because it was 3 ft of clay and compacted and hard. Broke a lot of sear pins on large hidden rocks so understand the deal....
That was a really good demonstration. I am jealous of your top soil. We have mostly red clay here in North Mississippi. It can be worked and made productive, but it would be nice to have the same soil as you.
+Tim KD5VMV lived here for 10 years before I even tried gardening!
Looks like it worked perfect on those routes next thing is to make it a attachment to your backhoe to dig up Roots when pulling out tree stumps
If you have moles in the yard, you can use the ripper to rip deep and across the mole tunnels. I have heard moles leave for 1 year or more till the soil hardens again. So I've heard.
Excellent report on this attachment and how nice to be able to think about spring gardening. Still to much winter here. Did I miss a video? I see your compressor cabinet looks finished, how does it work out
+willie Makit haven't posted any more video about that. It isn't really finished, the walls are just kinda sitting up there. I'll get a video out about it at some point. To many projects, not enough time. Christy is trying to learn to edit video, so maybe we'll be able to go faster in the future.
You should try that in East Tennessee. I bet you would go through several shear pins
Got a good laugh out of the Al Gore joke and Tim's problem with hard brushes :-)
+subwarpspeed yea, what do I know about hair brushes!
I took two rippers and welded them end to end so I could use the extra holes and go deeper.
On the fence about getting one to bury Cat 5 cable in the yard to the shop....
Sure would beat the 200 feet hand digging!!
We must have used the same brush!
Let’s clear up one very important point: Sweet potatoes are not a type of yam, and yams are not a type of sweet potato. They are both tuberous root vegetables that come from a flowering plant, but they are not related and actually don’t even have a lot in common.
The single ripper was perfect for the small backyard garden. Until you turned and went across the grain I didn't see much being pulled up. Wow, Johnny grunted and kept on pulling. If I heard 1 more SHEAR spoken I was going to Get The SHEAR Out of HERE!!!!! Shear Enough? I'm Shear, Forshear. ;>)))))
+RK Harm24 never even noticed. Did I say. 'Shear' too many times ????
do you know if the harbor freight quick hitch will work with 1025r and frontier tiller? all this year models
I hit about a 100 pound piece of granite using my subsoiler the other day. Needless to say, it "rocked" my world. Gave my one ton tractor quite a jar. Lesson learned, go slow...
Tim- what are your thoughts on using this as a trencher for small cabling job (CAT-5, COAX, etc) that doesn't need to be very deep?
Would work fine. You can get a wire layer attachment for the ripper at agrisupply.com
nice video !!!!!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just "discovered" that these rippers exist yesterday. I promptly ordered one to attach to my pickup for busting the ice off our our hill...I am anxious for its arrival.
Can’t wait to see the video of THAT!
No video...just a broken two broken shear pins and a lost but found chisel tip :( I'm going to talk to the guy at the local welding shop and see if he can make me something more suited for the task of cutting through this ice that I can use with this mount...we shall see.
Nice video, looked like a lot of fun! FYI sweet potatoes and yams are the same.
Hey Tim quick question. I’m looking at a heavy hitch ripper combo shank. I’ve looked on the website and can’t find if it’s recommended for a hitch with weights or can you use it with just gravity? Thanks. As always love the videos.
Some weights will help.
You did ,I was just putting in my 1/4 cent worth, y'all have a blessed day
+Kenneth Marlow ah good. Sometimes I watch these things over and over while editing, and get mixed up on the final result. I see it 100+ times during editing.
Tim, being that you have a nice tiller, im confused as to what you are doing with the ripper . Looking for ideas ??
Have you found your telephone line yet? That's how they found our gas line when they were Soil Sampling before they rebuilt our road. Good Times...
I have 'called before I dug' repeatedly. I am fully aware of where the utility lines are on our property.
811 if you dont than you need to call 911 and if you need more info call 411
Hey Tim, is your Heavy Hitch the standard duty one or the "Super" Heavy Hitch made with the thicker material? I was wondering if you needed the "super" version to pull these ground engaging implements like the ripper.
