Clearing Land
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Topic: Clearing Land
Posted By: Les Kerf
Subject: Clearing Land
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2025 at 8:05pm
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Son-in-law clearing land to open up a new gravel pit using his HD5G with the ripper I installed for him.  |
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2025 at 6:23am
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AWESOME!!! Darrel |
Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2025 at 9:09am
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This ripper was originally for a Case 1050 machine, we estimate it to weigh ~2000 lbs so it should provide adequate counterweight for the loader. Son-in-law purchased the proper ripper mount for the HD5G from General Gear in Boise, Idaho, he also got the canopy from them. I fabricated the ripper drawbar assembly to tie the ripper mounting plate to the drawbar pull point under the machine, and then fabricated the cylinder mount on the ripper (the cylinder came with the HD5G mounting plate). I made a 1/2 scale cardboard cutout to test the geometry of the linkage to ensure adequate lift and drop dimensions. I modified the canopy to fit this machine and built the mounts for it; this definitely paid off because SIL tested it when a tree he was pushing came backward and would have conked him on the noggin without the canopy there for protection.
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2025 at 11:27am
| Pushing brush is a dangerous task. You have to watch for stuff "loading up" getting ready to come flying your way. Would be even better if you could have structure going fwd from cab and down to nose. |
Posted By: Tenn allis
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 7:27am
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Might want to think about putting expanded metal all around that operator area except for the very front like said you or someone else pushing brush it’s very dangerous I’m running a D7 with a KG blade and can’t say how many times that metal around the operator area has saved me from injury After I cut the area we’re clearing my wife and I will put the root rake on to pile the brush and trees and if there’s still leaves on what your piling it’s very hard to see if something is being stressed that might spring back and injure someone |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2025 at 9:11am
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That looks handy as heck! ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2025 at 9:22am
Indeed it is  That is one bodacious brush blade, the previous owner built it and then used it to clear his homesite, outbuilding sites, etc. and then it mostly sat for 30+ years. We will be putting the loader bucket on soon and hope to haul some gravel before the snow flies.
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wjohn wrote:Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2025 at 1:38pm
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Finally getting down to business    |
Posted By: Eric B
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2025 at 3:25pm
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Excellent counterweight for that loader, they can be very tipsy otherwise, a full bucket of gravel is very heavy. ------------- Currently- WD,WC,3WF's,2 D14's B. Previously- I 600,TL745,200,FL9,FR12,H3,816 LBH. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal! |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2025 at 5:06pm
| Nice to see those old Ford trucks still on the job, doing what they were made for! |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2025 at 9:37pm
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with the single grouser pads your track is going to suffer more wear when turning tp load . My 5G is using standard loader pads and I welded on rebar to forward and rear pad crossbar (pad) several years back and it still is holding up great . Bought my machine in 1972 and still is a working machine on 2nd set of sprockets and 2nd set of track . 2 rebuilds on 2-71 - 1 rebuilt head , 1 crank grind , now running a metallic main clutch disc and metallic HD10 steering clutches 40 + years of work with machine , lot of basements dug and lot of sand and fill loaded from my pit . My 66 White Tandem with 10/12 yard box is low as no sub-frame that the HD5G can load it easily . But later I found my AC 715B TLB is faster loading trucks ------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 1:47pm
Yup. With that in mind, my Son-in-law pushes up a big pile of material and then positions the loader such that he only goes straight into the pile to scoop up a bucket load, then backs up. We then pull ahead with the truck, he scoots ahead to dump into the truck, the truck then pulls ahead so he can scoop up another bucket, we back the truck under the bucket and he dumps the second scoop. This fills these little F-350's as heavy as we care to be loaded so we then go dump and come back for another round. As you may guess, this isn't exactly your modern, high production operation
 But my Daughter is finally getting her muddy drive way fixed. |
Posted By: Eric B
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 3:57pm
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I fully support the rebar idea that Coke mentions. I did this (made up a jig) to a Cat 931 wide pad machine. The undercarriage shop mocked my idea but 15 years later pads and bars were still in great shape. The owner of the rebar outlet told me to get 'weldable rebar', I had never heard that term before because it seems that any rebar will take a weld. To do this 'rebar addition' to wide grouser pads is a good idea because of the increased width, the pads tend to become slightly rounded after years of use, the extra bar gives good re-enforcement. ------------- Currently- WD,WC,3WF's,2 D14's B. Previously- I 600,TL745,200,FL9,FR12,H3,816 LBH. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal! |
Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2025 at 8:04pm
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Once the gravel is dumped we need to spread it out.  |
Posted By: CA13414
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2025 at 9:24pm
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Gotta love the grader with the hand controls. Who needs hydraulics!! Dan ------------- Helping the aged survive and thrive! 1953 CA |
Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2025 at 6:46pm
Yup! And not much electricity either, the only electrical device on that tractor is the magneto. It is a 1941 hand-start Model A. The grader is an Adams Model 21 Leaning Wheel Grader. This is the first time I ever pulled it, in years past I was always on the grader, but it is time to pass the torch on to my Grandson. My old bones don't much care for the jolting any more. And a nod to PaulB, sometimes it really is fun to pull in low gear
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