[AT] Am I crazy?

[charlie hill]

I kinda figured it had to be something like that but I still don't see how 
they do much more than stir the dirt up.  Of course that's all you need to 
do to control young weeds in vegetable crops.   There's no way I can see to 
hill potatoes with that thing.  What we used to plow the grass and weeds out 
of young tobacco was a small. flat plow share  with one wing cut off short. 
They came in left hand and right hand models.  Then outside of that we ran 
another small plow down almost in the row "middle".   Then we ran a bigger 
plow on the rear tool bar behind the tires to plow out the "middles.  Of 
course I'm talking about one row work.  Two row took a little different set 
up.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Seith" <seithr at denison.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Am I crazy?


> Charlie --
>
> The pictures are either taken from a bad angle, or the cultivators shown 
> are badly out of adjustment. In use, the cast frame piece should be nearly 
> parallel with the row you are cultivating. The front blade should be 
> angled to cut away soil; the back one should direct some of it back.
>
> Not a very helpful explanation, I admit. It takes a bit of trial-and-error 
> to get things right, but after you do, they stay pretty true.
>
> Bob Seith
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
>> I wish I could see a picture of a set of those cultivators set up on a 
>> tractor.  I've looked at those pictures over and over and just can't 
>> visualize how they should be set.
>>
>> Daddy's lay by sweeps should be stuck in a 5 gal can full of used motor 
>> oil, exactly where he left them.  I don't remember seeing them recently. 
>> Someone probably stole them.  Next time I'm over at the farm I'll look to 
>> see if they are there.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>
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