Home-Made Rock Hook

Home-Made Rock Hook ROCK PICKERS Rock Pickers 2-1-10 "I made this rock hook a year ago to clean an old pasture. It worked so well that we cleared all the rocks which had been farmed around on about 700 acres," says Tom Foslein, Benson, Minn. His home-built rock hook uses two hydraulic cylinders - one to raise and lower the rear portion, and one to move an arm against the rock so it can be carried. "The cylinder on the top link, used in combination with the 3 pt. hitch, gives the unit more of a prying action than the 3 pt. only," Foslien explains. Removable points allow rocks to be pushed backwards. Rocks too big to be skidded can be rolled using the upper cylinder, he points out. He cites the following advantages of the forward pull design: Less wear on clutches by use of usually slower forward gears, use of 3 pt. hitch as it was designed, and more pull as compared to a commercially available model that uses backing motion to dig rocks. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Foslien, Route 1, Benson, Minn. 56215.

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