[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

[Gene Dotson]

    The machines with the canted gangs were rolling cultivators. They were 
getting pretty common just before the Roundup ready seeds came along. Seldom 
see anyony cultivate with anything now. The roundu takes care of the weeds 
and the min-till  and no-till systems leave enough trash and residue in the 
surface that crusting in not much of a problem now.

                Gene




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment


> I'm like you John.  I've seen a lot of rotary hoes but they all had the
> gangs canted at an angle on the horizontal and vertical axis so they would
> throw some dirt.  I'm not doubting that's what this one is.  I just never
> saw one like it.  The shape of the tines, rolled and leaving a tube like
> effect on their ends is what made me thing it was an aireator.
>
> Charlie
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> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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>
>> What crop(s) were you running it over? Like I said earlier, the only
>> rotary
>> hoes I am familiar with were for cultivating on a one row tractor, but
>> they
>> were set up to move dirt as well as kill weeds. This thing appeared all
>> straight. We do have a single unit that bolts under a Super A to break 
>> the
>> crust on a row if you get a hard rain so the crop can emerge. It has its
>> own
>> spring to control down pressure--the ones on the cultivator arms are too
>> heavy.
>>
>> John
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Beal Gleason" <farmerbeal at aol.com>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment
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>>
>>> WE had a 2 row horse drawn rotary hoe in the late 20's. It was made
>>> with 2 rows off wheels just like the older tractor pulled models. It
>>> was pulled by two horses with special yoke & evener that spread the
>>> team out over two rows. It took some special training and driving
>>> lines to spread a team out like that.
>>>
>>> It was my job to run that thing. I wasn't old enough to run a cult. I
>>> would keep the team on the go and then let them rest about 2 min after
>>> each 1/4 mile round.  I hadn't even though of that thing for several
>>> years.
>>>
>>> Farmerbeal
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 26, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Dean Van Peursem wrote:
>>>
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> This may sound like an oversimplification, but was it a small rotary
>>>> hoe? However, I don't remember
>>>> rotary hoes being around during the horse era and whether horses
>>>> could pull one fast enough. But
>>>> anyway that is what comes to mind with the description you have
>>>> provided.
>>>>
>>>> Dean VP
>>>> Snohomish, WA
>>>>
>>>> Pessimist sees dark tunnel, optimist sees a light at the end,
>>>> realist sees lights of coming train.
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>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>>>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
>>>> Of John Hall
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:51 PM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment
>>>>
>>>> While on a family outing at a pumpkin farm, I briefly saw a horse
>>>> drawn
>>>> piece of machinery I couldn't identify. It is built similar to a stalk
>>>> cutter but instead of a large drum with straight blades, there are 2
>>>> or 3
>>>> rows with star shaped discs. The rows of discs are straight, not
>>>> angled like
>>>> a harrow. It looks sort of like it is some sort of an aerator. It is
>>>> a bit
>>>> east of me so that puts it on the edge of peanut and cotton growing
>>>> regions.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> John Hall
>>>>
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