Subsoiler attachment
 

I'm going to build a subsoiler for my 100. The other day, my friend and I got to talking gardens and he was saying how he wanted to be able to work his ground deeper and I got the idea of building a subsoiler. My plan is to make it with a single shank that will go about 12" deep. It will mount to my sleeve hitch adapter and use a cylinder to give it more travel since the 3-point doesn't have enough travel.

Adam looking forward to your progress. I'm sure like everything else you do this is going to be top notch.

a Subsoiler is going to be a little much for a cub i would think. i mean, if your only going 12 inches that should be okay. depends on how deep your hardpan is. i know sometimes a 175hp 4wd John Deere tractor has trouble pulling a 3 shank subsoiler in the ground around here running about 15inches deep.


looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

I have a Subsoiler that i made for my sears and it had no issues pulling it at about 10-12 inches,i cant wait to see pictures of how yours comes out!:beerchug:

IHinIN
Not trying to talk you out of building your own but i thought this was a good idea. If you own a plow, Tractor supply has the replacement ripper shanks for a box blade and they already have the holes in the right location.This is what a guy on another forum did and said it worked great.
I am going to try it and see how it works.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/PA150007.jpg

so does a sub soiler do the same as what a chissel plow would do behind a farm tractor?

Diz,

That's a good idea but I don't think that would go any deeper than 8" or so. I'm building mine to go 12".

I made a little progress today. I used some plywood to mock up the shank and the cylinder in the retracted position.

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/a...bsoiler003.jpg

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/a...bsoiler002.jpg

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/a...bsoiler001.jpg

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/a...bsoiler004.jpg

That will be very cool! Can't wait to see more pics :biggrin2:

Looks very neat, Adam! Can't wait to see your future updates! :ThumbsUp:

Today, I got the pieces made for the front cylinder mount. I'll get it welded tomorrow and start on the rear mount and the shank. It should all be done this week.