Thanks to several commenters. They pointed out the teeth on the end of the ripper shank were installed upside down. Looks like someone at the factory messed up. I am going to try to fix them so that it digs in like it should.

@joeberry4179

2 жыл бұрын

wow, I never noticed, my LandPride rippers do point down, like dragging your foot.

@user-ot2rt2fe5y

4 ай бұрын

Should be reversible teeth knock pin out turn 180 degrees put pin in

Evan, that land plane needs to sit flat when ripping as it's the depth gauge for the ripping tines. Reduce the number of tines you are using, maybe down to three, and add some weight. Drop an IBC onto the plane and add water till you get the required weight. 3 point links can lift up but can't push down, you need implement weight for downforce.

@mytech6779

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know about that TYM[?] but my 1968 IH Farmall has active down pressure on the three point. (And as a side effect the pump must be used to lower it, so if you shut it off with a raised implement it will stay raised no matter how you cold work the controls.)

@CountryViewAcres

2 жыл бұрын

I found out the tooth on the end of the ripper shank are on upside down. That why it didn't dig in. I will have to try to fix them.

If you let the goats near those trees, they will be happy to take care of all the leaves they can reach. Goats are great for clearing underbrush 😊😊😊

Always remember, pot holes are a way of life, fix one and 5 more show up. A little round up on those stubborn weeds

Hi Evan, long time follower. What a Beautiful place you and Rebecca have. It’s so nice to have the tools and machines to work your place easier. You’ve done a great job making it beautiful. I’ve followed you from the beginning of the house build. You guys put out great content and I sure enjoy following along. Thank you for taking us along.

Use vinegar, salt and dish soap to kill the weeds

Nice and clean ....

When we cut down trees or branches on or farm. We will pile the branches or trees in the goat pasture as long as they are goat safe to eat. They love tree leaves, it makes a great treat for the goats. Then we remove the leafless branches a few days later.

Think of all the untamed areas on your acreage and make a list of them. Then get to them one by one and clear them out, and give the goodies to the goats. They will love it! It doesn’t take long for the birds to replant everything

It’s fine Evan, it took about 4 or 5 times for us to learn how to do it.

That hard rock'n music is perfect for road grading!

It's always a pleasure seeing what you have accomplished after trimming and leveling work around the farm. Really looks great, thanks for sharing with us Evan. Stay safe and have a fun weekend. Fred.

Your music just put me in the mood to go make a new farm video. Great job hope you and Rebecca are doing great. Have a blessed one.

Wow that’s a long driveway. Looks good

Everything around the homestead looks wonderful Evan!

The goats would love those branches.

Awesome Evan, I've been hanging to see this video since the Insta posts came out as I'm looking to get either a box blade or a land plane. Learning from you and some comments below I think the land plane is the way to go so thank you once again for the great content.

The rippers seem to have the wrong angle on the dangle!👍🤣✌💯

That looked like a lot of fun! I have had some success with pouring in dry quickcrete in pot holes.

A lot of hard work but your driveway looks really nice. Another great video.

With the cost of diesel, I have started to use roundup on my driveway for weed control. I still on occasion use blade to level and correct washouts.

Looks a lot better. Always enjoy your videos.

Evan great job! Looks wonderful! Your property is beautiful!

Nice work Evan, I think you just enjoy driving that new tractor hahahah😂 either way looks good man!

Great Job ! Looks very nice...Love your videos !

You gotta be lovin' that cab, Evan, with all that dust. Can you imagine doing that in the old days, on one of the old tractors?

I'm anxious for you to start on the wood shed !!!!!

Looks great Even.

Nice job Evan keep the great videos coming

Looking at buying a land plane in the future. It seems to do a really good job of that driveway. I currently use a box blade and it works but it really loads up the box with gravel and then my driveway is plumb naked, great video by the way.

Thanks for all the vid's. Keep em coming😁

On my box blade the tines dig in very well. In Florida on one side of the building i needed the rock removed so i could replace the metal and had to get down over a foot. While doing so with pressure pushing down sounded like i was going to break them off. It did it pretty good. That land plane is what i need for my driveway but it's not in the budget this year.

I just bought a 7' land plane from Everything Attachments and LOVE that thing! After doing the driveway, I put in a new garden using a 6' tiller, then leveled it nicely with the land plane, after it dried for a few days. Now I'm looking to level a few acres of grass that I mow, so the mower doesn't beat me to death at high speed, even though it has sprung suspension with shocks. I'm super happy that I finally bought one! You guys have a great channel, Evan! Thanks for sharing what you do!

