Ripping the Garden with Big Bertha from Heavy Hitch!

[@E_R_I_K]

Love to see the gardening videos again. They are what brought me to your channel years ago.

[@edwinlikeshistractor8521]

A video describing Mid-busters, spring harrows, mold-board plows etc. etc. would be helpful for those of us who didn't grow up on a farm have a better understanding of what is being achieved. Thank you for many years of learning from you, Christi. your daughter and your cats.

[@m9ovich785]

What You have there Tim is SUB-SOILER. It is designed to break up compaction without moldboard Plowing . Thanks. Mike M.

[@sxxkkllmmmclean7894]

My dad did the plowing with a Ford 2000 and got a 5 foot disc and got old house heat radiators and chained them to the cross members it did the job for us. Steve from West Virginia

[@johnhelbig7110]

Enjoyed your video! I spent my life in the tractor business, selling Ford/New Holland and Kubota. My first thought while watching this video was Draft Control. The topic of draft control and its applications might make a good video, if you haven’t covered it previously. Many small compact tractors do not have draft control but some have it as a dealer-added option.

[@aaronburford5701]

Liked, Viewed, Shares, Subscribed! This implement was great to watch! Your content is great! Love the video!

[@brycekirby1567]

Very nice sub soiler , great video

[@jdfleetguy28]

Another great video Tim! Very happy to see this ripper in action today. I saw that thing on the HH website Sunday and put one on my order Sunday with the land levelers. I am very surprised to see a 1025 pulling a 4-shank ripper. Impressive even at 6" depth. Still the 3 shanks at full depth were impressive as well. I already had a HH single shank that I had bought last year, I bought 3 more of the longer shanks since I will be pulling it with a 4075R. I wasn't sure if I could pull 2-3-4 or what, but after seeing this I think I should be able to pull all 4 as deep as I want to go. Another impressive tool from HH.

[@garydaniel8595]

I love it how a cat always show s up in your videos!😂

[@TractorTimewithTim]

They are curious. Gotta see what is going on!

[@TheCritterWindow]

Looking good we were just talking about working in the garden.

[@shanesherwood343]

I think it’s time me and my 3033r. Put in a garden sweet corn and tomato’s yummy I love your garden videos

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Get your corn at 4thegrower.com. The sv9010sa is incredible, and you can spray it with roundup while small. Makes weed control much easier

[@PastorDavidFranklin]

It surely does provide quite a few options. Great idea Heavy Hitch.

[@jddriver9565]

Iam also getting started with our garden here in germany....cant wait for more garden(+tractor) videos!:)

[@jamesharrod8733]

i use a single shank ripper during the winter to reduce compaction and get water filteration , then i put compose down with natural fertilizer then till with a tiller

[@TomSarelas]

Might invert unused rippers and they'd stay with me for the ride. God bless. TFS

[@seanstractortracks5744]

Got me ready to til the garden up

[@Tractorman-xj4gt]

Always thankful for our wives keeping us going straight. Question: What are your thoughts on the she-truck ?? Mother-in-law was looking at a Ridgeline for light work and runs to town.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Absolutely love it! 130,000 miles on it now. Bought brand new in mid 2016….within the first few weeks of introduction.

[@TomThomas-w8b]

Thanks for sharing Tim looks like it was doing a decent job 👍🏻

[@fightingbear8537]

Nice little ripper.

[@adammiddleton4037]

Nice to see a return of the garden. Having just bought a tiller for my 1025, will be following along

[@jamisoncurtis2387]

Got a single 16” bottom homemade 3pt plow made with a JD bottom. I’m told grandpa used it with an early 2000’s JD that’s similar in size to a 1025R. I never tried the plow yet, wasn’t sure if a 16” bottom would be too much. I also have 2 and 3 bottom plows I can use with older model A John Deere’s, so I just end up plowing with them instead. Also ended up with a 60” king kutter disc. Did some fabrication and made it work with the Imatch hitch. I pulled the disc a few times. You definitely know it’s back there with the weight. Make sure you got the loader on or some good front weight. Just like with the plows for the old model A John Deere also have a 10’ JD disc to use. I end up using the older 2 cylinder John Deere’s for tilling, but it’s nice to have lots of tools for their younger Johnny buck too.

