[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

[charliehill]

The machine at the first of this you tube clip is what we had around here. 
Lilliston rolling cultivator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3U2bEXISHk&feature=player_embedded#

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beal Gleason" <farmerbeal at aol.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:54 AM
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> 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>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> >
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment
>>
>>
>>> 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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