[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

Wed Oct 28 14:22:58 PDT 2009

Charlie, wish I had a set also.  But I imagine the rocks in our area would
be rough on the individual teeth of a rolling cultivator.  Herb

> [Original Message]
> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 10/28/2009 2:32:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment
>
> I wish I had a set of them! 
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Snelling, Wayne K" <wsnelling at southplainscollege.edu>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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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
> > South Plains College
> > Lubbock, TX 
> > 806-747-0576  ex 4692
> > 806-292-8412 cell
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charliehill
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:14 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > 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
> > 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" 
> >>> <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.
> >>>>> 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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