slowrev
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"If you knock off tomato you then use tomato paste to reattach. I went thru a couple of gallons....it don't really stick."
LOL, I like that.
LOL, I like that.
1 Row Culitivator
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slowrev
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Timb,
Yes the old little Farmalls are great cultivators, I believe that is really what they were made for. Around her you can pick up a decent running one with mounted cultivators for about the same price as an average riding mower. Imagine still going good 50 years and more after they were made.
Yes the old little Farmalls are great cultivators, I believe that is really what they were made for. Around her you can pick up a decent running one with mounted cultivators for about the same price as an average riding mower. Imagine still going good 50 years and more after they were made.
OP
theboman
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I see the little Farmalls in use a lot. See a guy weekly going over is veggie garden and his tobacco crop. The are nice little machines.
I hate to HOE. It's work and I'm lazy. It's good exercise and all but I'm a hack and it's not uncommon for me to whack off a bean plant or corn stalk.
Gardening is a learning experience for me. Dad used to have them and I helped plant some and harvest some but attention to detail was not too much on my mind. I can't ever remember seeing weeds in his gardens but he worked hard and long on keeping it weed free.
There's always next year! I'll have rows 5 foot apart, and I don't really care about wasting space because I have more garden than I can use. As far as adding stuff to the soils, well a little 10-10-10 now and then, a cover crop and this year a health dose of lime is about all the garden gets, well I do dump the leaves in the garden and till them under too.
I hate to HOE. It's work and I'm lazy. It's good exercise and all but I'm a hack and it's not uncommon for me to whack off a bean plant or corn stalk.
Gardening is a learning experience for me. Dad used to have them and I helped plant some and harvest some but attention to detail was not too much on my mind. I can't ever remember seeing weeds in his gardens but he worked hard and long on keeping it weed free.
There's always next year! I'll have rows 5 foot apart, and I don't really care about wasting space because I have more garden than I can use. As far as adding stuff to the soils, well a little 10-10-10 now and then, a cover crop and this year a health dose of lime is about all the garden gets, well I do dump the leaves in the garden and till them under too.
Libertine
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timb:
<font color="blue">If I recall, they've got on the order of 24"-25" crop clearance and tread width is adjustable front and rear to fit your rows . </font>
Yes indeed. My first tractor was an 52 Super C.
<font color="blue">Great little old tractors - just not as flexible as today's CUTs. </font>
Absolutely. The only thing the Super C would do better than a modern CUT was cultivate - but it sure was more eye catching. I added a 3pt to mine and a set of remotes. The weight of the 3 pt required front weights, which let to . . . Frankly, if I had been able to add a BH to it I might have kept it. Ah well.
JEH
<font color="blue">If I recall, they've got on the order of 24"-25" crop clearance and tread width is adjustable front and rear to fit your rows . </font>
Yes indeed. My first tractor was an 52 Super C.
<font color="blue">Great little old tractors - just not as flexible as today's CUTs. </font>
Absolutely. The only thing the Super C would do better than a modern CUT was cultivate - but it sure was more eye catching. I added a 3pt to mine and a set of remotes. The weight of the 3 pt required front weights, which let to . . . Frankly, if I had been able to add a BH to it I might have kept it. Ah well.
JEH
timb
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I like just about all tractors including modern CUTs, but to my eye there are very few sights as classic as a bright red Farmall letter series, a deep green field and a sunny day. Ol' Ray Lowey had it right. I will someday have at least one, perhaps a Super C or an H, even if I have to really stretch the truth to come up with a 'justification'.
(To stay on subject... with OR without a cultivator!) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Tim
(To stay on subject... with OR without a cultivator!) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Tim
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I saw one of those Allis' go by on a truck last summer. Ugly as all get out, but extremely utilitarian. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Libertine
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IHCrules:
<font color="blue">I saw one of those Allis' go by on a truck last summer. Ugly as all get out, but extremely utilitarian. </font>
If you ever get the chance, drive one, or, at least sit on one. The visibility is excellent.
JEH
<font color="blue">I saw one of those Allis' go by on a truck last summer. Ugly as all get out, but extremely utilitarian. </font>
If you ever get the chance, drive one, or, at least sit on one. The visibility is excellent.
JEH