3pt Water Wheel Transplanter

grabcad

This is a water wheel transplanter I've been designing over the past year. Its designed to be pulled behind a 30 hp or larger tractor and utilized some items I already had, mainly the large rim that acts as the spike. This isn't modeled in great detail as it takes up a lot of memory. The wheel itself is held up by chains when not planting because the large truck rim's weight is sufficient to punch into the ground. While I used a large truck rim for the planting wheel I did find that some companies sell pre-made planter wheels that could be substituted in. It has a 60 gallon water capacity with a 30 gallon water table on either side. It can hold a total of 400 plants or 4 flats of fifty each. I was able to build it for about $700 in materials. Let me know if you have any questions.