Tiller Can anyone tell me what this is?

[ohdef]

I am selling some old equipment and have no idea what this is other than it tills up 4 rows and has a plow on each side. If anyone could tell me what it is, I would be grateful.

 

[Leejohn]

I have seen one before, but didn't know what it was for. Well be interesting to find out.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

A 3 row powered cultivator of some kind..... ???

Good luck

 

[petegoud]

Maybe an early attempt at using the aerodynamic principle of lift in reducing the weight of implements???

 

[namyessam]

I am selling some old equipment and have no idea what this is other than it tills up 4 rows and has a plow on each side. If anyone could tell me what it is, I would be grateful. View attachment 313610

4 row PTO driven stalk shredder???

 

[/pine]

It's a "henway"...I'm surprised nobody had already mentioned it...

 

[namyessam]

about 3 pounds worth or maybe it's a snew

 

[cmhyland]

It's a cultivator that uses shallow tillers.... I'm sure a new one cost plenty of money....

Regards,
Chris

 

[cmhyland]

It's a 2 row cultivator that uses shallow tillers.... I'm sure a new one cost plenty of money....

Regards,
Chris

 

[Gary Fowler]

It is a two row "TILLIVATOR". Each of the house frames holds essentially a garden tiller head that is turned at a fairly high speed but very shallow, 2" or so. The way it worked is the tiller passed on each side of a planted row and tilled up any weeds or grass leaving only a narrow 6-8" space for the plants you wanted to remain growing. THE plows plowed out the middle. It did a good job of grass removal but was much slower than a cultivator. Chemical applications turned them into an extinct dinosaur not many years after they came to be in the mid 60's if I recall correctly the date I saw the first one of those.

 

[bcp]

It makes long-lasting stripes in your lawn.

Bruce

 

[yelbike]

Can you take a picture from underneath? Does it have tines? that's a new animal to me.

 

[CliffordK]

There was a discussion about intercropping here.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/274543-does-planter-tiller-exist.html

I would wonder if in the future there will be a backlash against heavy pesticide use, and roundup-ready genetically modified crops. There are already a number of people choosing "organically grown" crops.

So, if this thing is actually designed to do weeding, then you just need to get it to an organic farmer. And, since everything organic is sold at a premium, no doubt this would be too.

I like the idea of an adjustable tiller width. However, the common drive bar for the tiller would make it only useful for running between very short plants.

 

[shorty750]

was used in ridge till havent seen one in years

 

[ohdef]

Thank you so much, Ron. I had heard someone call it that but couldn't "google" anything about it. It runs just fine. We bought a property that had been part of a cotton farm and there is some old machinery here, some of which is now surrounded by trees so can't be easily moved. We're just trying to clean things up for pastures and horses. So, basically, it is worth just the metal?

 

[ohdef]

Thanks. I'm posting it to an organic farming site.I hate to just junk something that might be useful to someone.

 

[CliffordK]

I think there is a classified section here.
But, where are you located?

 

[stuckmotor]

It's a "henway"...I'm surprised nobody had already mentioned it...

I know this is going to be good. What's a henway?

 

[stuckmotor]

about 3 pounds worth or maybe it's a snew

Ditto for snew.

 

[powerpace]

It's a "henway"...I'm surprised nobody had already mentioned it...

That rube is so old. The answer is about 3 pounds.