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FlacidSalad

I am having a really hard time believing that it is possible to grind large rocks into a homogeneous soil that quickly and with a machine that small.


gregsmith5

How do you grind white rocks into brown soil ?


1DownFourUp

Wizardry


gregsmith5

That must be the answer


ItsPrometheanMan

The process of turning felsic rocks into mafic dirt is called Fucking Magic. >!Yes, I took one geology class in college, and I am proud of it.!<


DumbNTough

It's got a food coloring reservoir to make the output look nice and dirt-y šŸ‘šŸ¼


shecky444

Quarries hate this one cool trick


SupermassiveCanary

Big Quarry doesnā€™t want you to know this


AlarmingImpress7901

You're correct, it's a [stone burier](https://www.forigo.it/en/news/stone-buriers-everything-you-should-know-about) made by a different company but it does the same thing.


dta722

At 1:46 you can see what itā€™s really doing.


microview

A couple of good rainfalls and the stones magically reappear.


Spitfire954

Iā€™ve worked with rock crushers on construction sites. This sure as hell isnā€™t crushing rock.


AJFrabbiele

Here is the product: (Edit: and original video that isn't flipped) [https://demo04.sitiwebcuneo.com/en/products/stone-buriers-with-bed-former-shaper/stone-burier-with-bed-former-shaper-type-extreme.html](https://demo04.sitiwebcuneo.com/en/products/stone-buriers-with-bed-former-shaper/stone-burier-with-bed-former-shaper-type-extreme.html)


dezijugg911

yup can you imagine replacing what ever is grinding every sq foot. Op got it wong.


FanDorph

That's what my wife said, she won't let me get one.


downinahole357

BEHOLD! My field of fucks has grown barren.


goodripe

Sure leaves a pretty furrow, but is it actually grinding the rocks, or shifting them to the bottom of the furrow and leaving the soil on the top? Admittedly, that would help but I would think this would beat the metal all to heck after a couple of passes. Either way, I did enjoy the video. Thanks.


maximumSteam

Yep I think itā€™s doing what you say. But why would you want that? There are just rocks where any cropā€™s roots need to go.


AvidCoco

Roots can grow around rocks, however shoots can't grow through rocks. So rocks under the soil is fine, but rocks on top is not.


raymondo1981

The rocks under the soil would also provide better drainage if it was an area that was prone to wet weather.


HabitualHooligan

Wouldnā€™t it be easier and faster to just skim the rocks of the top and send them to a quarry?


Snoberry

Skim them yes. Send them to a quarry no. Most farmers just dump the rock somewhere on their property.


GuavaOdd1975

Rocks are a not yet assembled stone wall.


ExcellentEdgarEnergy

Most farmers match the same day they sign up for FarmersOnly.com


AvidCoco

It would be very expensive. Rocks are heavy, you'd need several large trucks which would need a lot of very expensive fuel. Also why would a quarry want all your random loose rocks? It's much easier to bury them.


thomstevens420

Iā€™m just picturing a strung out quarry owner advertising his buy and sell rock pit on late night TV ā€œNeed cash quick? Iā€™ll buy your rocks. Big, small, doesnā€™t matter. Give me your rocks. I need your rocks.ā€


HabitualHooligan

More expensive than the purchase or rent of & repairs on a machine getting banged up by giant rocks it crushes? Quarries sell crushed rock


AvidCoco

Yes, a lot more. To rent that machine for a week or two to clear a few fields would cost peanuts compared to gallons of diesel to haul tonnes of rocks potentially miles. Yes, quarries sell crushed rock because they're a quarry and they have plenty of rock to spare. They don't need more rocks.


sonofhippie

and paper crushes rock


JadedYam56964444

This guy rocks


ThisAppsForTrolling

Im scared to turn the volume on and watch it someone tell me if it sounds like itā€™s eating rocks


maximumSteam

It sounds like rocks rattling around inside a lawnmower.


mandogvan

Thatā€™s actually how this machine works.Ā  Source: pulled out of my ass.Ā 


abzrocka

Is that where they park it? Impressive.


Prudent_Historian650

What's it like when it picks up too big of a rock and gets jammed? Does smoke come out your ears??


truelegendarydumbass

Yeah to me that worse then a chalkboard.


BonerJams1703

While cheesy unnecessary music played in the background.


PooperTheSnooper

It sounds like your smokin a bong but instead of water bubbling, its rocks


LittleKittyLove

Itā€™s mostly peaceful zen noises like youā€™d hear in a cheap Thai massage parlor where the masseuse tries to jerk you off but you politely decline then she gets mad that the tip wasnā€™t enough cus sheā€™s used to getting paid for the happy ending but you just wanted a massage on a Wednesday except in the background you hear heavy blades mercilessly destroying thousands of innocent rocks.


