[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

Wed Oct 28 10:49:20 PDT 2009

Lilliston Rolling cultivators were used extensively in row crop areas
(here in West Texas!!) and we still use one to a limited degree--We tilt
the tines so that they throw dirt up or remove the dirt. On small crops
you can drop fenders down and throw all the dirt you want but not cover
up the small plants. 
Not used much anymore because in  "no-til" and genetically engineered
crops they are not needed/necessary

Wayne Snelling
Assistant Professor
Computer Information Systems
South Plains College
Lubbock, TX 
806-747-0576  ex 4692
806-292-8412 cell

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charliehill
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

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>
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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
>>>>
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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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