JudithB Looks great! I just mow the center strip of grass on my driveway! LOL!! Still mowing yards here, all the way to the cliff edge, long grass has laid down so its a mess to mow, add in wild roses and bull briar and its a job! Then got to cut back all the brush/weed trees that have grown the last 2 yrs. Maintaining is a lot easier then cleaning up the mess for sure!!

Looks great ✌️👍😎

Thx

You should invest in a hydraulic top link .... it makes life with a box blade, brush hogan anything else you dangle of the back of a tractor so much easier

Love the music in the background on the second pass fly through!!

That is frustrating.thanks for sharing it was a good journey

Great job looking great love your videos

Looks good Evan roundup be the best get rid of the weeds. Have a great day.

Great job it looks nice. God bless❤

God bless you and yours! Oh, He already has!!!

Looks good

You need less ropper but you need to lower the right side only. After you fix your hole leave the right side minimally lower. Make two passes each direction the second about two feet to the left.do the same the other direction. That will give you a slight crown to your road. And you wont be ripp ik ng your fabric.

@johnmorgan455

2 жыл бұрын

I could do you if I knew your dm address

Hey Evan great job on the drive way. Maybe next time you keep the rippers mid height and add some weight to the leveler machine. Then you won't rip up the fabric.

You certainly improved your driveway, mine is a mess. We live up a steep hill and the road washed through the years, so I need to look into getting a road crew in here. I have around 2500 ft. of drive, so it's going to take some serious money to fix it right. I enjoyed this video, thanks and have a great week.

@cathiwim

2 жыл бұрын

You might also need some culverts depending on where water is going.

You can use the propane torch that you use to make holes in the garden fabric to kill those weeds. Give the weeds a quick hit of heat and the won’t grow back.

Evan I'll give you a little tip. You have the best thing there is to get rid of the thorns on your honey locust. You have your torch on the 20 lb cylinder. Simply lite it and start at the bottom of the tree and burn them on up as high as you can reach. Saves getting stuck with them and getting them in your tires.

Hey 👋Evan and Rebecca liked the video have a great evening 😀✌

Thanks for sharing

Evan, try welding wider rippers with decreased angel and leave them close to the leveller height. You probably won’t need as many rippers either.

Always makes life feel better when you get rid of daily annoyances.

Check to see if there is a setting lever for the three point linkage hydraulics. It gives the option of draft, floating or position. Position setting might hold the leveller firmer into the gravel.

Looks real good. Im no expert Evan but I did notice your driveway is concave but your rippers were straight across. (It shows on your video)if you keep your rippers on the driver side short and the other two long (with the end one longest) you will get a curved effect and all your rippers will dig in before you rip up your fabric. (shown on your video that just the one on driver side dug up fabric)this of course only applies when your on the side of road, the center is less curved. As observed on your excellent video. You really are an accomplished cinematographer, I’m hoping folks in that area will notice and someday you get an award for it.

You’ve it lookin’ great.

Huge improvement ‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸

Good 👍 job man good video

You should consider a chipper that attaches to the back of the tractor. You could make lots of good mulch with all the tree trimming you’ve been doing.

It looks really good. You did a good job Evan. Don’t you hate it when you want something to happen and it does happen. Thats a Homer Simpson reaction ➡️ Doh 🤣

Spray the weeds with Roundup about two weeks before you grade, it will rip them right out. Driveway looks great!

Just imagine that pot hole is your health and you're having that same kind of success (or lack of)... that's REALLY frustrating. I always love your tractor videos, especially when the drone is involved!! Nice guitar bed, too! Drive way looks MUCH better! Jimmy Evans believes Jesus is coming back around Rosh Hashanna but of course, doesn't know the year. Everybody, come with us!

Thank you

Hello, I watch your videos whenever you post one and I really enjoy the content as well I learn some things. When you trim your trees, the question I have is, why not invest in a wood chipper? Or just rent one, that way ypu can spread the chips wherever you want, I do not know the expense, its just a suggestion, keep up the good work on your farm.

Your giant thorn bush is multi flora rose. It's awful and I hate it! LOL - I have lots of it on my property and making some videos of using my pigs to help me eradicate it!

The weeds and vegetation are GOOD!! On the edges. The keep the gravel from washing out just mow them. If you put enough crown in your drive you really won’t need to stir the gravel as you are doing. All you are actually doing is contaminating the rock. Fabric is worth the time or $$$. You really get nothing out of it at all. It’s all about you crown height so the road bed doesn’t hold and water

Do the rippers move some with the pins in, maybe put a wedge in the slot in back to get the rippers to point down a little more.

