Make your own CULTIVATOR

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February/March 2002
 
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I scavenged my digging tines from an old field cultivator ("quack digger"). I put the tines on the machine, took a piece of pretty sturdy 1/2-inch steel rod, ran it through the hole mounts and secured them on both sides of the machine.

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The lifting of the tines could be done with an expensive electromechanical device, but I found a simple piece of 4x4 red oak, spanning the width of the cultivator, does the same thing. The closer you put the wood to the axle of the tines, the higher the tines will raise for transporting requirements.

As trial and effort showed, it takes three or four trips over hard, overgrown ground to make the soil workable enough to plant.

Early spring is the best time to put this cultivator to work, before first growth starts.

That's it. Of course, these are the materials I had access to. You can substitute materials lying around your yard. As an Iowan, I deal mostly in facts, and the fact of the matter is that you don't have to spend a lot to mechanize your operation, too.


Fully detailed plans, parts list and instructions are available by sending $10 to:
AN Field Cultivator Plan P.O. Box 101 Wadena, IA 52169 email: garyv@mwci.net

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