Anyone use a split pipe tractor drag?

[Bucknaked]

Does your land plane have scarifiers you can adjust on the front? If so, you can drop them down and tear up hard compacted grass pasture like it was disced but only about 3” deep. Don’t get me wrong, a good heavy drag is better I think, but if you need to really tear up the ground but only the top 3-4”, a land plane is hard to beat.

Yes Sir it does! But the grasses still clump up- I tried it when I first got it but it’s a royal pain.

[Bucknaked]

Here is the split pipe drag. 6" pipe, 1/2 wall, I'm guessing 15-20' long.

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[Bucknaked]

Came across this on FB Marketplace and thought of this thread;

Yes yes yes! Thank you

[Bucknaked]

If you could find a piece of 10" railroad track, weld some pad-eyes on it, you be golden. I think rr track is 100# per foot

I have free access to plenty of that , it just doesn’t do what the half pipe does! I want pretty

[Bucknaked]

Is that the same thing as a Magee blade or box blade?

Double bladed box grader by some manufacturers!

[bboswell]

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the one I have used is like this but the 2 pipe halves are connected with chain instead of the smaller pipes welded in. I also have a land plane, the land plane is better for spreading dirt/gravel and grading a driveway while the split pipe is better for dragging gopher mounds, fire ant mounds and hog roots.

Actually the best method for the hog roots is a 3pt tiller.

[Throwin Darts]

Armstong Ag makes some heavy duty chain harrows that do great work. I have a 12 foot that weighs 715 pounds. Run that sucker with the tines down and you can smooth a pasture without tearing up the grass too bad. If you really want to lay off the grass, you can flip the chain and it is less aggressive on the grass.

Because of the weight, its leaps and bounds better than other chain harrows I've rigged up.

[Bucknaked]

Armstong Ag makes some heavy duty chain harrows that do great work. I have a 12 foot that weighs 715 pounds. Run that sucker with the tines down and you can smooth a pasture without tearing up the grass too bad. If you really want to lay off the grass, you can flip the chain and it is less aggressive on the grass.

Because of the weight, its leaps and bounds better than other chain harrows I've rigged up.

I have the heavy duty AA you are speaking of and it’s ok for dragging over gopher mounds or busting up cow patties and freshening up a drive way but not what I’m looking for! I’m thanking about selling mine and it has a 3pt frame on it.

[wickll]

Sorry, I have been meaning to respond to this and just haven't yet. I have a split pipe drag I purchased a while back from a friend. I haven't used it much, but I have been impressed with how it "cuts". I originally thought I would add some weight to it to get it to cut better. But when I tried it out, it doesn't seem that extra weight will be necessary.

BUT, this is on some very sandy ground and we don't have much vegetation since we are still in a drought. But I haven't used it much because, surprisingly, the hogs have been pretty scarce. I am thinking about possibly using it on some gopher mounds . Hopefully I can get done before spring green up.

I will try to remember to get some pics and dimensions the next time I check cows.

[gonehuntin]

Thats a great idea for a drag and just put a request in for my neighbor to be on the look out for us some pipe. The best tools I have ever seen used to repair hog rootings were, 1st a Lely Roterra Power Harrow and then 2nd a Tiller and drag.

[bboswell]

Thats are great idea for a drag and just put a request in for my neighbor to be on the look out for us some pipe. The best tools I have ever seen used to repair hog rootings were, 1st a Lely Roterra Power Harrow and then 2nd a Tiller and drag.

first I have seen of the Lely, pretty handi looking!

[SaltwaterSlick]

I really like the idea of that 1/2 pipe drag now that I've seen one! Wick, that sucker ought to get the job done! I used my land plane with the scarifiers to drag part of my pasture to repair hog rooting, but I did have to make more than 1 pass, three, I think... By that time it pretty much broke up the grass clods. Of course after the first pass it was better than what the dang hogs left me!

[wickll]

So, I finally remembered to take some pics. The pipe was about 6 or 8 inch diameter. Two things that I think make this drag work well are the angle and the offset in the pipes. It is kinda hard to see in the pic, but the distance between the pipes on the narrow end is about 18 inches. On the "wide" side, there is about 4 ft. between the pipes. Length of the pipe is about 12 feet.

[Bucknaked]

So, I finally remembered to take some pics. The pipe was about 6 or 8 inch diameter. Two things that I think make this drag work well are the angle and the offset in the pipes. It is kinda hard to see in the pic, but the distance between the pipes on the narrow end is about 18 inches. On the "wide" side, there is about 4 ft. between the pipes. Length of the pipe is about 12 feet.

Maybe it’s in my end but I don’t see any pics.

[Playa]

I am tired of fighting the pigs and gophers even with using a gopher plow with poison. I’ve heard these work well especially used in tandem. I’m pulling with a 62hp compact tractor and I have some tight places to get through so I want to stay in the area of 10’ wide. I was contemplating using a double I beam set up but as I understand it the pipe pretty’s up the land a lot better.

half pipe or I beam ?

We have one that my dad designed, he actually has a patent pending on the design because it a floating design in order to accommodate elevation changes without raising the unit. It will “float” over about an 18” elevation change while the weight of the unit continues to smooth out the surface.