[@laurier3348]

This ripper is amazing.

[@photocontrol]

Nice attachment! Going over the garden should help dry out the wet soil.

[@ElkCreekAcres]

Now you're giving me spring fever, garden/field prep is my favorite time of the year. We are still 4-6 weeks away from any of this, though I may run the subsoiler through the potato field. I try to do this as early as possible so it dries up and warms the soil faster before the real tillage begins, good video Tim.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

You have the most beautiful scenery there. I think I would just keep tilling the fields there all summer for the fun of it!

[@ElkCreekAcres]

@@TractorTimewithTim lol, believe it's temping at times!!

[@HankinsExcavating]

That would be awesome in the fall to promote deep freezing

[@danieledwards6268]

Another great video Tim we do heaps of ripping here in Australia not much plowing we are getting ready to plow 80 ac this year for forage oats to graze bullocks on I remember ripping with the 2 tyne and going back up in-between the rows

[@kirkolivier5303]

You punish those tiny tractors lol

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@fuddrucker74]

In the northeast, our s.o.p. is: Middle buster (sub soiler) Plow Let sit for at least two weeks Disk harrow Spread manure Rototill x2 I'd rather have a shuttle or even a standard transmission than a hydtostatic on a tractor. The pumps on compacts are way too anemic. Messicks did a direct comparison with identical kubotas (same tires, too), with a shuttle and a hydro. The shuttle pulled 3x as hard. So, a tractor with chains in heavy mud or snow with a shuttle will work circles around a hydro. They just put the power to the ground so much more effectively. Plus, the cost of rebuilding hydros is prohibitive. And they can overheat as well. In a track loader, sure. In a compact tractor with a 10 gpm pump? No way.

[@jean-yvesdurocher8467]

Now this is a clear and systematic approach. This mean I need several attachment: one of each step.

[@kevinmontgomery4180]

I like that setup. Note you can grow more on a crooked row.

[@paulmiller4549]

I do custom garden tilling and plowing with a one bottom 16 inch John Deere plowing. I find plowing in the fall the garden dries out fast in the spring and freezing and thawing levels it out. Molboard plowing helps with weed control.

[@richarddubord3978]

Even though I have a 1023e, many things still apply. We appreciate the videos.

[@campnut6076]

Good video Tim. I have used my boxdrag the last 3 years to dig up my garden. With the top link turned in as far as i can, it doesn't carry much dirt with the scarifiers the whole way down. Not as good as a tiller, but didn't cost 4K either.

[@lucaswaterhouse]

Not sure how much this will improve your corn, but we all have the spring fever for sure!

[@ronaldcamp6757]

If it stays too wet then you need to tile! You know that Tim.

[@Kcolby47]

I agree with you and Christy about the future possibilities for that unit. The 2inch receive could accommodate a lot of possibilities. Perhaps you’re going to experiment….???? Blessings

[@brandonvogel1681]

Like watching your videos and the type of auction your referring to is a Dutch Auction.

[@jakeschisler7525]

We live in Missouri and it's very rocky. I have a cultivar with 5 spikes which are bolted on. I first started off with ours the first year we lived here. My wife does the tilling and I pick up the rocks, which are bigger than my hands and the garbage that people over the years dumped there. Last year as i picked up leaves i spread in the garden area. Last year we had a lot of tomatoes but we didn't get rain. I took old cattle panels that were a little mangled and cut them into 4 sides and welded them together to make tomatoe cages and I built 12 of them

[@leahmarvel4033]

Best time to rip is in the fall when the ground is good and dry, you get better lifting and fracturing when its dry.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

yep.

