[AJD] Listed Crop Cultivator

[Terry L. Hrdlicka]

Ron,

Thanks for that explanation of the cultivating process.  I was wondering 
about how I was going to do that.  Since I don't have a set of skeletons 
for the '50 A, I guess I'm going to have to set my back wheels way wide 
to ride on the outside of the rows when I cultivate, right?

It took me 2 weeks of PB Blaster, a lot of banging, and a lot of cussing 
2 years ago, to get the right wheel to move from it's factory setting so 
I could plow properly.  Never did get it to move 'till I was pulling a 
wagon down the road after soaking the bejeezus out of it and leaving the 
clamp off.  Looked down and noticed some fresh rust.  Got that one where 
I can jack 'er up and just slide the wheel where ever I want it. Love 
that anti-sieze!  Guess I need to start soaking the left wheel ;)

Wouldn't want to dig up those skeletons and bring them over, would you?


Terry


Ronald L. Cook wrote:
> Dean,
> 
> Dean VP wrote:
> 
>> Don:
>>
>> As a teenage boy I cultivated a lot of corn but not listed corn.  
>> After the
>> noon meal when the weather was hot and humid, it was difficult to stay 
>> awake
>> on the slow moving tractor. Occasionally a few stalks of corn would get
>> plowed under.
> 
> Yep!
>  I would think that it would really be a challenge to stay on
> 
>> top of the ridge at all times. Maybe those who drove listed corn 
>> cultivators
>> got home on time the night before!  :-) 
> 
> Nope!
> 
>>
>> Dean A. Van Peursem
>> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> 
> Here is the way we did it.
> Be sure not to list too deep, then the ridges will be somewhat flat on 
> the top center.  Put the Roll-O-Matic lock on the front if the tractor 
> is equipped with that front end.  If a wide front tractor(not a very 
> good deal in this case) adjust the width to run on the center of the 
> ridges.  Install the skeleton wheels on the rear and set them to ride on 
> the center of the ridges.  In our case, we had 40 inch row spacing, so 
> our wheels were set at 80 inches.  Some folks didn't have a set of 
> skeleton wheels for their tractors and had to go with rubber tires. Much 
> harder to keep on the ridges and also have a tendency to compact the 
> ridges making the cultivation less than satisfactory in my opinion.
> 
> Okay, I think that handles throwing out.  The ridges are now narrowed 
> and peaked up.  Next cultivation is throwing in.
> 
> The tricycle tractor has the Roll-O-Matic locked and the wheels reversed 
> or spacers installed if non-reversable wheels to set the wheels at its 
> widest spacing.  The wide front tractor has its wheel spacing narrowed 
> so as to allow the the front wheels to run on the inside bottom edge of 
> the ridge next to the row.  The skeleton wheels are set in to run on the 
> inside bottom edge of the ridge also.  This set-up is the one where you 
> can stay out too late and still stay on the row.  A non power steering 
> tractor will pretty much just follow the ridges from one end of the 
> field to the other.
> 
> My Dad used to get upset with me putting on the fenders during this 
> cultivation time.(he didn't like the things)  But those fenders stopped 
> that flash flash flash in my eyes from the shiny skeleton lugs.  That 
> really put me to sleep even if I had got home at a decent hour.
> 
> I hope I got it close to right.  It's been fifty years.  I have the '48 
> A and the fenders.  My Dad is using the skeleton wheels as lawn 
> ornaments and the 4-row listed corn cultivators are long gone as are 
> listed crops around here.
> 
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> 
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