Wouldn’t a rock bucket do the same thing as an ABI SR1?


Carl, I can see why you would you would come to that conclusion. Taking a look at some of the video footage of that SR1 pushing some gravel and preparing a gravel driveway. Totally get it when you’d get there. But the rock bucket and the SR1 have two fundamentally different purposes. So we’re whereas the rock bucket is designed to be able to scoop up material, shake it, sift it, grab any rock that’s two inches wide or bigger, and then dump it off to the side. We see rock collection as one step in a multi-step process of soil preparation. So whereas we’re thinking about preparing horse arenas, preparing driveways, preparing seedbeds, preparing landscaping, and that involves rock collection, the bucket, the rock bucket is just intended to actually get those rocks out of there. So, for example, if you’ve got a rock bucket and you are sifting through and pulling rock out when you’re done getting the amount of rock out that you want. Next question is, well, what do you try to accomplish with the land? Right? You need to prepare it. If it’s anything for seedbed, you still need to decompact the soil that’s remaining after you pull that rock bucket out, because in order to plant anything and stand a good chance of growth, you’ve got to let those roots go down deep. That means you need to decompact. I know that some rock buckets by pulling across, you could use some decompaction, but typically you’re only going to get about two inches of decompaction with a rock bucket, whereas an SR1 those multipoint scarifiers you’re able to rip four six inches deep with an SR1, whereas you’re not going to get near that deep, which means you’re not going to get that that root growth that you want. If you’re doing if you’re doing seedbed preparation. Carl. Great question.