Subsoiler 3pt attachment

Been looking at these. I think I can do a lot with this. Trenching, ditch digging, etc. General ground editing. How well do these work? I have a lot of immediate need for something like this.

Are there any that you can move the tooth far left or far right?

 

You will want to leave that in the middle.

How many hp is your tractor ?

How deep are you wanting to pull it ?

I have stalled out a 250 hp tractor pulling a 5 shank ripper.

Depending on your soil type & depth you should probably figure 35hp -50hp per shank.

 

I'll start out by saying, I've never personally used a subsoiler attachment so take my comment for what it's worth:

JimBear covered most of it: Soil Type and Depth are major factors in your success- also how rocky is your area you're working?

As far as the Tractor Supply "County Line" brand goes, they are built for light duty use. I own several CL implements and they've all needed repairs after, what I would consider normal to moderate use. Old saying plays true here - get what you pay for. My higher end "Woods" brand implements get used in heavy and sometimes extreme use and come out unscathed every time (so far).

If your looking to out in conduit or lines underground, might I suggest a single blade bottom plow? They work excellent for making a single deep slice in the ground, and lay the soil/grass over. Then you just flip it back in place once the materials are laid.

 

37HP

idk. 8 inches?

 

I can get a subsoiler for $200 and change. The plow appears to be around 5x that price.

 

That will probably work but as stated by Born2Burn , County Line stuff isn’t the best of construction.

If you are pulling in compacted/clay soils you might have a tough time though.

Let us know how you get along.

 

Get a "middle buster". Same as that but with a single two sided moldbar plow on it. Still not great but beats a shovel and spade for digging a trench.

 

I like the subsoiler because it looks like it would cut a nice clean trench. the middle buster looks like it would cut wide and shallow.

 

That sounds like a tater plow/digger.

 

What are you going to do with or put in the trench? It doesn’t look like it will remove much material out of the way. I’ve never used one.

 

I like the way that shank is designed, much better than the county line shank.

 

I have a few low voltage and water lines to bury. The water line is for summer use only to a garden and will be drained in the fall.

 

I think id just rent a trencher for that money and not have more junk laying around that I'd probably not use again.

Here's what my local rental place has. The one at the top for $100 is 3"×18" and not self propelled

 

I agree with Born2Burn my woods implements rake brush hog and box scraper (which has removable teeth) I can easily 6 inch trench 1 or 2 teeth through my 10 inch sod for reference with 55 hp Kubota in low 4wd

for less than 2 uses a year rent don’t buy

 

I've actually priced out renting a trencher and in this area it's closer to $400-$500 for a weekend. Then add an hour+ drive each way to the closest trencher, trailer rental, etc. There's nothing economically persuasive about it.

And then the next time something comes up where I want to do some work I have to repeat the entire process.

 

It doesn't work for everyone. Just wanted to get the idea out there. The next part is kinda a ramble and not totally related to the thread title, so be warned.

The place i referenced, rents a Split Fire splitter with log lift for $100/weekend and it's 20 min from me. That's a 2 way splitter costing over $5k new. It's fast being 2 way. So, let's say for the weekend its about $150 total. I can get a years worth of wood split within the weekend. It would take 33+ rentals or years to buy one new. Then I'd have to change oil and hydro fluid now and again plus have to store it and it would probably be in the way.

 

If you have a 3pt hitch with a 2” receiver on it you can use a Heavy Hitch pipe layer attachment. Close to $400 with the shank and receiver piece. There’s a few options to choose from. I have the Heavy Hitch 3pt Hitch Receiver Drawbar with weight rack to move trailers around, and the wood splitter. You can add several suitcase weights to it to help it dig in, people seem to have good luck with them.

Heavy Hitch Pipe Layer Attachment | Heavy Hitch - Compact Tractor Attachments

 

Yeah the subsoiler I was looking at has a pipe layer attachment which I was planning to get. your link looks just as good too.

How do those work anyway, the pipe feeds in through the top I guess? Do you need a helper walking along feeding it in?

 

My father in law used his 1025R to lay an invisible fence around his yard for their neighbors dogs. He only went down 6”-8” with it and said it worked mint except for hitting big rocks. That’s what happens up here quite often. They had clamped a pipe to the forks to hold the spool, had a piece of conduit strapped onto the ROPS bar and fished the wire from the forks through the conduit to the pipe layer attachment. Did the 2 acre yard in a couple hours while having some beverages and BS’ing with the neighbor.

Here’s a video of it, it’s a green tractor, but he does a great job demoing the pipe laying attachment.