I have the super-duty. I would recommend folks get the heavy duty version because when you purchase it, you have no idea of all the ways you will use it.
My Heavy Hitch and Combo Ripper was shipped this week. Had to rewatch the video again...third time now lol. Tim, do you know if the suit case weights are required to pull the ripper? I own a 2720 and i'm waiting till fall to purchase the weights and stand?
Most of the time, the ripper will penetrate the ground without weights.
A ripper is used break up hard pan and compaction, but being a farm kid you know this
+Kenneth Marlow I think I communicated that pretty well, no?
Wow, Nice soil. I'd be lucky if Jack could get 4 inches into the rocky clay that calls itself soil around my place.
You're lucky. My ground in North Jersey is solid granite. You either blast or you don't dig.
you could us it on the hiller to get your seed row
Please share a link to this attachment. Thanks, Tim at Cliffside Acres
Heavyhitch.com use coupon code TTWT for 5% Discount.
Just finished another video where folks used their "ripper" or subsoiler to lay wire under ground. That might be a more useful application.
Hi Tim great demonstration question im in PA mountains we do have shale do you recommend this ripper? id like to get down 8+ inches atleast to put electrical wire in thansk al
It will handle all a subcompact tractor can give it.
You may have to go over it multiple times to break up the shale.
Have you ever tried putting the ripper in the fork frame receiver and pushing it?
No, I would not do that. I don’t think the fork 2 in receiver is strong enough.
I was hoping the 1025R would pull the ripper. I'll have to put mine on a weight program though.
+George Smith it would pull itnfine at 12 inches deep...which is likely deep enough. I was trying to be as extreme as possible. ...obviously!
What are you planting this year? I'm going to do a mini garden with corn and tomatoes.
+TractorMonkey with JL corn and potatoes. The corn tastes so good...and the potatoes are SO rewarding to me personally to grow....and they are easy. We don't eat tomoatoes, so that is why we don't grow them.
What variety of Corn do you plant? When I was a kid in East Tenn we ate a corn that does not grow here in North Texas. I cannot remember the name of it. Bought it at the grocery stores and neighbor grew it in their backyard garden. It was a lighter yellow and mostly white. Has been 50+ years since I had any.
I'd like to build one with a leaf spring for a shank
Hope you don't have any underground utilities out there! You are right, that ground is very soft.
+Blake Around the House over 4 hours before someone brought this up! New record. Obviously we didn't have any :-)
mr tim you can go on gold rush and help todd next year brake up the permafrost lol looking good
+philip young hmm. Not sure Johnny needs to be anywhere around that perma-frost. That stuff looks tough!!!!
well Tim nice video down here in old Alva Florida it's mighty sandy but if I go deeper than 6 feet might hit water. I do have a 5 tines cultivator and not much problem pulling that except for roots. I own an LS 3033H tractor with loader. I did look at John Deere but they were having issues with front ends leaking. Also priced out Kubota plenty of dealers for them all. This LS tractor has cast iron front and rear ends. I'm considering moving back north to Carolina states soon it's just too hot to much of the time.
+Jake Schisler pretty hot in Carolina too!
Not as hot as here plus I haven't had more than an inch of rain since October super dry many fires have burned
+Jake Schisler wow. We've had an inch of rain this week. ... I think... i haven't put out my gauge yet.
Hello Tim. I was wondering what the difference is between the standard Hitch and the offset Hitch. I was looking in to getting one and I have the bx 23s
Offset accepts the 70lb weights as well as the 42lb weights. Standard only accepts 42lb. Get the offset :-)
Oh, and my website tractortimewithtim.com has a good write up on the 3 options
Ok great Thanks for the Info
Need and use of a subsoiler (ripper) as a tool benefits are obvious. But, when encountering roots, it begs the question why the makers don't sharpen the vertical shaft.
Just heard the comment about feeling the tractor drag. On larger machines it just breaks with no time to react what so ever. Maybe the 1 would be stopped. Watching the vid to see.