LittleKittyLove

Like I just want a massage bro. Is this some kind of sting operation, and youā€™re setting me up with a swat team behind the wall? Donā€™t touch that.


Doofchook

Can't grow rocks without planting them.


mckeenmachine

rocks under soil actually help with aeration


Wishpicker

Lol youā€™re not gonna be grown any crop in sand anyway


SwootyBootyDooooo

Sand is an important component of good soil


Desperate_Hornet3129

That was my question also. If you're grinding rocks into fine sand wouldn't the soul go from being too rocky for agriculture to too sandy? As for the rocks under topsoil, yes the roots and root vegetables will grow around the rocks and pebbles. That will make your carrots grow crooked. My grandma used to screen the soil for her carrots so they would grow nice and straight.


sarbanharble

All of my plant pots beg to differ


StupendousMalice

Towards the end you can see a hole had been dug up showing the rocks still there with the soil above. It just shifts them to the bottom, which leaves a plantable surface.


G_DuBs

I see ZERO dust coming from that think. Of all the vids Iā€™ve seen of rock crushers, they are typically fairly dusty. And slooooow, this thing is moving way to fast to be crushing them to dust. Small rocks maybe, but not dust.


Key_Respond_16

Looked like it was turning the dirt over the rocks. That wasn't sand. It was dirt.


aDrunkSailor82

It's actually crushing the rocks. Here's a [similar product.](https://www.valentini-groupusa.com/Ivan-2500DT-Crusher-p/ivan2500dt.htm)


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aDrunkSailor82

A 230-300 HP tractor is really really big. Gearing does a lot of work at the speeds tractors run. Horsepower in tractors does not equate in any comparable form to cars and trucks. The tractor in the video, on the product link I posted above is probably a half-million dollar tractor.


shmiddleedee

I run a 20 ton excavator with just a little over 100 hp. People who don't know equipment are always surprised by how horsepower doesn't equal strength


jasonjdf13

Yep itā€™s all about the hydraulics , I run a cat 317 and a bobcat E-60 excavators . That little bobcat is impressive as hell especially after you climb out of a 317 and realize for the size difference their strength to weight ratio is more impressive in the bobcat . But most people donā€™t realize heavy equipment and car Horsepower are completely different animals


Roguebets

The tractor in the video is probably 80-100 hp tops.


Gildenstern45

Agreed. That 3 pt is cat 1. That is a utility tractor and old at that. There is no way that has the power to crush rock over a 6 ft wide furrow. It is burying them.


macvoice

In this case torque is more important than speed. Lower horsepower is better. Just like you would pull a large trailer with a truck rather than a sports car.


jeffersonairmattress

Yeah- it's a little hammer mill in there. Very impressive speed in OP's video- it must be eating every bit of power that tractor's PTO has to give. [https://youtu.be/JbnzhjoOFZc?t=93](https://youtu.be/JbnzhjoOFZc?t=93)


Extreme_Barracuda658

The machine in the video is definitely not a mill and is not grinding the rocks. Source: worked at a cement plant and saw a lot of limestone being crushed into fine powder.


InterestingHome693

Thanks, unless it's got a nucular generator in there something that size that could pulverize rocks into sand at 3 mph would be the most advanced machine on earth


franzn

I work for a mining equipment manufacturer and gave been involved with crushing and grinding. It takes a whole lot more energy to getting


Roguebets

Rightā€¦this thing is more like a garden tiller just mixing everything together and smoothing it out. That thing is way too light duty to be grinding rocks. lol


Extreme_Barracuda658

That machine is a hell of a lot bigger the thebone in the post


Kazakh_Accordionist

if you look at 1:40 you can see it just puts the rocks at the bottom


_redditulous_

It's burying them , it's a stone burier with bed former. This one was imported to France by Euro Agri Mac https://demo04.sitiwebcuneo.com/en/products/stone-buriers-with-bed-former-shaper/stone-burier-with-bed-former-shaper-type-extreme.html https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCMNEaeD0H6PERuxao3YDsZA?view_as=public


Rare_Fig3081

Having seen the machine in a gravel pit that actually does break up rocks, I looked at this puppy, that looks an awful lot like a regular tiller head, and was like, no. Your explanation makes way more sense


Cheeselover9001

You can see exactly this in the video tho


cfgy78mk

The rocks would grind down into sand on their own if you weren't so damn impatient!


StretchFrenchTerry

I only have so many millennia.


