This tool has me stumped!

sweettractors · Feb 7, 2013

Used 2 Shank Hiller Row Maker Digger with Wings Can SHIP Fast Inexpensive | eBay

I know what it does to the soil, but why? Ken Sweet

Reyer Farms · Feb 7, 2013

sweettractors said:
Used 2 Shank Hiller Row Maker Digger with Wings Can SHIP Fast Inexpensive | eBay

I know what it does to the soil, but why? Ken Sweet

Raised beds promote better plant growth and more even water. Also helps certain crops by cutting down on soil / foliage contact. Helps with disease. Plus two row makes field neat and easier to work.

bcp · Feb 7, 2013

I've often seen watermelons on hills like that would make.

Bruce

sam5570 · Feb 8, 2013

i guess if i did alot of measuring the distance between the row's it would work for hilling my potatoes.

Baby Grand · Feb 8, 2013

Nothing to do with stumps. Sorry, Ken, I couldn't resist.
Looks like you'd need fresh tilled, level soil for that to work evenly.
Looks like a lot of tweaking to get everything to set just so, too.
Someone put a lot of effort into making it.
Is it a short line product or a one-off DIY job?
Hitch it up, take a few passes, take a few pictures, and show us what it can do!

sweettractors · Feb 8, 2013

Baby Grand said:
Nothing to do with stumps. Sorry, Ken, I couldn't resist.
Looks like you'd need fresh tilled, level soil for that to work evenly.
Looks like a lot of tweaking to get everything to set just so, too.
Someone put a lot of effort into making it.
Is it a short line product or a one-off DIY job?
Hitch it up, take a few passes, take a few pictures, and show us what it can do!

The moldboards are curved and tapered as they lead to the back. and there are spring loaded extensions at the end of the outside moldboards. These characteristics make me think short line instead of diy? Ken Sweet

GolfAddict · Feb 8, 2013

How did you come to be in possession? Was it a trade in, auction find, ...? Was just wondering why the previous owner wasn't able to answer your questions about it...

sweettractors · Feb 8, 2013

GolfAddict said:
How did you come to be in possession? Was it a trade in, auction find, ...? Was just wondering why the previous owner wasn't able to answer your questions about it...

I have buyers outside my home area that find equipment and email me pictures and prices or I make a delivered bid based on the pictures and descriptions of the equipment. This is one of those type items that was in a consignment sale in Eastern Ky. Ken Sweet

GolfAddict · Feb 8, 2013

sweettractors said:
I have buyers outside my home area that find equipment and email me pictures and prices or I make a delivered bid based on the pictures and descriptions of the equipment. This is one of those type items that was in a consignment sale in Eastern Ky. Ken Sweet

I see. I bet you do get some interesting finds like this one then! Sounds fun.

oliver28472 · Feb 8, 2013

I would say that hiller would only be used on sandy land.

Redbug · Feb 8, 2013

I've never see one of those things.

I could see running one of those things down a couple rows at a time that had been pushed up by the dozer for planting pines. Many times the rows are too rough and are planted by hand using a dibble bar. Something like that would smooth the rows out.

Just a guess for an application.

DFB · Feb 8, 2013

Ginseng!

Hey doesnt this one look a lot like it

Ginseng Bed Former,Agriculture, Horticulture, Irrigation Machinery & Implements,New Delhi,Delhi,India,ID: 1507062791

It certainly does what it does I suppose

I see standard 6 ft row centers. How wide a bed does it create? I suppose somone could use it to cultivate lettuce or onions other similar crop rows maybe even form strawberry beds whatever would benifit from a slighly raised profile

I see a few variations on the internet. Spring trip bed former is one name. Both Reeki and Pearson have a similiar design for potatoes. Reekies call bed former, two furrow plough potato ridger cultivator. Another place calls theirs a sledge bed former and says 'sledge' type bed formers are for growers who wish to minimise soil tillage in fragile or compacting soils.

sweettractors · Feb 8, 2013

DFB said:
Ginseng!

Hey doesnt this one look a lot like it

Ginseng Bed Former,Agriculture, Horticulture, Irrigation Machinery & Implements,New Delhi,Delhi,India,ID: 1507062791

It certainly does what it does I suppose

I see standard 6 ft row centers. How wide a bed does it create? I suppose somone could use it to cultivate lettuce or onions other similar crop rows maybe even form strawberry beds whatever would benifit from a slighly raised profile

I see a few variations on the internet. Spring trip bed former is one name. Both Reeki and Pearson have a similiar design for potatoes. Reekies call bed former, two furrow plough potato ridger cultivator. Another place calls theirs a sledge bed former and says 'sledge' type bed formers are for growers who wish to minimise soil tillage in fragile or compacting soils.

I believe we have us a ginseng bed former! Looks almost exactly like the blue one. Thanks. Ken Sweet

DFB · Feb 8, 2013

Now you'll really sell it!

sweettractors · Feb 8, 2013

DFB said:
Now you'll really sell it!

And I will owe it all to you.

What did you type in when you did a search for something like this? Ken Sweet

Lou66 · Feb 8, 2013

Alot of the rice fields here in southeast Texas uses something like that to set their levy for flooding parts of the field,, when you have a rice field that is 5 miles long and 3 miles wide,, you flood different parts at a time.. Lou

MossflowerWoods · Feb 8, 2013

I was gonna say for forming strawberry rows...

David

DFB · Feb 8, 2013

sweettractors said:
And I will owe it all to you. What did you type in when you did a search for something like this? Ken Sweet

Hey Ginsing farming is suppossed to be big bucks!

That deserves a serious look

I started with bed shaper but the terminolgy started lending itself towards bed formers...then spring trip design...then...lol!
The manufacturing market seems to be more overseas.

Ain't the internet great!

Glad I could help