Row Crop Cultivator

[jeff9366]

Think Ford designed it in the 50's and called it a Field Tiller or something like that. The photos posted by Jeff above kinda explains the original implement. My understanding is today a "cultivator" is used for weed control on existing crops.

Harry Fergusion, inventor of the Three Point Hitch, also invented the Field Cultivator, which Ferguson called a Tiller. Ferguson's "Tiller" was one of the first four Three Point Hitch implements, the Three Point Hitch Moldboard Plow being #1.

Ford stole Ferguson's design. After a lengthy lawsuit, primarily over Ferguson's Three Point Hitch, Ford paid Ferguson.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

This is what we use for a row crop cultivator, although I no longer use this one I use a 2 row just like it, there must no be very much demand for them anymore because I put it on Craigslist the other day and only got a couple of nibbles, I may have to just stick it back under the barn.

 

[Catoosa]

Around here it seems like the ones buying anything are at the extremes either really big or an acre or two garden/food plot.

Just talked to a friend and he is on his way here with 16 "S" shanks he had laying out back. I told him I would probably only need 9 at the most. He said well you might need a spare or two. Having good friends is wonderful.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

As long as you have bolt holes all along the angle iron that will allow you to adjust the spacing of the tines to handle your 30" spacing on the rows, you should be fine with that implement.

One thing you'll have to be careful about is adjusting the spacing and depth of the sweeps that are closest to the rows (i.e., the ones closest to the plants). When the plants are young and small, it's easy to go too deep or too fast and throw dirt on them and cover them up. We used a cultivator for cotton that had shields on it. They were just pieces of sheet metal about 6" tall and 12-15" long bolted on. We ran the cultivator so the shields straddled the rows of cotton so the sweeps wouldn't cover them up.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Here's a pic of the type of cultivator shields I'm talking about.

Cultivator - Wikipedia

We used a similar cultivator with our Farmall 450 row crop tractor.

 

[sweettractors]

We have a few used double c-shank cultivator shank assemblies on Ebay.
USED CULTIVATOR C-SHANK ASSEMBLY WITH 2 LEAF SPRINGS | eBay

 

[Catoosa]

I did see those shanks on eBay, way outta my budget for this project.

 

[Catoosa]

Here's a pic of the type of cultivator shields I'm talking about.

Cultivator - Wikipedia

We used a similar cultivator with our Farmall 450 row crop tractor.

Thanks for the info. The sweeps I have have one wing cut off which I understand is to keep from throwing dirt toward the plant. I have both right and left sweeps and plenty of holes in the frame. Will add a few more angle iron cross braces to the frame to compensate for the removal of the spring tine assemblies. Am sure allot of the beef in that frame depended on the tine assemblies.

Think I'm on the down side of this project, need to go buy a bunch of bolts, run over it with a wire brush and squirt a little paint.

 

[joeu235]

A true chisel plow takes about 10 HP per shank.

 

[jeff9366]

Thanks for the info. The sweeps I have have one wing cut off which I understand is to keep from throwing dirt toward the plant. I have both right and left sweeps and plenty of holes in the frame.

Ferguson Sweeps & Shovels:: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/360864-ferguson-sweeps-shovels.html