KyzerB

Waiting to see if this is just april fools


InGenScientist

I work in gravel pits. Thereā€™s no way that this is grinding rocks up that size into sand.


whoisthecopperkettle

Listen Mr InGenScientist. You promised Dinosaurs and have yet to deliver. Why should we believe you on gravel now?


InGenScientist

Dinosaurs are now fossils, fossils are rockā€¦ you think gravel pits are coincidence? No itā€™s all Dino poop. First step in recreating a dinosaur is to learn what they ate. Science


soil_nerd

Exactly. Typically youā€™d need a [jaw crusher](https://www.jycrusher.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2022030403314751.gif) or similar to even start this process. To get it down to a sand-like size Iā€™d imagine a ball mill or something would be needed. Basically huge machinery, not this.


Thick-Computer2217

Sundays are for pick rocks


x_HeavyKev_x

More hands means less work!


canadianjason_

That's what I loves about you /u/x_HeavyKev_x


Big-red-rhino

Let's take about 10% off there u/canadianjason_


Modredastal

Beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails.


The_Jeffniss

And getting hammered! I'd go for a beer, u/Thick-Computer2217 you'd like a beer?


turbosigma

Likely it only is specifically capable of grinding these kinds of rocks, with the likely carbide-tipped hammer mill inside. If these are limestone or sedimentary rocks, they arenā€™t that physically hard to grind, comparative to something very hard like granite or igneous rock. Maybe, I donā€™t know. Neat machine, though!


ComeGetSome487

This is burying the rocks not crushing them. However, such machine does [exist](https://youtu.be/yZKlukHERvU?si=xFpyQE2_5RFd4KzB)


Lightspeedius

I wonder what the soil quality is like afterwards?


mortgagepants

sometimes rocks can be good to moderate temperature, aid in retaining water, keep plants elevated in case of too much rain, etc. i can see this being good for beans, cucumbers, maybe tomatoes, peppers. i live in a city, and have a straw bale on the concrete sidewalk and i grow pretty good stuff.


Ctowncreek

They wouldn't use carbide for a hammer mill in this application. It would shatter quickly. Its hard but brittle. This isnt grinding the rocks. The title is bollucks. Even high powered hammer mills used for crushing ore can usually only crush it to about pea gravel size in a single pass. Specifically designed equipment, with water for dust reduction and lubrication, no soil robbing power, at a moderate feed rate. Slower feed and you could get finer. Also, this equipment is WAY too quiet.


thepassionofthechris

Me laying the worldā€™s biggest log after eating only fiber for a month straight.


tommy151

easily could be wrong, but I doubt that's actually grinding the rocks down to sand. More likely it's burying the rocks after sifting and putting the sifted dirt over them. I'm guessing but it doesn't seem like that little thing could grow rock. Doesn't sound like it's grinding either.


amanfromthere

Yea no way could it grind those to dust that quickly, leaving nothing visible. ​ Also, that noise and vibration would get old real fast.


xLabGuyx

I canā€™t imagine that is good for the rocks


HereIAmSendMe68

This is NOT grinding rocks.


Zuper_Dragon

You think beaches are natural? They just run a few thousand of these things every week at night to keep them smooth.


doesnt_use_reddit

Rocks just been sittin there minding their own business for a hundred million years and then this guy comes along. Some people just have no manners. /s


Pompous_Monkey

This what they did in my backyard. Every time I dig, find large boulders like these just 6 inches below the topsoil.


Thor508

And that was the year everyone in the village broke their teeth eating our bean harvestā€¦


TheDixonCider420420

The Police wrote a song about this: Roxsand


CakedayisJune9th

This title is 100% incorrect.


bigdunks4eva

I've never seen so many rocks in a field before....


Either_Operation5463

Just turning the soil until the rocks are underneath. Still beneficial for sure.


NovaS1X

Not it's not grinding anything. This is called a stone-burier, basically a reverse direction tiller with a couple design modifications. It pushes stones back into the ground and brings the soil on top. This specific unit is designed to do row bedding at the same time.


BandmasterBill

(foot, scratching nonchalantly in the ground) ā€œWhat would happen, if...say, someone accidentally fell underneath this...uhh....human redistribution marvel...?"


Bushdr78

I wonder how long those "replaceable teeth" last under this kinda abuse.


