Picking Rock with a Haybuster H-106 Rock-Eze Rock Picker/1256 Rolling Coal Pulling the Cultivator

Trinity Dairy
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Published 2023-05-26
Anyone that has watched our channel, knows that our rented cornfield has spots that are more rock than dirt. We were able to rent a Rock-Eze rock picker to help eliminate some of the rocks. Before we could start rock picking, we had to loosen up the soil. Alan and the International 1066 got to work, working the field with the cultivator. Things were going along fine until they weren't. The 1066 blew a tire. Alan was able to limp it off the field, but we were left with the problem of how to finish working the field. Alan was able to hook the 1256 to the cultivator with the help of a clevice and then it was just a matter of seeing if it had enough power to pull it. With a bit of black smoke, we were up and rolling again. After the field was worked, it was time to start using the rock picker. There were spots that needed to be picked multiple times, but 23 dump truck loads of rock later, at least a noticeable difference was made.

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All Comments (21)
  • @bruceprentice6441
    I just come in from working land all afternoon and picking a few rocks, and I sit down with a cold beer, and watch a guy working land and picking rocks. I must be either crazy or a farmer, lol
  • @farawayfarm2520
    The farm implement I wanted most as a kid. A rock picker. 🤣
  • @1960teko
    That rock picker is a time saver did a good job. I grew up on a dairy farm in Central NEW YORK my dad had 3 rock pickers. Myself and 2 brothers. Lol great videos to show it in operation. 😂
  • @808TheDuck
    That thing is cool! It did clear some rocks. Can't kill that old 1256!
  • @alisciamarotta3888
    They named it " Rock-Eze " for a reason. Old school design that works!! I'm sure you were impressed , by the looks of it got few rocks out. Love that old dump truck.....worth every penny!
  • @daleerickson1830
    I remember spending Easter holidays picking those kind of rocks with my brothers
  • @allanulen3809
    Putting the grunts to the old girl. Also some power steering with the wheels coming up. Great video. Love watching the cowsgtaze, so peaceful.
  • @kevinwilliams563
    That’s amazing how much rock you picked out of that field. It will be interesting how much your yields improve with that done. Great video Guys. Really enjoyed seeing that process.
  • @wendydeskins
    Another great video! Looking forward to the next one!
  • @allanvaneste9106
    Well that was all the old 1256 wanted. She did it though. Can always rely on the Red Power. That's quite the rock collection you have now. That size of rock is handy for a lot. Nice to have around.
  • @22gonefishing
    Never seen a rock picker like that one, seemed to work pretty good even if you had to go over some spots 2 or 3 times. I'd bet you will use that one again to pick more rocks. Another great video and God Bless your family.
  • @mer58lin
    Early '80s my dad got 120 acres next to his farm that had a 18 acre field with 20 stone piles on it. Holes were dug next to each one with our case backhoe and we pushed them in and covered them with an old D-6 cat that we got on an auction. We plowed and disked the field and then ran the drag thru it few times after it dried....bringing up a rock per square foot minimum. Dad decided that my brother and I should take the backhoe and put it in low/low and walk along with it picking rocks across the narrow direction of the field the width of the backhoe bucket. We were gonna put in wheat so we had a while before school started between baling hay, cultivating corn and milkin cows to get it done. Dad ran the other small rock picker that we had with one of the 560's. About 2 weeks in one morning after chores brother and I went rock pickin.....Dad?...disappeared, no 560,no little green rock picker but, we knew we better be pickin when he got there so...... Just before noon we heard something, the loudest Rackett we'd ever heard comin from over the small hill to the north. We deciced to go look and comin up the other side was Dad. He had gone to the local Deere dealer and somehow arranged to have this same model HAYBUSTER on his farm......Yes,of course brother and I kept pickin by hand but the wheat got put in and it was a really good peice of ground after that. That picker got used on almost all of the 440 acres that we had and always did a great job if we didnt try to feed it too fast(we had a lot of rocks, some you just dug a big hole beside and dropped them deeper). I do remember though that it didnt have the long teeth on the windrow bar, instead it had peices of 3/4"×1" bar stock welded to it so rocks just got pushed ahead until they made their way across to the squirrel cage. Oh...and you can load the box with enough rocks that you get to get in and hand unload so the tractor hydraulics will dump it( happened just once). Its a real good machine to have.
  • @jameshinkle6830
    That's pretty cool. Looks a little slow going but the end results will hopefully be more than worth it.
  • @anthonyhengst2908
    Looks like the rock picker that Larson Farms used. I think most of us farmers can relate about changing plans and making things work out when there is a breakdown. Sometimes farmers are the most creative people when it comes to "getting by" with what you have. We have too.
  • @stevebrooking4506
    Brilliant job on the camera angles showing the rock picker working 👌
  • @dwyaneengle9621
    Looks like money to me. Crush rock sells for around 60 a ton here. Something to think about could be a good side line business for the farm. God Bless 🙏
  • @gregkortbein5108
    I used a picker just like that for 10 years before we switched to No-till. You did a good job. Those rocks work great for field roads with deep ruts in them. I know it’s not the fastest job with the picker but sure beats doing it by hand.
  • @jamesbristow5740
    Woo, wrinkling the sidewalls on the 1256, that was always the goal at the drags to know you were hooking up. Nice seeing that rock come off the field!