[@RobertBrothersJr-dc7nr]

Tim, great demonstration of the ripper and what configuration works best. Thanks for another awesome video.

[@jk9086]

Oh yeah, sweet corn!!!

[@kencotton4645]

On Good Works Tractors, he showed an interesting box blade variant that functions as a box blade or land plane. Essentially giving you two implements for slightly Mohrs than the cost of one. Maybe you could look into one of them to showcase with the 1025R.

[@markcalvert6949]

That looks like a great implement. Heavy Hitch builds good stuff.

[@bradbruggeman6745]

When it comes to the auction of the almost new tractors, I believe that "Good Works Tractors" would be all over that. That seems to be in his wheelhouse.

[@williamfenner9915]

You can add a pipe to a ripper, and then you'll be able to put cables in. Also irrigation pipe.

[@peanutsmith1462]

If they had some small coulters in front of the shank, it would help a lot

[@kevinbrewer2141]

I'm trying something new this year also. I plowed with a middle buster plow. So far, it looks good. It's a new location for a garden. So I will find out if I made the right choice when I use the tiller.

[@kentuckycornbread8502]

Curious to how well that blue electric tractor would pull the ground rippers. You said in the video the other day that you wished you could test the full pulling power of the electric tractor. That would be a good test for sure.

[@SpartanZapp]

I should of commented on the previous video. I have a land pride set of scarfiers ill have to find a tool number on them. But its just scarfiers. And it has a 3 point type of quick hitch i put my york rake on and thats my ultimate driveway tool.

[@mattphillips4260]

i would like to try tilling about 3/4 to 1 inch deep to break up the growth let it lay for a week or so then drop that sub soiler in there and see if that helps get a better depth

[@kencotton4645]

I would love to see the tool on a 2 or 3 series to see if you could just set the depth and go.

[@dave.lawrence.3894]

One more pass at a 45°angle... See what happens... 😮😅😊.. I like this attachment...

[@motto55cm228]

An absolute mess. He thought it was balling up with 4 tines…. I’d love to see the mess that would make as long as I don’t have to fix it.

[@simpleman4196]

You need to put draft control on Johnny. Thanks for the video

[@duck-n-cover477]

Rippers generally require about 5hp/shank, but that's an old metric that assumes a heavier geared utility tractor with Ag tread tires. Not just hp, but need more weight, wheelbase, and traction for more shanks.

[@Lackieestatesfarm]

Just to add a point to the issues you have with plowing the garden (I’m sure you know this, but may be educational to some). The traditional method to smoothing out the hump and dead furrow would be to plow it the opposite way every second year, and also to make your first and last pass 1/2 depth. You could also spice it up with an open split then a crown to leave only dead furrows in the outside. Or, leave a dead furrow up the center which is arguably easier to fill with secondary tillage

[@MJF40]

Tim, have you seen or worked with Homestead Implements ? They have some unique attachments. I haven’t really seen from other suppliers. I have their rear blade, Snow pusher, and SSQA adapter.

[@001035925]

Ya know, I just wonder if it would work/help to use that after the crops are coming up a bit to break up the ground down deep for water penetration. Kind of like cultivating but deeper, allowing the water to drain and also breaking up the ground, allowing the roots to grow deeper... what do you think?

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Garden soil prep is always an issue for how to put organic material into the ground to feed soil micro biology that feeds your plants in lieu or in addition to fertelizer. Interesting to see soil prep early well before your planting season

[@BG-vq9fd]

MMM "My Dads Sweetcorn" Tipton County.

[@barney1941]

can you do a vidja on draft control? on your 5 series? what holes do you mount the top link in for what result? the vidjas on KZbin contradict each other. thanks, great vidjas Mr. Tim

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Personally, I find draft control kinda useless for most of my applications.

