After all the road work, Rob quickly realized that there must be a better way to adjust the rippers. It's currently a manual process, so he has to get out of the tractor, and move the rippers one by one. So, he decided to build a hydraulic system to move them up and down.

(As always, click on the picture to get a larger picture that you can see better)

He designed it all himself, and made the parts at home.	Here are the plates that will secure the rippers, and the guideposts that the plates will ride on. The two short ones will go on the two ends, outside the box blade brackets. The long one goes in the middle, between the brackets.	Now, remember that Rob is assembling this at the property. He has no opportunity to check his fit while he's making the parts.
Can't forget the coffee. There's not much room for 'extra' stuff, so Rob figured out a way to fasten his coffee thermos so it won't roll around.	You know, for a non-hunter, Loretta sure likes to kill stuff. Not really, but the rodents really chew things up and leave droppings (eewwww) around, so Loretta puts traps everywhere. This week, every trap was sprung, and Rob thought it would be really funny to line them all up and take a picture.

Links to other photo pages:

2006
Camp Repairs5    Grading the Road    Finish the Road    Clear Homesite Circle    Start Hydraulic Ripper Installation    Waterfalls & Rainbows    Chain Saw Loretta    Easter 2006   

2005
New ATV-New Year2005    Home Layout     Kyle Comes to Camp     Loretta Kills Road Weeds     Ryan Visits     Starting Counter Top     Finishing Cabinet     Easter 2005     Wesley's Spring Break     We meet the Architect     Finishing the Tree House     Our First Fire     Memorial Day 2005     Water Witching     Preparing the Well Site     Grading the Well Site     Digging the well     Our New Tractor     Labor Day 2005     Rusty comes to Camp     Smoothing the Road     Our own Water     Fire and Rain     Tractor Maintenance     Customize Tractor     New Backhoe     Thanksgiving 2005    Changing Oils     Solar Chargers & Toothbar    Rainy New Year Weekend   

2004
Three Rivers Home Page     Animal Friends     Then and Now     First Pictures     Rattlesnake Campout     Easter 2004     Building the Road     South Camp Construction     Building Decks     Finishing Decks     The Stair Master     Done at South Camp     Labor Day 2004     Leapin' Lizards     Tracking Bear and Deer     Securing the Camp     Our First Rain     Loretta's Family visits     Coco and the Boardwalk         Start the Treehouse     Frame the Treehouse