McConnel shakaerator

[Jonathanturner1]

I’m after abit of advise . We currently have a simba xpress/st bar which is a great tool and has its place . However headlands and certain areas need abit more movement . Have flatliner but wondering what the shakaerator is like on heavy land ? Wet and dry ? We run a combi so ideally would like to go straight behind !
Thanks in advance

 

[grainboy]

Moves ground, without heaving, apart sometimes when lifting out of work, I used to run one and swore by it,
Do also have one for sale

 

[Surgery]

Moves ground, without heaving, apart sometimes when lifting out of work, I used to run one and swore by it,
Do also have one for sale

What size and any roller on it?

 

[Jonathanturner1]

What size and any roller on it?

I would be after a 3m 7 leg with roller ideally . Got 170hp

 

[Gedd]

I’m after abit of advise . We currently have a simba xpress/st bar which is a great tool and has its place . However headlands and certain areas need abit more movement . Have flatliner but wondering what the shakaerator is like on heavy land ? Wet and dry ? We run a combi so ideally would like to go straight behind !
Thanks in advance

Mark watson machinery had a couple in dont no if still there

 

[Jonathanturner1]

Moves ground, without heaving, apart sometimes when lifting out of work, I used to run one and swore by it,
Do also have one for sale

Thanks for that ! What size is the one you have for sale ?

 

[solo]

Weaving subdisc is basically a shakerator with the added benefit of a set of levelling discs before the guttler packer. Leaves a better finish than the shakerator. 7 leg one here is fine on 155hp on sandy loam but steadier on the clay.

 

[clbarclay]

I have a 3.7m which was on 7 legs and then put it up to 9 on 145hp. I wasn't running it too deep, but then the clay topsoil isn't that deep either and we used to plough at no more than 7" to avoid bringing up nasty sub soils. It did a good job the first year or so a breaking pans, though after that it was more used as a ripper. It didn't heavy much, but it still made a fair bit of soil disturbance compared to what i've seen more dedicated subsoilers achieve. I wouldn't call it low disturbance.

 

[Flat 10]

I have a 3.7m which was on 7 legs and then put it up to 9 on 145hp. I wasn't running it too deep, but then the clay topsoil isn't that deep either and we used to plough at no more than 7" to avoid bringing up nasty sub soils. It did a good job the first year or so a breaking pans, though after that it was more used as a ripper. It didn't heavy much, but it still made a fair bit of soil disturbance compared to what i've seen more dedicated subsoilers achieve. I wouldn't call it low disturbance.

But they can be set up with leading discs as grassland Subsoilers so can be very low disturbance.

 

[clbarclay]

That could be done. The grass land versions also don't have the wear shins on the legs. I have wondered what that would do to the running costs.

I was using ours as the primary cultivator for years so that disturbance wasn't a problem. Currently it still only has 6 legs on it from using it to rip a few badly rutted tramlines about three years ago.

 

[YELROM]

I have a 3.7m which was on 7 legs and then put it up to 9 on 145hp. I wasn't running it too deep, but then the clay topsoil isn't that deep either and we used to plough at no more than 7" to avoid bringing up nasty sub soils. It did a good job the first year or so a breaking pans, though after that it was more used as a ripper. It didn't heavy much, but it still made a fair bit of soil disturbance compared to what i've seen more dedicated subsoilers achieve. I wouldn't call it low disturbance.

We are looking to get something to lift our stubbles as we DD and the last couple of years we have ended up with a lot of spring crops due to the wet weather so the ground has ended up a bit sad with no winter crop growing in it.

Do you think a shakaerator would be the right machine to lift the stubbles, was thinking of getting a 4mtr and running it slower to try and reduce disturbance

Does the shaker unit on them make any difference or are they just a gimic
Is there light and heavy duty machines as some look lighter with the 3 point linkage just bolted to the frame but some have them fabricated as part of the frame

 

[grainboy]

Have an older one available

 

[robbie]

Have an older one available

Just seen this, is it still available and how much???

 

[grainboy]

Sorry sold

 

[Galcam]

Can someone explain how the PTO works to shakerate soil? Is there a shear bolt or protection for the legs? I’ve never seen one hence the questions.

 

[grainboy]

The whole machine vibrates, through a cam on the pto flywheel,
Always found plenty of hp and forward speed works just as well,
Bear in mind these were all the rage in the 80s, with 90 hp two wheel drive tractors,

 

[solo]

As said above the pto turns an off center weight which makes the whole machine shake. There are 4 fine thread bolts which hold the legs to the frame and these strip the threads if you hit bedrock or big tree roots and then the leg folds back. On a 2wd 80hp the shaker made a difference, but since having 4wd above 100hp I’ve never bothered with the pto. It rattles a fair bit when you lift it up and the points need to be well stuck on or it shakes them off

 

[Galcam]

Solo and Grainboy thanks for the explanation. So is there a modern version of shakerator for 4wd 150+hp suitable for grassland with dare I say it stones, timber blocks and rocks? Or to do a few acres every year would a old McConnell shakerator do? If buying one what to look out for?

 

[Hawkes]

I use a 3 leg shakerator to disturb tramlines, it is noticeable in hard going when you turn on the vibration as it does become easier to pull. Mine is for sale with spare points and shins as aiming to retire soon. You can get extra legs easy enough.

 

[Hampton]

I would be after a 3m 7 leg with roller ideally . Got 170hp

Easily. I’ve made a 7 leg shakerator with a guttler on and our 150hp Claas handles it easily. Have a 180hp MF too, but early season that is on the sprayer.
I’m running delta points at about 8 inches. Standard points take barely any driving