[@barney1941]

I have a 2022 TYM T494 its 49hp and 6700lbs with loader and rim guard. should I be looking for a 2 bottom mold board plow? will it pull a two bottom mold board? I'm new to tractors. 4 years or so. I had a yanmar sa324 then went bigger with the t494. both great problem free machines.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes, 2-12 or 2-14” should work fine. Also, these are the cheapest old Ferguson plows you can buy! Lots of decent condition 2 bottoms around.

[@kirkolivier5303]

And cultivators

[@kirkolivier5303]

2501 non hydrostatic....no problem

[@jamesharrod8733]

you just need to get below the compaction layer and frack the pan

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

You can't really run shanks closer than 18" without problems. If you want to rip or field cultivate with you shanks closer than 18" you have to go for a 2 or 3 bar setup. We made a 2 bar ripper that used the teeth off of our box blade. It works great. No clogging.

[@bobhomestead7396]

Pull the back cylinder on the attachment in a little more, no need for weights it will always pull the implement down. when I run the same setup I see the front tires spin before the back.

[@collinzappa1519]

I’ve found that even my kubota l2501 will just barely pull a single 19” shank through my soil. You might have better results with your 3 series tractor, getting deeper with all four shanks in to get maximum amount of hard pan lift

[@jdfleetguy28]

Got my big Bertha last week. I had 3 ripper shanks on the back 4075 at 9” depth worked really well. At least till I went to another part of my property and tried to take it just a little deeper. RIP Bertha, I managed to destroy mine first time out. At least it worked great for a couple hours. Going to give HH a call on Monday. If you want see pics of carnage see my thread on GTT. Posted a few videos using it too, and all was working great. Hopefully it was just a fluke .

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Uhoh! 4075r may be a bit too powerful for big Bertha!

[@jdfleetguy28]

yea, could be, I really thought I would or should have sheered a sheer bolt before breaking the hitch. I did go with long shanks because I knew I could go deeper with the weight, power and traction of the 4075. HH has always had excellent customer service, will see what they say on Monday.

[@jamesharrod8733]

i am over in southern indiana , i use the heavy hitch stuff

[@jefferywalton8176]

Anywhere to buy it locally?

[@jamesharrod8733]

No I order through their website

[@kendreher3301]

Tim , I like your videos and discussions. You did however miss a good point for the garden ripper. 15 years ago I decided that I needed a pre-tilling soil ripper. I cut apart a box blade, separating the ripper tool bar from the box blade. I did it in a way such that I can easily bolt the two pieces back together so that I now have a tool bar ripper with 5 ~ 22 " removable shanks and a box blade when I need it. The missing point is that I now have a tool and a way to locate and pull up rocks, boulders, cement blocks, pipes, fence posts, discarded wires and cables, buried logs, roots, you get the picture, all things you don't want to run through your tiller, especially a counter rotating one. I've made a lot of new gardens and prepared a lot of new lawns, I could not work without my ripper!!! I like the the counter rotator for lawn preparation when a power rake is not available.

[@SetitesTechAdventures]

Do you have a picture of this? I can't imagine what you are describing.

[@BrickyardPowerMan]

Does Christy get a shoe allowance as she has to walk in some fairly challenging areas to get the best shot?!

[@simpleman4196]

O I hope they have a 6175R for sale. I sure would like one

[@peterkoster5053]

My garden has okay top soil... not to much of it though and then you hit straight up beach sand.

[@tjt1992]

Great attachment! Will you finish it with a tiller?

[@clintonmoore3111]

One way to get rid of the humps and ridges is to disk it in different directions

[@opictia]

Also I’d you run your top link all the way out tip the shanks back it will pull easier also.

[@texillini1]

Good video, thanks for producing. Gives me another possible attachment for my wish list. Question, since you’ve ripped one direction, would it be advantageous to cross rip it in the other direction? After ripping I presume that you’ll till everything now?

[@jddriver9565]

Are you gonna use your deere planter again this spring?love those videos.:)

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep.

