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Carsten

03-24-2003 10:36:33




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My wife got me talked into moving from the city to 30 acres. The place we found is 1/2 dirt and 1/2 sand stone rock ( plus all the normal copperheads/ scorpions which all seems to fancy my workshop ( read shed)) Because of all the big rocks plus 1/4 mile of dirt road to maintain we bought a Bobcat. It is great for moving all the big stuff but I am looking for some plans or suggestions for building a rock rake for the Bobcat that will help at least putting the rocks in a windrow but better yet scoop it up in a bucket.
What size/ gauge of metal would I need to use?
I made the mistake with a hayspear for roundbales that I made to use 1/4 inch for holding the spear.It may have been sufficient for bales but I found it was great for digging trenches for wires and ending up bending the heck out of it.

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Phil

03-26-2003 09:37:46




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 Re: Bobcat rock rake in reply to Carsten, 03-24-2003 10:36:33  
When I built my house four years ago the ground around it was full of rocks and not graded very good. I rented a skidloader with a Harley rake and the Harley rake was awesome, it did exactly what I wanted. It smoothed the ground and put all the rocks in a windrow. Don't know if it will help you in building one or not but thought I'd throw it out there. Their web page is http://www.glenmac.com/

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Wally

03-24-2003 22:18:41




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 Re: Bobcat rock rake in reply to Carsten, 03-24-2003 10:36:33  
I used to work for Bobcat and did a small bit of work with attachment fitups on machines. If you go to www.bobcat.com, look for attachments and find the Landscape Rake, this would be a good attachment for your uses. If you want to build something of your own, looking at this might not help, but maybe some more literature will. I would suggest maybe adding teeth to your bucket and skimming the ground. I can't remember the spacing of the teeth but I think its around 6" or something like that. That would catch your big rocks. What is the size of some of the biggest rocks you are looking to move?? Being an engineer, I have an idea that might work. It might be hard to explain, so if you would email me I could make make some mock drawings and get you started.

I would really like to explain how to make it for you, but it might confuse people more. It would be much easier with a drawing. Please email me.

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JMS/MN

03-24-2003 18:45:40




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 Re: Bobcat rock rake in reply to Carsten, 03-24-2003 10:36:33  
There are probably about 200 skidloader attachments available, and over the years I've been in the habit of acquiring literature of things I might like to 'buy' some day. Some of the companies have been really nice in describing their equipment, right down to bragging about how thick the metal is in their product, as compared to the competition's lighter gauge material. Check the spec page on these products to compare one with another, for ideas on building yours.

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