Is there an implement that will ?????

gotrocks · Jun 6, 2003

Hello TBN friends,
You have helped me in the past. Now I would like to ask for suggestion as to what to look/ask for in an attachment that I can put behind my 2910.
I have a tiller and can prepare the soil but then I want to dig furrows at least 6 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches apart and cover the full width of the tire tracks in one pass.

Is there such a plow?

Thank you for all suggestions.

Happy Father's Day to all you Pops and Grandpops. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

JohnMiller3 · Jun 6, 2003

...dig furrows at least 6 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches apart and cover the full width of the tire tracks ...

Hi,

I believe there is... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I may have a picture home..., so check a bit later... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

normde2001 · Jun 6, 2003

How about removing every odd/even/other row of tines on your tiller?

Slamfire · Jun 6, 2003

Look around for an old single row cultivator. They generally have 6 leaf springs with small point shovels. Find some barley corn shovels, and put two on the leaf springs closest to the width you want the rows. Remove the rest. Mine even has multiple holes for the leaf springs.

JohnMiller3 · Jun 7, 2003

They use simple middle busters (adjustable) and basically gang them together as many or as few as you want... (say that quick 5 times /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif)

Bird · Jun 7, 2003

Good morning, John. In my part of the country a lot of folks call that a "bedder" and they "bed" their gardens in the winter while not in use.

MarkV · Jun 7, 2003

Morning John and Bird. Bird, when you say "bed their gardens in the winter" does that mean turning under remaining vegetation? If not what is the advantage digging furrows? Can you tell I haven't done much gardening but it is on my mind. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

MarkV

Anonymous Poster · Jun 7, 2003

Hello--This implement will get the depth and spacing is variable--available in various widths and wear points are available in many sizes--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co. *Hay Specialists*

Bird · Jun 7, 2003

( If not what is the advantage digging furrows? )

Mark, I never did that to my garden and I asked some of those who did, why? Answers I got ranged from "I don't know; that's the way my dad did it" to "provides more surface area, holds the moisture in better and lets the moisture get down deeper."

JohnMiller3 · Jun 7, 2003

Hi Ken,

I would have posted a cultivator, but he wanted "furrows" as wide as his rear tires... (I never asked why.../forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif)

Perhaps, I misunderstood... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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JohnMiller3 · Jun 7, 2003

...call that a "bedder"... 

Hi Bird,

You gots to remember I'm from New York... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

MarkV · Jun 7, 2003

Now, Now John. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

MarkV

Anonymous Poster · Jun 7, 2003

The machine pictured is available with up to 15 inch sweep points to get the tire width ok and as narrow as 1 3/4 inches (shown on the machine)--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co. *Disc Mower & Hay tedders*

JohnMiller3 · Jun 7, 2003

...available with up to 15 inch sweep points ...

Very nice Ken... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

(What is the approximate replacement cost of the 15" shovels?)

gotrocks · Jun 7, 2003

Thank you all who have responded.
I guess I was not very clear regarding the results I'm looking for.

I would like to have one pass leave multiple furrows (trenches). In other words if the implement was 4 feet wide and spacing was 6 inches, I would have 9 furrors after each pass, or 7 if spacing was 8 inches.

Ken, what is the name of the implement you have pictured?

Thanks again to everyone that has answered and those yet to answer.

After the rain we just had, "it is too wet to plough".

Bird · Jun 7, 2003

The plow Ken showed is what my neighbor called a "chisel plow". He had a bigger, heavier one that was a pull behind (raise and lower hydraulically) instead of a 3-point; 2 inch wide chisel points spaced 12" apart and he used it in the pastures (including mine). It supposedly served the same purpose as aerators on your lawn, allowing air and moisture down into the ground.

Anonymous Poster · Jun 8, 2003

Hi--The Mfgr calls it a "Field Cultivator" locals call them rippers or shank tillers--they dont go as deep as a chisel plow--These machines have variable spacing in width and 4 bolts removed will drop off a complete shank assembly--Used are usually available under $375 and new 9 shank models $675--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co. * Disc Mowers Specialists*

Anonymous Poster · Jun 8, 2003

Hi John--Most larger bedder/middle buster/ points available at most ag store outlets for under $25 and under $10 used at salvage yards--Ken Sweet

JerryG · Jun 8, 2003

The field cultivator that Ken showed is what almost everyone uses in this area instead of a disc harrow. It does a much better job in heavy rocks than a disc. I orders a wide bedder point from my dealer not long ago and it was about $12.

Anonymous Poster · Jun 8, 2003

Hello Jerry--This tool is also what most area tobacco growers use to work the soil, just before transplanting. Works the soil a lot deeper that a disc harrow and with less compaction, which is a killer for tobacco seedlings.--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co. *Since 1977*