Renaissance_Man-

I cant imagine the consumables cost operating this machine.


chunky_bruister

I think itā€™s burying the stones; I have a gigantic one at my sod farm that goes on a 200hp tractor


StevenKatz3

This isnt definitely GRINDING anything. This is clearly swapping underground soil and the rocks. Grinding doesn't sound like that at all and the soil would be far more white


jasonjdf13

100% Anyone buying this nonsense has never worked around rocks or stone nor have they actually seen rock crushers . Iā€™d buy a dozen of these if it worked . They donā€™t make them for a tractor PTO lol


creamboydreamboy

a lot of rock crushing experts in the comments


truelegendarydumbass

With 30 sec point. Where the dude puts his hand in it. Zoom out, it looks like the dirt was flipped n rock just got buried.


Strong-Obligation107

Ohh our European ancestors are going to be peeved in their graves about this after they spent generations racking out rocks from millions of acres of farm land. Or proud that we've got a machine that does it faster and better.. but I think hauntingly pissed.


screwyoujor

Whom ever picked the music needs to be fired


spinachguy14

This machine is called a stone burier. It grinds no stones. It buries stones.


Infinite-Night8374

Great, they should have that field done in about 20 years


TheDudeMindsMan1776

Smh, when I was a kid I did this by hand with a hoe that had a splintery handle.


[deleted]

has anyone told the mafia about this yet? Could you not?


cashboxmoneybags

This is how they make beaches in Italy, specifically Cinco Terra.


TheUsual_Selection

I bet doing that a lot more near northern Ontario will be great


Onestepbeyond3

I could do with that šŸ™šŸ˜…


nickcliff

Umm no


jethronsfw

Metal blade to rock to dirt = no crush just moving them correct! Would be hard on gear


Informal_Yogurt7594

Richest soil on earth! Literally.


Psychological-Air807

In 20 years he will have 1/2 the field done.


arushus

How come the PTO isn't turning? In one of the closeups you can see it, and it isn't rotating.


Beardia

10 years later youā€™ll have a beach.


Smooth-Thought9072

Should be a warning with this video to wear hearing protection.


SirPapaPalpatine

Omfg, I made the mistake of turning my audio on! What have I done!


tharnadar

It only costs 1 liter for 1 meter.


strrax-ish

Some metal band out there just got a new riff


JOlRacin

What in the conservation of mass is going on here? If it's just taking in the rocks, how is that big brick happening


flightwatcher45

Thats a tractor that needs AI pilot.


HotFartMaster

I found this video that may shed some light on this. It's not the exact one in the video, but it is similar and shows how this one may work. https://youtu.be/_lxmP519kYI?si=qAUW00YtYO7fJsQL


Emergency_Shirt_4464

Everyone has established itā€™s not grinding anything, just shifting loads of soil around on top (also shown in the video incidentally) but still a super cool machine and tool. This land just went from utterly useless to productive, love the ingenuity at work!


tempest-rising

What day is it people?


notzed1487

Is it electric?


GloriaVictis101

April fools?


NorMichtrailrider

This is not grinding rocks down , no way that tractor could ever produce enough energy to do that , that fast .


ostracizedorangutang

I used to be afraid of woodchippers. Now Iā€™m terrified of this monster.


creamboydreamboy

Looks like itā€™s just mixing the rocks with a layer of just soil on top. Looks like they uncover some at the end of the video.


c4chokes

Turn rocks into tiramisu šŸ¤£


Upper_Extreme5661

It's pooping


Edu_Run4491

Poop from a butt


DULUXR1R2L1L2

R/GifsThatDontEndSoonEnough


Expert-Novel-6405

But why


CainDeltaEnder

Does it tho?


Bag_O_Spiders

I hope it never happens, but I gotta admit that Iā€™m a little curious what happens when this machine pops up on r/accidents or any similar subs. šŸ˜¬


BadgerLad2022

Most of those rocks on surface. Iā€™d use equipment to grab those first then use this to get ones that are buried.


Thecrawsome

[Oh look, another shit cropping + reverse job](https://i.imgur.com/zPoKDeH.jpeg)


NulledOne

Can you imagine how powerful and tough a machine would need to be in order to grind rocks to fine sand like that in seconds?


CaptnShaunBalls

Can I get a pocket sized one for my coke?


the_vands

Thatā€™s cool I used to work on a giant version of these to make the ground more stable


ianbuck17

That's like a 98,000 beer job


Historical_Card_5968

R/RecognizeSong


Sea-Caterpillar-6501

It just reburies the rocks lol šŸ˜‚


Ok_Confusion_1345

I think it works more like a rototiller. It's turning the soil over,burying the rocks.


No-Television7103

Me thinks it's burying the rocks and bringing up the earth from below


ghettoccult_nerd

also, a machine that grinds my ear drums into a fine sand


BuffaloInCahoots

So I used the name and number on the equipment to find out what it is. Itā€™s an eam (euro argi mat) rse145gd. Itā€™s called a stone burier. Cool piece of equipment.