Love ya vids, I wonder why you dont throw your tree trimmings to the goats to sort out? We do that will all our tree trimmings. Channel is awesome, cheers from Oz

Evan, i enjoy your channel. Those are called scarifier teeth and they are upside down on the ripper shank if you flip them over they will perform better.

@CountryViewAcres

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I will look into that.

Sure looks good!! Those greenbriers are MEAN!!!

Change the pitch on the 3 pt. Shorten it up just a bit and it will dig. Awesome property

I think the goats would enjoy some of the branches with leaves

nice house

Need a hydraulic top link. Can get downpressure and pitch your grader blades for a heavy front cut and let the rear smooth it out.

@CountryViewAcres

2 жыл бұрын

I found out the teeth on the end of the ripper shank are installed upside down. That why the rippers didn't dig in.

Try using a sweeper it works perfect .ground sweeper.

The driveway does look a lot better, I'm sorry those things didn't dig in like you wanted. They did look like skis in the video. I wonder if you got a lemon on them. They should hang like you showed in the video when you pushed them down so it makes me think they are not weighted properly. Just a thought. Have a Blessed day.

What l use for my driveway is Roundup and Parr 3 .

Would using the fence post-hole digger attachment to bore out the pot hole work. Just go down deep as your think necessary. A vibrating roller would really pack the driveway rocks down.

I have a Box Tarter and the teeth work great Maintaining my driveway

Roundup will take care of the weeds that are left and they won't come back for a long time and the driveway looks really good.

@ShadowMoonFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Roundup kills the animals and bees and pollutes the groundwater.

From where you where a year ago to now is crazy

You can use the grapple attachment to clear those briars

Hit drive with roundup week soo before hit with land plan. The rippers my be good in some application's, never found them to be that useful. There to for apart for gravel.

Pot holes? Just add a bucket of gravel. Yeah you do not want to go in deep. I am impressed with the land plane.

I know it wouldn't be correct, but try turning the ripper boot upside down if it will go on that way Enjoy your videos mate Al the best from Toowoomba AUSTRALIA

A little round up might be helpfull! :)

We have a 1/2 mile long driveway and we got it paved. You should get yours paved

coffeebuzz has the right idea -- you may also consider starting in the center of the driveway and working your way out to the side taking a small bite each time. The other thing I'd consider is doing away with those ripper blades you've got there and go to a straight point ripper like an old harrow (only beefier obviously). You may have to make those, don't know if they can be bought.

@CountryViewAcres

2 жыл бұрын

Several people mentioned the tooth on the ripper is installed upside down. Looks like I need to fix each tooth',, and maybe it would work better.

I only have a garden tractor and the rippers are about 10 degrees pas 90 , I do not now about bigger tractors but there maby different grippers you could use ??

The driveway looks much better. With gravel it's a no win situation but to try to pave it or put Asphalt on that long a driveway you'd have to be rich So it is what it is

You have a propane weed burner. Mine works great for starting brush fires and killing weeds on my half mile driveway.

Would it help to lower the back of the land rake so it is below the front via the 3 point linkage adjester, thereby increasing the angle of attack of the ripper tip?

It may seem like the cart pushing the horse, but try working with the rippers pointing the other way (rearwards) and push the land plane (go backwards).

@m9ovich785

2 жыл бұрын

Three Point is not designed to PUSH, Things can get broken...

I use roundup and/or 2 4 d for the grass and seeds.

@straightarrow8394

2 жыл бұрын

That's weeds not seeds.

Hello evan how are you do you doing good job do you property look very nice end hello from Santa Fe nuevo mexico USA

Hey Evan, Why don’t you make some new rippers out of some stainless 3/8ths plate use your torch to cut out the rough shape, but maybe make them straight down (not a 90 degree angle with a big shoe on the riding surface) use your mill to drop mounting holes in it and a half inch end mill to finish the job. That would make a great video to see as well. Just some thoughts on my end. What do you think?

Adjust the angle of the box so the ripper points can engage the surface. If you look at the video you can see that the rippers are skating upward. You want them to be ulled down into the gravel. You should only need an inch of engagement.

What if you heat them up and face them down about an inch. Or use weight on top. Farm is looking great.

Give the branches to your goats, they will love them, including your prickly vines

You could spray the grassy area with heavy salt water, that what DOT use on the highways sides.

@normanleighton6526

2 жыл бұрын

yes rock salt spread and then watered will kill off the weeds and unwanted grass .