Mechanical shaker/sifter

[pepperj]

I have a couple of sites that just cry to be sifted but the labour behind a project that I have in mind.
Well the mind has dreams, but the body is thinking i'd better get a better idea.

So has anyone built a mechanical sifter/shaker/screening plant that is small enough to trailered to a site.
I would like to have a unit that either I can run off the PTO on the Ford 3000 tractor, or gas driven and then using the loader on the tractor to feed it.
The one site would be 2 acres at tops, sand loam over pure sand, other sites are clay.

Not ruled out a Trommel type of set up, but was thinking of screen/mesh set up.

So does anyone have a plan/set up/ideas?

 

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[sawmill man]

You can goggle ( Jeff Catlin soil sifter ) not a long video but it can give you some ideas, we build one years ago into the bed of a Toyota truck it was ran with a winch motor and oscillated much like a train wheel in action ,filled it up with a bobcat worked pretty good . we used expanded metal for the screen but if i ever do one over i will put hardware mesh over it to.

 

[pepperj]

Thanks for the tip I'll have a look at the video.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Here you go Jim...
I saw archeologists using this attachment on a site a few years ago, seemed to work well as you could change out the screen sizes.
Runs off a skid steer faceplate, which I happen to have access to.

Dave

Remlinger's PFM Series 700 Screening Bucket for skid-steers loaders is suitable for landscaping, farms, industrial uses, golf courses, baseball fields, beaches and other applications for digging, loading and carrying larger materials.

• Screens dirt, gravel, sand, demolition debris, large rocks and other materials to prepare sub-grade surfaces by compacting and screening at the site
• Can also be used to screen bedding material
• Quick-change replaceable screen cloth available in various opening sizes
• Ffits most skid-steer loaders with bi-directional auxiliary hydraulics
• Simple, rugged design results in minimum downtime for service and maintenance

 

[Tpmetal]

Ive been thinking about this as well. The thought I came up with was a frame with a sifter hanging on springs with a vibrating motor attached to it. Could be built for like 150-200 bucks.My plan was to make it to fit my truck bed so it pulled out and legs folded down. That will have to wait until I A: have time and B: have money.

 

[pepperj]

Here you go Jim...
I saw archeologists using this attachment on a site a few years ago, seemed to work well as you could change out the screen sizes.
Runs off a skid steer faceplate, which I happen to have access to.

Dave

Remlinger's PFM Series 700 Screening Bucket for skid-steers loaders is suitable for landscaping, farms, industrial uses, golf courses, baseball fields, beaches and other applications for digging, loading and carrying larger materials.

• Screens dirt, gravel, sand, demolition debris, large rocks and other materials to prepare sub-grade surfaces by compacting and screening at the site
• Can also be used to screen bedding material
• Quick-change replaceable screen cloth available in various opening sizes
• Ffits most skid-steer loaders with bi-directional auxiliary hydraulics
• Simple, rugged design results in minimum downtime for service and maintenance

Thanks but your toy box is too expensive buddy, I don't have enough 000000's in the toy fund.

I could fit that attachment onto the Ford 5000 as I have a dual hydraulic drive system, so I'm open for a long term lender.

 

[pepperj]

Ive been thinking about this as well. The thought I came up with was a frame with a sifter hanging on springs with a vibrating motor attached to it. Could be built for like 150-200 bucks.My plan was to make it to fit my truck bed so it pulled out and legs folded down. That will have to wait until I A: have time and B: have money.

Option A: Can't buy any of that it seems, there's only so much available on the clock.
Option B: For that amount I'd be on it pretty fast. Though the construction of the unit has to be rugged as I'm not a gentle operator of machinery.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Option A: Can't buy any of that it seems, there's only so much available on the clock.
Option B: For that amount I'd be on it pretty fast. Though the construction of the unit has to be rugged as I'm not a gentle operator of machinery.

This is very true of you Jim... "I'm not a gentle operator of machinery".
I saw what you did to the lifting arm on your tractor.

Dave

 

[pepperj]

This is very true of you Jim... "I'm not a gentle operator of machinery".
I saw what you did to the lifting arm on your tractor.

Dave

You shall not be telling half truths of this forum sir! It was "ARMS".