Is this one row or two row ???

[blueriver]

I need to know what you think .... 1 row or two row?

 

[radman1]

I would call that 2 rows. Each pass up and down the field, requires you to move over 2 rows with the tractor. (Or if you like, the tractor can be driven on top of each row, and you will destroy 2 rows at a time. Been there, done that.)

 

[Gizmo36]

That is a one row cultivator. A two row will do three middles at a time.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I posted to this earlier and everything disappeared????


That's a ONE ROW cultivator. The single row of crop will be between the two 1/2-row sweep(s) A two row cultivator would have a wide, full width center section, then those two sets of 1/2-row sweeps at each end.

Cultivating corn (or any other row crop) takes more skill and attention than just about any farm chore. I've seen many a row of corn plowed out by a "sleeping operator".

 

[blueriver]

I posted to this earlier and everything disappeared????


That's a ONE ROW cultivator. The single row of crop will be between the two 1/2-row sweep(s) A two row cultivator would have a wide, full width center section, then those two sets of 1/2-row sweeps at each end.

Cultivating corn (or any other row crop) takes more skill and attention than just about any farm chore. I've seen many a row of corn plowed out by a "sleeping operator".

It disappeared because I had a link to a website that was not allowed ... After a PM from the Mod and sorted it out I reposted.

I agree its a one row, when I responded to the ad that had A two row for sale, the seller Told me I obviously was to young to realize that this was a two row.

Here is my thought. A one row straddles one row, a two row straddles two all the way up to ... well the biggest I used as a kid was a 12 row... that took 12rows.

Also as a kid, dad always made sure when we where cultivating say with a four row, if need be always skip 4 rows ... I think he was teaching us to count ... BTW the headlands where planted accordingly...

 

[radman1]

I posted to this earlier and everything disappeared????


That's a ONE ROW cultivator. The single row of crop will be between the two 1/2-row sweep(s) A two row cultivator would have a wide, full width center section, then those two sets of 1/2-row sweeps at each end.

Cultivating corn (or any other row crop) takes more skill and attention than just about any farm chore. I've seen many a row of corn plowed out by a "sleeping operator".

I am looking at it different than you are. If each set of 3 cultivator sweeps is designed for a half row, then you are exactly right. It just seems strange to me that if this was say a 4 row cultivator, that it would have 6 sweeps/row. That seems excessive for a cultivator. Also, the width between the 2 sets of cultivator sweeps is fairly wide and not very close to the row. My prior cultivator had shanks much closer to the sides of the rows. Another reason why I thought it maybe a 2 row. I used to use a 6 row cultivator that had sets of sweeps for 6 rows and 2 additional outside half set of sweeps. The outside did onside of a row and when it turned, the other half was completed by the same outside set.

Your probably right and I am wrong. Just hadn't seen a 1 row cultivator. When I look at the picture again, the sweeps are not very wide which would also support a 1 row cultivator with 2 half sets.

Was that "sleeping operator" remark directed at me? Did you see my mistakes cultivating as a teenager? Those mistakes were hard hide - dead crop. I swear my father wanted to start cultivating when the crop was 2" high. I would literally crawl through the field at less than 2 mph. Any faster and the dirt would roll over the new crop. Tractor at a fast idle, radio blaring. Trying to recover from staying out too late the night before in my teenage years was not easy. Of course I had to catch up on my sleep while cultivating! Don't even mention hillsides. The cultivator would swing toward the downhill side and tried to counteract it by driving with the tractor tires right next to the crop. Haven't cultivated for many years. Now we use 1200gallon, 90' boom sprayer at 8-9 mph on Round up ready beans and corn. Can spray in a few days what previously took weeks with a cultivator. And yes, I occassionally still run over a little crop with the sprayer but not near as noticeable.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I am looking at it different than you are. If each set of 3 cultivator sweeps is designed for a half row, then you are exactly right. It just seems strange to me that if this was say a 4 row cultivator, that it would have 6 sweeps/row. That seems excessive for a cultivator. Also, the width between the 2 sets of cultivator sweeps is fairly wide and not very close to the row. My prior cultivator had shanks much closer to the sides of the rows. Another reason why I thought it maybe a 2 row. I used to use a 6 row cultivator that had sets of sweeps for 6 rows and 2 additional outside half set of sweeps. The outside did onside of a row and when it turned, the other half was completed by the same outside set.

Your probably right and I am wrong. Just hadn't seen a 1 row cultivator. When I look at the picture again, the sweeps are not very wide which would also support a 1 row cultivator with 2 half sets.

Was that "sleeping operator" remark directed at me? Did you see my mistakes cultivating as a teenager? Those mistakes were hard hide - dead crop. I swear my father wanted to start cultivating when the crop was 2" high. I would literally crawl through the field at less than 2 mph. Any faster and the dirt would roll over the new crop. Tractor at a fast idle, radio blaring. Trying to recover from staying out too late the night before in my teenage years was not easy. Of course I had to catch up on my sleep while cultivating! Don't even mention hillsides. The cultivator would swing toward the downhill side and tried to counteract it by driving with the tractor tires right next to the crop. Haven't cultivated for many years. Now we use 1200gallon, 90' boom sprayer at 8-9 mph on Round up ready beans and corn. Can spray in a few days what previously took weeks with a cultivator. And yes, I occassionally still run over a little crop with the sprayer but not near as noticeable.

That particular cultivator is a cut down version of a Deere "RG" cultivator. That's what I used in my corn for 30 years. The proper set-up for multiple rows has more sweeps per shank mounted on the interior rows. There is still just the one row unit, but additional sweeps are mounted on it, totalling 5 sweeps per FULL ROW on mine, that was set up for 30" rows. The outer "1/2-rows" had 3 sweeps. Mine was a 4-row unit. It had three FULL ROWS, plus the two 1/2-rows on the outer ends, for a TOTAL of 4 rows. That's the norm.

I raised about 25 acres of organic popcorn every year. No chemicals allowed. That had to be cultivated 2 or 3 times, until it canopied. I MUCH prefer a mid-mounted cultivator to where the operator wouldn't ever need to look back. It's virtually impossible to hold course with eyes to the rear. With enough practice, I got to where I could cultivate at roughly 4mp. My cultivator had either rolling shields or fender shields to keep dirt from burying young crops.