[@jddriver9565]

@@TractorTimewithTim great!Thank you!:)

[@fedup3582]

Instead of going depth right off, you should go down 4 inches, and work all the ground, then go 6-7 inches and work all the ground, then go full depth. You will find that it works up better, plus is easier on the equipment. Less plugging, less breakage, easier pulling. Handles rocks better too.

[@guybloom6449]

Could do several rows in each ploughing style then plant the same crops in each to.see which does the best.

[@HCH9990]

Excuse my ignorance here Tim - after the rain has mellowed this down a bit, would you plant directly into the channels you've made here or is there another step(s) you'd do before planting?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No, we’ll do further tillage before planting.

[@HCH9990]

@@TractorTimewithTim - I hope you'll show this too when the time comes please!

[@karldawnlang8936]

Big Bertha has bling than my Plain Jane toolbar. HH rocks again.

[@Flyanb]

You think if you put the loader on and some weight on front it would help pull it better

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No. I was not spinning, so weight is adequate.

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Tim I deep till every year 🤠 In South Jersey / The Garden State / Soon to be the Warehouse State 😢

[@jaredlacy3147]

Generally youll wanna rip ground in the fall of the year.

[@Tony2tall]

Like two shank results.

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video. I like seeing and hearing the tractor work. Does the tractor have 3 point down pressure. ?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No, 3 points typically do not have down pressure. The attachment pulls itself down, creating that down pressure.

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@TractorTimewithTim Thank you.

[@leokelly359]

I'm not a farmer, so this may be a stupid question. what exactly are you trying to do? make the soil get more nutrients and break up the hard pack? would it be beneficial to go the other direction, across the rows you made in this video?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I thought I talked this through sufficiently in the video.

[@leokelly359]

@@TractorTimewithTim must have missed it I'll watch it again

[@georgecostanza9387]

Do a no till comparison patch just to see the difference

[@Trackhawk735]

It looks like it needs a coulter in front of each tooth.

[@eirikolsn]

nice video! how is it going with the pond :D

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Is It Full Yet? Tractor Time with Tim Pond Update kzbin.infoDfkx2TBLt1A?feature=share

[@SetitesTechAdventures]

Dang it. Are you saying it's that time of year and I need to get my lazy butt outside and start prepping the garden? I guess I'll start by getting the propane torch to burn away last years mistake :)

[@michellepowell1956]

Is heavy Hitch only for the smaller compact tractors?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

They have cat2 and cat3 hitches

[@FelipeColby]

sweet corn? Now we are talking!

[@joshuasmith5837]

What is the model number for this back wheel weights Tim.

[@jameshostler-pm6cl]

Just buying a 1025r going to work a 3 1/2 acer field it has never been turned should I get a ripper before I till it and going to spray firest. I live in north east wy so the best time to plant new seed is in the fall any ideas

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Rip it with ripper or middle buster. Then till. But yes, spray it first to kill the grass/weeds.

[@jameshostler-pm6cl]

Thank you very much I enjoy your videos that are very helpful

[@pattonph1]

I'm 77 years old I've been plowing since 1956 and I'm good at it but you don't have anybody to teach you because nobody do it anymore

[@GARYPETERSON-t9u]

Did you kill those weeds before you did this? They are going to be a problem in the summer otherwise

[@MBFarms]

Does this attachment come with the shanks or are they separate?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Weight bracket is separate from the shanks. Shanks include the green part and your choice of 18” or 28” knife.

[@MBFarms]

@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks!

[@szki272]

Should have rototilled even a shallow pass to break up the sod and then ripped. I had one lady who insisted on having her garden ripped she said it reduced the gofers.

[@bc65925]

Always thought you were a two shank kinda guy.

[@jposso21]

One wlternative ie Boxblade..? Why not use this?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Box blade would drag up a box full of dirt each pass. No way to dig deep enough with scarifiers without dragging box full