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Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter

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Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 9:40:43 GMT -5 Fossilman, Pat, and 4 more like this

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Built this monster about 15 years ago.
It uses a PTO fertilizer spreader gear box to drive it.
The gearbox gets switched back and forth between the two.
Only works well in sandy soil.
Also works good as a shaker box when shoveling gem soil onto shaker by hand.
Thought about having it chromed. Totally built out of industrial waste. Heavy.

Coming at you, 12 inch wide scoop is lowered into sand and lifts sand onto shaker screen

Side view

shaker drive(pat. pend.)

bell crank assembly(smokes if not greased)

root flapper, clod breaker

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 10:06:09 GMT -5 Fossilman and 1dave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2016 10:06:09 GMT -5 A video of that baby in action would be fun to see. I like the clod breaker idea. Doesn't look very portable.
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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,595	Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 10:20:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Dec 26, 2016 10:20:03 GMT -5 Dec 26, 2016 10:06:09 GMT -5 captbob said: A video of that baby in action would be fun to see. I like the clod breaker idea. Doesn't look very portable. That beast has to go wherever the tractor goes.

Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 10:40:47 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Dec 26, 2016 10:40:47 GMT -5 A monster! WOW! Would be cool to see t in action,for sure,for sure!
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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,595	Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 11:00:53 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Dec 26, 2016 11:00:53 GMT -5 Dec 26, 2016 10:40:47 GMT -5 Fossilman said: A monster! WOW! Would be cool to see t in action,for sure,for sure! design copied off of a potato digger.

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Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 16:08:35 GMT -5 via mobile

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Dec 26, 2016 11:00:53 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Dec 26, 2016 10:40:47 GMT -5 Fossilman said:

A monster! WOW! Would be cool to see t in action,for sure,for sure!

design copied off of a potato digger.

Lotta money in Georgia potatoes for the chip factories. Fast crop time!!!

Lol

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Don't look, tractor powered artifact sifter Dec 26, 2016 16:46:50 GMT -5

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Dec 26, 2016 16:08:35 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Dec 26, 2016 11:00:53 GMT -5 jamesp said:

design copied off of a potato digger.

Lotta money in Georgia potatoes for the chip factories. Fast crop time!!!

Lol

Hastings Florida is a big chip producer. 40 miles northerly down the St. John's River.
Sandy rich river loam. Plows easy digs easy. Lots of artifacts. Shell mounds.

"Hastings is known as the "Potato Capital of Florida" with 21,000 acres (85 km2) of potato farms, but also produces cabbage, onions, eggplant and ornamental horticulture."

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