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ParticipantIt will be for beef calves. The horses may get a little if they ever see enough work to need it. I am planning on planting open pollinated corn so the yield may be a little lower. I was just hoping I could do it on 2.5 to 3 acres.
ParticipantI don’t see why it wouldn’t work as long as you have strong welds.
ParticipantI sure am. She is going to have some grunt.
ParticipantHello John, I had her out in harness for the first time yesterday. I line drove her single for awhile. She did pretty well. The only problem I could see is that she is afraid of her own shadow. I then hooked her with Precious, my other mare and we went all over the place. They did very well, they just need to learn to walk together but that will come with time. I think Molly is going to work out just fine.
ParticipantNice looking cultivator but about a hundred dollars more than they bring around here.
ParticipantA good pair of leather work boots. No steel toes for me. I could never get used to them.
ParticipantJohn, it seems like it would work. The main thing is to open up the pan to let water and roots down in the ground. If a person had enough horse and not too much plow why couldn’t you make a device for the back of the plow.
It could be like a rolling basket on a field cultivator. Just make it to go directly behind the plow bottom. I don’t know if there would be enough room with more than one bottom, but it seems it would work with a sulky plow. Just a thought.ParticipantAwhile back I read the book “Ten acres enough”. It is from the 1800’s about a fella that started a farm growing fruit. He told about making one pass with the walking plow followed by one pass with a subsoiler. He alternated all the way across the field.
ParticipantI can see how that would happen. The stalk would not be there to control the speed of feed.
ParticipantI will only have a few. I just figured since I already have the silo filler it might work.
ParticipantYes, it will tell how many acres planted. On mine there is a wing nut in the center. I just loosen it a little and move the pointer to zero. When I lower the lever to raise the discs it throws it out fo gear so it is not moving when you are not planting.
ParticipantI am sure wheel diameter is involved. I never thought about the width of the drill until you mentioned it. In the parts section of the operators manual there is a breakdown with several different gears. There must be different ones for different with drills and different row spacings.
ParticipantMy McCormick Deering 11-7 wood wheeled model has a surveyor. I always called it an acre counter. When I remember to reset it before starting it is pretty accurate.
ParticipantIf you hadn’t told us we wouldn’t have known it was your first time.
ParticipantI don’t know a thing about it, but it seems to make sense. If you have a cow she could do field work and produce milk. Then you only have one animal to feed instead of two.
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