[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

Wed Oct 28 11:32:07 PDT 2009

I wish I had a set of them! 

Charlie
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From: "Snelling, Wayne K" <wsnelling at southplainscollege.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

> 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
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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
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> From: "Beal Gleason" <farmerbeal at aol.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment
> 
> 
>> 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" 
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>>> >
>>> 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.
>>>>> Engineer sees 3 idiots on the tracks
>>>>>
>>>>> -----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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