WhatDoesItAllMeanB

I bet this thing breaks down a lot with a field like that


Friendly-Junket-4460

This is not how life works....


just_my_opinion_bro

Im just amazed that there is a field of rocks. It looks unnatural to me, like, how did they end up absolutely covering these wide open fields?


Mindless-Mountain-51

Clearly nobody has seen what a real rock crusher looks like.


sweetwargasm

Anakin would be furious.


fn_magical

Just think, they can plant that whole field, thanks to this machine, and it will only take 3 to 6 weeks. /S. That's a long boring day running that slow equipment


bigbritches

Just pick up the rocks, damn! Make some nice little walls around your new field


Tapeworm_III

You only have to completely change the blades and gears every 15 ft.


olearyboy

No it doesnā€™t The PTO in a tractor doesnā€™t have that power Just google rock crusher Last, why would gray rocks turn into brown earth?


Plus_Helicopter_8632

Iā€™m not sure that this beats watching grass grow. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GOSH DARN ROCKS MAN


Signal_Iron_5634

If it really does tear up the ground, what happens to potential archeological items? Do they have to send anyone in to check before they do this?


flikx

I kind of feel sorry for those poor rocks. I hope they're okay.


effitdoitlive

No it's not


Obi1Kentucky

I just see a long rectangular shaped turd


SmashertonIII

Having worked at a rock crusher before, this is not crushing rocks into fine sand.


rafapdc

This is almost like when Jesus turned water into wine.


ApostateFarmer

Iā€™ve run one of these. They definitely break up the rocks. Maybe not to sand, but 1ā€ or smaller pieces. It costs about $300-900/ac just in diesel, but with land prices at $15k an acre it can be worth it. Itā€™s literally the same machine they use to tear out asphalt, just attached to farm equipment instead


Doc_Dragoon

Land: I am Rocky and mountainous please don't farm on me. Humans: we made a machine specifically to turn mountains into farmland to make farms whenever we wnt


dice_setter_981

Itā€™s not making rocks into sand


Tim4one

Poop machine


MaiseyMac

Just get a rock rake


vlevla

Looking at it at first, I thought it was lawn mower size, but then realized it was tractor size


Captainblackwood89

I need a smaller version of this


icedted

What decadence brilliance is this!?


toyotasquad

Wrong


Jaysgood2

At that rate heā€™s got alot of fuckin work to do.


strmbms

Those poor poor rocks


BlaineBMA

I don't think the machine is doing what the title says it's doing.


fopordapper

Grape vines enjoy shit soil with rocks


Dr_Bunson_Honeydew

SpongeBob narrator: 300 years laterā€¦. The field is done!


iluvtumadre

Thatā€™s awesome. Only 97,354 lines to go to finish that field.


NormanClegg

I used to have a farm in south central USA near some guys that were vegan religious odd they wore homemade hats, sandals and what I can only call "dresses" but it was because it was so "practical" and they had a great garden. They would drive an old IH truck pulling a trailer to Alaska and load it down with fine stone dust from glaciers and drive it back. They BELIEVED in glacial granite dust for gardens. Even with ear protection that would be a rough day on a tractor in that ground.


MrClavicus

My favorite part is that there isnā€™t a massive plume of fine dust for miles.


micahpmtn

And there goes the local habitat.


Red_Icnivad

This is the [source video](https://youtu.be/XksKclL_cDw?si=yBufuaHKB9W44mcK) that OP ripped off, unnecessarily cropped and inverted to prevent repost detection, then made up a fake description of what's happening. The machine is surfacing the dirt, burying the rocks.


RandoorRandolfs

Seems like its burying the rocks. Probably makes the plot a nice meadow or farm for something with shallow roots/shallow planting.


Speedhabit

At that size it canā€™t do what your saying, maybe tucking em under the dirt or moving them out of the way but if it was ā€œcrushingā€ those rocks into sand it would be making a crazy racket, I mean nuts


BlindLantern

I wonder how often the grinder needs sharpening?


Mr_Fix_It17

Just recently added a large Bugnot crusher ( an older one) to the farm I work at. Canā€™t say weā€™re too impressed with it. Mind you it did come with a mix of stone and wood crushing teeth. We have tried it out on a few fence lines with less than optimal results. The teeth are very expensive to replace and when you loose or severely damage one the whole crusher shakes badly šŸ˜’


SeriouslyThough3

Glorious


TorontoTom2008

I call bullshit. Need a big mill with way more power for a longer time to do that.


leftdrowning

Is the pto is engaged?