"Giant Wheel" Rotary Ditcher

Giant Wheel Rotary Ditcher MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers 19-1-1 "People can't believe their eyes when they see our new 3-pt. rotary ditcher that makes ditches up to 10 ft. wide in a single pass. It shapes both sides of the ditch and throws dirt out evenly up to 120 ft. away, spreading it evenly," says manufacturer Junior Liebrecht, Continental, Ohio, about the new Liebrecht Ditcher. The pto-operated ditcher consists of an 8-ft. dia. steel wheel fitted with 8 bolt-on digger buckets and a replaceable steel wear band inside the wheel housing. Soil is scooped up and then carried 180 degrees to the top of the wheel, then thrown out of a hood at the top. A hydraulic cylinder is used to direct the hood's deflector up or down or forward or backward to direct the flow. A pair of hydraulic-controlled blades, one on each side of the ditcher, can be adjusted up or down to control the side slope of the ditch. "It's bigger than any other ditcher on the market," says Liebrecht. "By lowering the side-mounted blades you can cut a shallow ditch as wide as 10 ft. wide in a single pass. By making several passes you can make ditches of any depth or width.The deflector gives you complete control of where the soil goes. You can throw it out up to 120 ft. or leave it in a pile next to the ditch. "It works well in all conditions without plugging up - rocks and debris don't bother it. It spits bigger rocks out the front and throws smaller rocks - up to 4-in. dia. - out the hood. "The ditcher weighs over 7,000 lbs. and requires a 190 to 250 hp tractor. We also make a 6-ft. dia. model that weighs over 5,000 lbs. and requires a 100 to 200 hp tractor. We plan to build a pull-type model for smaller tractors. All machines can be equipped with an optional laser grade control system. "I use a Case-IH 7140 tractor equipped with a creeper gear to pull an 8-ft. ditcher on my farm. However, I plan to buy a Challenger because the rubber tracks have more traction and flotation." Carl Hamman, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, used his 350 hp Cat Challenger 75C equipped with 36-in. wide rubber tracks to make drainage ditches with Liebrecht's 8-ft. ditcher last year. "I was impressed. It has a lot of capacity and adding a laser makes it easy to control. We went through a lot of mud and rocks with no trouble. It works a lot faster than using an earth scraper and pan because it doesn't compact the soil and because it can be used in a wider variety of conditions. We used it most of last winter until the ground froze too deep. It lets us make surface drains that we can disk down and farm imnmediately or seed to grass." The 6-ft. dia. machine sells for $14,600 without options. The 8-ft. ditcher sells for $17,600 without options. Liebrecht also makes mounted and pull-type drainage plows equipped with an optional tube feeder and laser grade control setup. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Junior Liebrecht, Liebrecht Mfg., Rt. 2, 17771, Continental, Ohio 45831 (ph 419 596-3501).

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