I'm copying another TBNer's design for a drag - 6 foot angle iron and chains. I've picked up most of the items I need and I'll have about $250 in materials when I'm done....sure, I could have gone to TSC and bought one for that but where's the sport in that?
The original builder was kind enough to share some tips with me, one of which was the "cross chains" don't seem to add much so I'm not going to use those. I'll just have 3 iron pieces chained in series. Going to use it to smooth the soil after using my latest purchase, an old Fred Cain cultivator. The ground has been worked with a tiller, so its not like virgin pasture. In the past, I'd rototiller and cultipack. Now I'm planning to use the cultivator followed by the drag to level out the furrows created by the points.
Here's the basic design I'm copying. The maker said it works good and the size is right for me. I might shorten the distance between the irons to make it more user friendly to me. Any other ideas are appreciated.
The original builder was kind enough to share some tips with me, one of which was the "cross chains" don't seem to add much so I'm not going to use those. I'll just have 3 iron pieces chained in series. Going to use it to smooth the soil after using my latest purchase, an old Fred Cain cultivator. The ground has been worked with a tiller, so its not like virgin pasture. In the past, I'd rototiller and cultipack. Now I'm planning to use the cultivator followed by the drag to level out the furrows created by the points.
Here's the basic design I'm copying. The maker said it works good and the size is right for me. I might shorten the distance between the irons to make it more user friendly to me. Any other ideas are appreciated.
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