A friend and I were having a discussion the other day about how we stow the rippers on a bigger tractor (9, 10 ,11) when not in use. And it got me wondering how does everyone like to stow theirs? I said I like mine shank in towards the tractor my reasons are I can see better, the tip seems higher, and it “feels” more balanced. He likes his tip out towards the back. I know this question is more preference, but I’m just curious how everyone else stows their ripper.
I think it depends on if you might need to use it.
In the little bit of time I've been on an 8, it seemed to make sense to keep it tucked in close but then I was building logging road where there's lots of stuff to get it hung up on if you don't. I suppose on big relatively open, flat cuts that's not such a consideration.
I saw a video where the ripper shank was backwards and used when backing up for the next pass. I don't know if that would be hard on the machine or not. I think it might be hard on the final drives.
That’s interesting. I don’t think that’d work very well for hard or deep ripping.
I was thinking it would put a lot of downward force on the final drives.
Dozers are faster in reverse so that takes away all the torque advantages compared ripping going forward.
Plus if you put the shank in while ripping it pulls the weight of the machine down to gain in traction as well.
Must be talking about 4 barrel rippers? Ripper GET towards the tractor, especially if clearing.
Any load pulled on a dozer in reverse, will pull at the top of the tracks and compress the recoil spring, so doing that is just ignorant, stupidness. That is why using a stump splitter on the rear is an art form.
As said allready,ripper tooth towards tractor. A good tip is to not have the top two pistons fully extended though incase you reverse into some big lump on the night shift. It happens.
If you are wondering about the backwards ripping it is in soil with loose rock . Also they are pushing 57s not 51s I have worked with McCoy and sons where you would rip with multi shank while pushing 57s or 666s in that type of soil Push pulls are four engine burning fuel . A 10 pushing 57s is 3 motors drinking the fuel depending on soil type but you still pay two operators . In Socal you use 5130s and 777s to make off ramps . It is a unique place to move earth . 11 push cats are common here so are those crazy slope boards . Granite proper is prevalent and extended ripper shanks tearing at it well we do that too . You do what you do as fast as possible to make that coin . If you can shave off time to make millions than that dozer gets punished and its cheaper to rebuild it for the sake of making money . All of them do this ACI , Rasmussen , Sukut , Granite , Kiewit etc ! if we get in the way back machine CW Poss , Ebensteiner , Chillotcte , Collette , Western , Morrison , Disilva Gates , Pinnick , Independent , They all did some crazy outside thinking to move earth and make money YO !!!!!!!!
Im sorry I forgot Yeager and Mitzel .