Ditch scraper

[D2Cat]

Have a small drainage ditch by the road and didn't want the county to clean it with their big hoe and make it so it can't be mowed. So I came up with a scoop that works pretty good.

All material is misc. iron. The 2x2 heavy wall tubing was something I bought a few years ago, just because it was a bargain. The scoop is a commercial water heater cut in half, then quartered with some SS welded on the cutting edge, and a few braces cut from sucker rod. It's bolted to the bucket with the same holes and bolts used to hold the tooth bar.

 

[fc1]

Super.

 

[fried1765]

Have a small drainage ditch by the road and didn't want the county to clean it with their big hoe and make it so it can't be mowed. So I came up with a scoop that works pretty good.

All material is misc. iron. The 2x2 heavy wall tubing was something I bought a few years ago, just because it was a bargain. The scoop is a commercial water heater cut in half, then quartered with some SS welded on the cutting edge, and a few braces cut from sucker rod. It's bolted to the bucket with the same holes and bolts used to hold the tooth bar.

Very innovative idea!

 

[jaxs]

If that doesn't tweak the loader nothing will.

 

[woodman55]

Necessary is the mother of invention. Function over form. Well done.

 

[D2Cat]

If that doesn't tweak the loader nothing will.

I'm peeling an inch or two of damp material from an existing ditch so the water runs.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Ingenious


Love it, and its a great use of "scrap metal"

 

[Henro]

Ingenious


Love it, and its a great use of "scrap metal"

Very true.

D2Cat, what do you do with the spoils? Seems like it wouldn’t take long to fill that scoop…

 

[D2Cat]

There's about 80' of ditch that has very little grass and clogs up. Most of what I clean out is run off from the road. The operator doesn't understand the concept of a crown on a road so they do the best they can do and cut an opening in the ridge so water can get to the ditch. This leaves limestone dust that eventually causes water to be blocked from flowing.

Last time I used the scoop I took about 4 full scoops. It rolls out of the scoop when dumped just like the loader. I put it nearby on the opposite side of the road in my "spoils pile"!

 

[fried1765]

There's about 80' of ditch that has very little grass and clogs up. Most of what I clean out is run off from the road. The operator doesn't understand the concept of a crown on a road so they do the best they can do and cut an opening in the ridge so water can get to the ditch. This leaves limestone dust that eventually causes water to be blocked from flowing.

Last time I used the scoop I took about 4 full scoops. It rolls out of the scoop when dumped just like the loader. I put it nearby on the opposite side of the road in my "spoils pile"!

Excellent solution, to a nagging issue!