Riding cultivator

WIZZO · May 14, 2015

Due to the scrap metal dealers emptying farmyards, these are rare implements now

paul · May 14, 2015

Man catching a rock had to make for a fun ride on stuff like that.

Paul

Bob Harvey · May 14, 2015

Guessing it was originally horse/mule drawn ? Kool ! 'Back in the day' I used an old HD (with driver/operator) plow and a disc (same). Only 1 season, pal wasn't available and I'd gotten some mounted eguip.

Mike(NEOhio) · May 14, 2015

That cast iron seal with the name would bring a good price around here.

RGMartin · May 14, 2015

(quoted from post at 17:53:32 05/14/15) That cast iron seal with the name would bring a good price around here.

Yeah it would...

RG Martin

Dick2 · May 14, 2015

I doubt that 2 horses could pull that in hard ground; it was probably a 4-horse hook up.

I can't help but wonder how many people were killed or injured when thrown from the type of seat they used in those days.

Glen SW Wi · May 14, 2015

Spent many hours riding on the version they have on this side of the pond. On ours there were foot pedals that let you move the spring teeth from side to side. They were horse drawn.

Between watching the corn rows and looking at a couple of horses rear ends it made for a long boring day.

After riding the one pictured, did you end up with the Mfg's inprint on your rear.

gene bender · May 14, 2015

Its a cultivator not a subsoiler and i grew up in those days and nobody got killed horses were well trained or you didnt use them for such a task.

Allan in NE · May 14, 2015

What's that black team worth?

Allan

ditchwitch · May 14, 2015

I wouldnt want to be on that .I bet those 2 belgins can pull that plow in half if it hit some tuff ground. They kinda look like shires actually

Leroy · May 15, 2015

The ones you are thinking of with the foot pedals were row crop cultivators. This unit is not a row crop cultivator but a field cultivator so no use for that. And those seats would not be any different on setting on for a time than these new lawn chairs they are pushing now.

showcrop · May 15, 2015

(quoted from post at 13:03:58 05/14/15)

Due to the scrap metal dealers emptying farmyards, these are rare implements now

Stamford, the wife and I had dinner there once. Do they still have those geese down by the river that chase people around?

Bret4207 · May 15, 2015

(quoted from post at 23:24:14 05/14/15) I wouldnt want to be on that .I bet those 2 belgins can pull that plow in half if it hit some tuff ground. They kinda look like shires actually

Shires or Black Clydes.

RN · May 15, 2015

Catch a rock or big tree root and the horses would stop and look at the human- sort of 'this is your kind of job digging up whatever' and then try to nibble something while human figured it out- sometimes a well trained team would make a step back to get slack. Couple times teamster would get off, go up a step ahead of team and yell 'Pull'- big horses would then give a lunge and pull out rock or break the equipment- wouldn't 'lunge' unless human was where they could see him. RN .

John_PA · May 15, 2015

(quoted from post at 19:16:10 05/14/15) Its a cultivator not a subsoiler and i grew up in those days and nobody got killed horses were well trained or you didnt use them for such a task.

Couple guys around here got killed with horses. One with a walking spike tooth harrow, and one when a doubletree broke and came back and the split end cut him in the neck. Bled out in the field. Anything can happen.

I never farmed with horses. My dad was the last one. We still have our cultivator and dump rakes. He put tractor hitches on both. It was my job to ride the cultivator and steer with the pedals around the corn stalks. He had to get off the tractor at the lands end and lift it for me. Amazing how he had eyes in the back of his head if I clipped a stalk!

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