AmericanTractorDriver
Bronze Member
Hello,
I have been on the lookout for a 2-row cultivator. Seems that when one does seldom pop up, it's always old (so is there a newer tecnique?). Since we want one to plant on 30" centers and use the tractor to do the cultivating, I told myself that if I didn't find a 2-row cultivator by this winter, I'd build one for next spring.
Now one has come available locally. I believe it's an old Ford or Dearborn model? Has the 9 shanks in sets of 3 to span over 2 crop rows. So my questions are -
#1) Is there a better/newer method we should look at before possibly buying this cultivator? (other than some 1-rows, I don't see many new cultivators)
And #2) does anyone have a source for the curved spring steel shanks? I've googled extensively but must not be using the correct search terms. If I could build one for about the same price using some new but 'scrap' steel, I'd like to design it slightly differently (but with the same function). Seller is asking $250 I think.
Thanks!
I have been on the lookout for a 2-row cultivator. Seems that when one does seldom pop up, it's always old (so is there a newer tecnique?). Since we want one to plant on 30" centers and use the tractor to do the cultivating, I told myself that if I didn't find a 2-row cultivator by this winter, I'd build one for next spring.
Now one has come available locally. I believe it's an old Ford or Dearborn model? Has the 9 shanks in sets of 3 to span over 2 crop rows. So my questions are -
#1) Is there a better/newer method we should look at before possibly buying this cultivator? (other than some 1-rows, I don't see many new cultivators)
And #2) does anyone have a source for the curved spring steel shanks? I've googled extensively but must not be using the correct search terms. If I could build one for about the same price using some new but 'scrap' steel, I'd like to design it slightly differently (but with the same function). Seller is asking $250 I think.
Thanks!