[AT] unidentified horse drawn equipment

[John Hall]

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-----
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>> 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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