[AT] Pulling a sheepsfoot with a Ford 8n

[carl gogol]

I would suggest that the biggest problem you might find with pulling a 
sheep's foot with a rubber tired tractor is traction and rutting if the soil 
is at all moist.  I can remember the first four feet of dam constructed on 
our farm back in 1967 was quite moist and a large sheep's foot was easily 
pulled by a TD-18B.  The problem started when a front idler went and there 
was no time to fix it.  We had two TD-15s working to bring the material to 
the top of the dam.  The dam was already up at least 3 feet and a 4 WD 
loader was quickly rented to replace the dozer.  The top of the dam soon got 
very rutted as the loader didn't have the guts to grade as it pulled the 
roller.  I can't picture the roller a 9n could handle, but it would have to 
be tiny compared to what is normally used to get specified compaction.
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400
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Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Pulling a sheepsfoot with a Ford 8n


>
> In a message dated 2/10/2005 12:38:49 PM Central Standard Time,
> csaunders at bluevalleyk12.org writes:
>
> This  roller, which I am making myself
> out of concrete (go ahead, laugh, get it  out of your system), is much
> smaller than anything I've found  commercially
>
>
> Chuck:
> I ain't laughing.  I have one made from 2 barrels (19 in dia) and it  has 
> 3/8
> steel plates sticking out of the side about 3 inches and is full on
> concrete.  I have seen them made from railroad spikes too.  railroad 
> spikes work
> great as they have a profile similar to a sheep's foot.  I  would suggest 
> you only
> work in 3 to 4 inch lifts, or a lift only 1 inch in depth  deeper than the
> distance from the end of your sheepfoot to the drum.  I  have been in the 
> dam
> building business for the last 27 years if I can give any  free advice, 
> feel
> free to ask.   Remember free advice is worth what  you pay for it!!
> Cecil in OKla
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