I have to dig up a trench to put down my satellite cable to my old house and I have a middle buster and will use it to dig the hole and then cover it up using the bucket on my tractor, and anything the tractor can't get with my tractor will be covered by hand. That is a good tool you have attached to the tractor, and you probably don't get to use that attachment very much though.
+Sidney Mathious no, not much. ...but there is a middle buster blade for it.
I love the middle buster I have for my tractors. That attachment don't get used that much though.
I can't find that particular soil Ripper on the internet, do you have a link?
gee, was the volume turned down? :-) heavyhitch.com/product/ripper-sub-soiler-potato-plow-middle-buster/?attribute_shank=Standard+Shank&attribute_pa_color=black
@@TractorTimewithTim It's customary on you tube video's to put info in the first comment so we can find the products...Thanks
9:07 SKILLS!
+Jeff Rainwater oh yea!
Too bad they don't make something like this for limestone. No way am I putting a rock saw to it!
Hi Tim, how many hours do you have on the John Deere now? Have you had any problems with it or just normal maintenance ?
195. No major problems. I've had a couple things break, like the seat mechanism for the backhoe seat swivel, and another minor item which I'll discuss in a future video. However, these are normal things. Nothing that makes me say "why did I buy a Deere????" For instance, I'm highly confident that the loader frame will stand up to everything I can throw at it. I am not so confident in a couple of other brands based on the feedback here.
I should start putting more hours on again soon. We had no snow this winter, so didn't use it much at all.
Are you thinking about getting one?
Thanks Tim, Yes I'm thinking about getting one. We currently mow 4 acres with a zero turn. I'd like to get something I can mow with, attach a tiller to use in the garden andthe loader would be nice for landscaping jobs. We just had a 40x40 barn build last winter. I need to get some gravel put in it and the loader would work well for that too.BTW, we live about an hour South East of Indy. Not to far from you.
+Scott Mote oh, so you must be near the home of 'Original Tractor Cab' in Arlington!
According to Google Maps I'm 40 miles south of Arlington.
On the fence about getting one to bury Cat5 cable in the yard to the shop....
Sure would beat the 200 feet hand digging!!
+Duke Snyder yes, would work well.
looks like Johnny needed a tow to get the ripper through. lol
+Andrew Brenneman it was all Johnny wanted. Of course, 16"+ is quite a challenge!
Little Johnny might need a bigger brother to help out on the property. Lol. Christy could drive big brother Johnny.
+Andrew Brenneman yea, sounds good!
Hello,
I don't understand how the shear bolt is useful if the other pin is stronger.
When pulling, will it release the arm when the bolt brakes?
Yes, it will hinge backwards. Having said that, the unit now comes with 2 shear bolts to avoid confusion.
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I made mine so when the single security bolt snaps it will turn almost 90 degrees. Without falling off.
I still don't see how yours folds backwards.
At 41 seconds in de video I can see it folds forwards. If you mount it upside down then yes, it would fold backwards.
The version shown in this video just doesn't allow it to fold backwards in case needed. Unless the second bolt brakes, the you just loose the hole tooth.
If the top pin was just a little higher than the horizontal hitch then it could fold back and you would only need 1 sheer bolt and not loose you tooth.
Cheers from Belgium.
Hey Tim, just curious if you have tried using this ripper again since you added the second adjustable 3 point link? Does having the ability to lift the ripper higher let you use more of the available depth of the ripper shank?
+Kirk Brinkley I have used it again. But I didn't need the full depth, so didn't really give it a good test.
Overall, you won't be able to pull a ripper more than 12-16 inches anyway, even in good soil with a 1025R. I had fluid, full ballast, etc to get mine to pull it that deep, and our soil is like dreamland!
Tim is your ripper the standard or the combo shank?
The combo. I have the middle buster with it. ...and it is the 28” version
Thank you Tim
Looks like your going to need new tires soon nice video btw
+Brenton Carter ah, they don't really show much wear. We're!'t very aggressive to start with.