Culti-weeder results....

[spruce Deere]

FINALLY got to really work with the culti-weeder today.

First run looked like you drug a box blade over the hard clay I have for dirt. So, back to the shop and fab'd up two long and skinny teeth and welded them on the blade of the culti-weeder in hopes of better ground penitration.

That was the ticket. The blade would disappear from sight and the ground would lift and lay back down. Think I will try a third tooth dead in the middle for even a more efficient bite.

After it was pulled threw an area, you could easily go back an very easily pull out the long rooted plants such as alfalfa, rag weed and dandy lions due to the deep tap root being lopped off 3 to 5 inches below the surface.

Speed varied, the slower I would go it would burrow deep, draft control for this is was rather nice.

Pics are being a pain to upload...

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

FINALLY got to really work with the culti-weeder today.
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Would like to see a picture of this implement. It would make it much easier to understand what it is does and what you plan to achieve with it.. Thanks..

 

[spruce Deere]

I'm tech not savvy, had to resize stuff.

Here it is with teeth

 

[spruce Deere]

2 year update....
The culti-weeder, undercutter, mini 3 point sweep plow style thing works rather well. Cuts roots below the surface whith minimal soil surface disturbance. This with fall spraying really has cleaned up on the thistles, alfalfa and ragweed in the tree fields.

This straight blade model Works best if soil is still loose. Instead of harrowing, discing or tilling, breaking surface tension, making a dust storm and stirring the soil up the blade works underground with very little dust made or surface disturbance.

It has survived a few run-ins with rocks too, Like this little fella today....

 

[jyoutz]

Tree nurseries use those to root prune bare root seedlings growing in a field. Makes them easy to lift and pack for shipment.

 

[old and tired]

What did you use to cut that steel? I got a couple of them, 8"x 72" but could not image me cutting them...

 

[spruce Deere]

Jyoutz, a fellow tree farmer i know has such an imp!ement. It cuts and lifts seed!ings in one fell swoop. It mounts off to one side to handle taller grown stock.

Old and tired, the whole thing is made from worn bucket cutting edges from a mix of front end loaders. Sizes from 980 cat down to skid steers. I cut them to size and shape with my Harris torch, cleaned up the cuts with a 4'' angle grinder, then glued everything into shape with my ol' Montgomery Wards stick welder. 7018 welding rod was used.

Planned on it to be heavy and Its heavy, needs a tractor to move it.

 

[scootr]

I found that opening up the soil allows for easy germination of the weed seeds. I have some areas I try to maintain weed free hard dirt with spraying and scrapping with the gannon and LP. Seed blows across the hard dirt rather than planting.

 

[redman135]

There is a commercial version of your unit. It has a 3 socket bar for rippers with a "winged" foot to lift and break compacted ground. You can run 1,2,or 3 legs,(depending on compaction) and as the "wings" a not continuous it helps avoid making a pan that holds water.

 

[spruce Deere]

Mine will definitely break up compaction when it goes deep. I would like to modify or build a Gen 2 version and design it more like a sweep plow, I think it would pull and work better.