[AT] spring tooth harrows

[Mark Johnson]

We used a spring-tooth harrow to break up clods, mostly...southern 
Indiana soil is fairly strong to clay and tends to produce big clods if 
plowed when too wet. Most years, especially on our 'home place' this was 
a problem, as all the tillable acres are pretty low ground. The harrow 
did seem to make a difference. Later, after I left, my dad mostly went 
to minimum tillage and the spring-tooth pretty much became a 
dust-and-rust catcher. I'd be willing to wager it's still sitting around 
in the machinery shed or out on the ground back home, but I haven't been 
to the farm in a long time.

Mark J (pretty much an official 'older' guy now, turned 64 on Sunday. 
Celebrating 18.7 billion miles of trips around the sun!)

On 5/4/2020 10:25 PM, John Hall wrote:
> For you "older" guys, why did you run spring tooth harrows? What 
> implement replaced/obsoleted them? I've got one, haven't used it in 20 
> years. Not sure it ever did anything but burn fuel.  When I was a 
> teenager we would run a section harrow behind the offset disc harrow 
> if we were trying to break up clods, level furrows, knock the dirt off 
> roots, etc. Just wondering what good a spring tooth harrow was/is. Yes 
> I know it will choke up in trashy ground, and pull hard if you set the 
> teeth way down.
>
> John Hall
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On 5/4/2020 10:25 PM, John Hall wrote:
> For you "older" guys, why did you run spring tooth harrows? What 
> implement replaced/obsoleted them? I've got one, haven't used it in 20 
> years. Not sure it ever did anything but burn fuel.  When I was a 
> teenager we would run a section harrow behind the offset disc harrow 
> if we were trying to break up clods, level furrows, knock the dirt off 
> roots, etc. Just wondering what good a spring tooth harrow was/is. Yes 
> I know it will choke up in trashy ground, and pull hard if you set the 
> teeth way down.
>
> John Hall
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