[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

[Beal Gleason]

Are rotary hoe was 2 rows off strait wheels. We used it to cult. small  
corn that was really too small to cult. The weeds were small too and  
not rooted deep and the wheels would flip them out./

Farmerbeal

On Oct 27, 2009, at 7:59 PM, John Hall wrote:

> 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
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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
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> 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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