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SW Ohio | Looking to address some compaction issues leftover from clearing brush/fencerows in the winter. Last few years we haven't really had any good solid freezes, and when we do i'm usually busy plowing snow and its back to a muddy mess by the time i get in the field. I'm running a smaller mini-ex and a tracked skid steer but still making more of mess than i'd like. We are no-till and i've tried using cereal rye to help loosen things up, but don't seem to be making much headway in our clay. I had considered borrowing a friends disc chisel, but a local estate sale has a 5 shank V-ripper with coulters and straight shanks, and has me thinking about it. Seems like it would work pretty similarly to an in-line ripper, but i can also see where it might not fracture as well as an inline. I've got a 150hp 2wd Allis so not sure i'd be able to pull it comfortably without dropping 2 shanks.
Any thoughts or experience with something like this?
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V-Ripper with straight shanks
