[AT] Mounted Cultivator discussion - was RE: JD CCA cultivator info

[carl gogol]

Brian=
Back in my youth, about 1972, I spent part of "the summer of beans" using an 
Oliver 770 with a 4 row mounted cultivator.  Normal for our area were 
straight shovel points (these were the same width as the springs) and that 
is what this setup had.  I liked it better than the 1850 with 4 row rear 
mounted cultivators.  These were Sweetish times and about the same width 
shovel points as the front mounted but the boss and said that they do a 
better job. I could never see any difference.  The big plus to me was not 
having to look back all the time, although that got to be less and less as 
confidence grew over the 500 acres I covered.  The biggest problem with the 
1850 was the power steering had a valve problem and you had to fight the 
steering wheel to keep it straight.  That make for a long day, even when I 
was 21 years old.  the 770 did not have PS, but did not require fighting the 
wheel continually.
I think you will really like it as a cultivating machine - wish I could run 
it for you for a few hundred acres!
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Brians" <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:25 PM
Subject: [AT] Mounted Cultivator discussion - was RE: JD CCA cultivator info


> Well, I am not in the Midwest and have no John Deere antique tractors, so 
> I
> am not a candidate for trying to take advantage of Joe's kind offer. BUT,
> and this is a really big BUT, I have a very strong interest in cultivating
> arrangements as we use them for growing all of our vegetables! So, perhaps
> this is a key to start a discussion of cultivating tools and practices?
>     By the way, both the Farmall 240 that I got about a month ago and the
> late (crossbars type) grill Oliver 770 that I just got Wednesday Night 
> have
> front mount belly type cultivators mounted that we will be using a lot. 
> The
> 770 I finished loading at about 9PM and then did a 2 hour drive back to 
> the
> ranch, followed by unloading it the the next morning (yesterday.) At the
> moment those multiple nights with less than 3.5 hours of sleep are 
> catching
> up with me. I think the cultivator on the Oliver 770 is a local Salinas
> Valley shop built unit, but I think the Farmall 240 cultivator may be a
> factory unit. I wonder how I can tell? I'll try to contribute more on this
> discussion soon, I need to get an electrical unit installed now.
>           Grant
>
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of jahaze at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 6:44 AM
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>
>
> Speaking of CCA cultivators, is anyone in the midwest interested in one? I
> had all new shovels put on mine about 15 years ago, used it one time, and 
> it
> has been setting in my field ever since.  It might as well be used by
> someone.  I'm in central Michigan, can take some photos of it if you would
> like.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
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>
> Al,,
> You are welcome.
> Dean VP
> nohomish, WA 98290
> Confidence is the feeling you have before you completely understand the
> ituation!
>
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> n Behalf
> f Al Walker
> ent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:54 PM
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> ubject: Re: [AT] JD CCA cultivator info
> Thank you very much, Dean!  That provides exactly what I needed to know. 
> I
> new that what was on there wasn't right as the links were too wide. Since
> hat chain finally broke, I want to replace it with the proper chain.
> l in NW MN
>
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> ent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 1:58 AM
> ubject: Re: [AT] JD CCA cultivator info
>
> Al,
>
> I've sent you the JD Parts Catalog for the JD CC-A Cultivator via private
> email. As far as I can
> discern there is only one chain JD JD2050 which apparently JD still sells
> lengths of this chain to
> order.
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> Confidence is the feeling you have before you completely understand the
> situation!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
> Of Al Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:25 PM
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>
> I'd like to know what size chain is supposed to run from the wheels to the
> shaft and from the shaft
> to the manual lift mechanism on my JD CCA manual lift cultivator. I
> inherited the cultivator but the
> manual was lost in the house fire years ago.
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