Travis,
You asked how to figure row spacing.
The way my cultivator was set up was using the measurement from the rear tires mounted in their widest set. Measurement was c/c on the rear tires.Then 1/2 of that gives you the center of your tractor which is where your row is made so you straddle your row of plants.
Too keep from using a ruler, hitch your cult to tractor and stand behind it
you will be able to tell where your outside plows should go so they can plow out your tracks (locate in center of wheel).
Now on to the center for your row. The row will be in the center between your hitch arms directly below where your top link bracket is on the cult. The distance between these two plows (depending on the size of your sweeps or plow points or whatever you call them in your area, mine are about 4") will depend on what you are cultivating and what you are comfortable using not up rooting your plants (can be a big bummer). I think mine are set 14" c/c of the plow points.
The next set of tines should be set to where they will be mid way between the outer edge of your center plow point and the inner edge of your outside that is in the center of your rear wheel.
Just going from memory I think my plow points/sweeps are 4", 6", and 8".
8" being the plow that plows out the tracks and makes the middle. The 4" are the ones on each side of the plants. And the 6" of course are between the inside 2 and the outside 2.
These are called one row when cultivating but in my little mind they are only a half row when laying off the rows for the garden.
Hope this helps you some and that I didn't ramble on too much.
I think gardening was a little simpler when I used a mule and a couple different plow stocks and plow points. Been a while since I plowed with a mule.
David
. Here's a picture us harvesting the last of our "RED" potatoes last November. These were planted July 1st and we still had a pretty good crop. I planted two 200 foot rows. Enough potatoes for us and many friends and neighbors for whole winter.
