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Identify this field cultivator
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tinnerjohn
501 Club
Looks like two sections of a spring tooth to me. A cross bar loosely attaches to the front, then a chain or rods to hook to the drawbar. Most of the time around here they were used on plowed ground before it was disced so the old drag disc could do a better job,
I had one similiar. Don't plow anymore so I didn't need the drag. Years ago every implement manfacturer made these. There would be a left side, a right side and center sections all hooked to a cross bar. We had a four section, Farmall H pulled it and a five section for the M. I don't know the brand. Dad hasd changed ours to have chain from the drag to the tractor to allow for tighter turns. I could turn the five section tight enough to almost have the one inside section turned 180. Nice for simple back and forth dragging. Vern
tinnerjohn We generally disced before dragging. One time I had a disc with the four section hooked behind it and hooked to the M. A tree branch came flying off the muffler and I ducked witth the end result that I went party through the fence and into the neighbors pasture with a fencepost aganist the right axle. I was scratched but not hurt. A lot of kids were hurt on farms in those days. I would have been I think 13. Vern
We did the same. First thing after plowing was a field disk, usually with a cultipacker hitched behind. After that, more passes of the same as needed and a separate pass with a drag (spring tooth harrow). Last pass was crosswise of the field with the drag. Cross dragging made it much easier to follow the row marker line while planting.tinnerjohn We generally disced before dragging.
tinnerjohn
501 Club
After reading the last comments I realized I had iy backwards. The Amish around here still use them. I have one section that my Grandsons like to drag around the garden behind the Cub Cadet,
Jim We almost always dragged at an angle for the same reason as across the field. Dads favorite was to make the first drag pass running from one corner say the SW to the NE and turn at opposite corner and come down the other side. The result was that by the time the field was finished we would be running from the SE to the NW. This made two passes without wasteful time turning. One way quick (read shallow) pass if it had rained on a prepared field. A cultipacker was used mostly when preparing for a hay field. Vern
We had a lot of clay soil. So, there were plenty of clods to break up, thus the cultipacker. It was also used after planting small grain and grass to get good soil contact for the grass seed.
I have one very much like the one in the pictures. It was on this farm when my parents bought it in 1960. It was a 3 section. We never it because it was so worn out and damaged. I pulled it out of the weeds after I bought my cub. Made it into a 2 section. Ground another notch on the adjusters and use it. I wish it would go deeper but its better than wearing out the cultivator teeth.
BenjaMINN.
Member
I have a similar three-section harrow that I've nearly finished restoring. As such, I've been doing some research on McCormick-Deering harrows:
Looks like you have a two-section channel-bar harrow. According to page 345 of the TM-3 tillage machines parts manuals, the two-section channel bar harrows were made from 1905 to 1948. IH also made pipe-bar harrows with round pipes that the teeth attached to instead of flat bars. Pipe bar harrows were made until 1957.
Two-section harrows were made in 15, 17, and 23-tooth sizes, and could be expanded by adding 8 or 12-tooth center sections up to 5 or 6 total sections. Early drawbars were essentially wood 2x6 beams with hooks to each section and a clevis for attaching to either a horse-drawn evener or tractor hitch. After 1951, round metal pipe drawbars were an option as well. Another popular option was a sulky attachment for riding along behind a team of horses so you wouldn't have to walk along behind the harrow. Interestingly, the owners manual I found from the early 50's recommends moving the adjustment lever to the front of the tooth tie bar when pulling the harrow behind a tractor.
If you're interested in painting it, the IH Paint Committee decisions indicate that the paint scheme for spring tooth harrows made after 1928 was: Harvester Blue frames, Black spring teeth, and Ochre (yellow) wood drawbars. Harrows made before 1928 may have been painted other colors, including red and green. Not sure when yours was made without looking at part numbers.
Edit: I remembered that there is a 1944 manual for this harrow on the resources page, you can view once you have 10 posts: https://farmallcub.com/community/resources/two-section-spring-tooth-harrow-6-29-44.262/
Looks like you have a two-section channel-bar harrow. According to page 345 of the TM-3 tillage machines parts manuals, the two-section channel bar harrows were made from 1905 to 1948. IH also made pipe-bar harrows with round pipes that the teeth attached to instead of flat bars. Pipe bar harrows were made until 1957.
Two-section harrows were made in 15, 17, and 23-tooth sizes, and could be expanded by adding 8 or 12-tooth center sections up to 5 or 6 total sections. Early drawbars were essentially wood 2x6 beams with hooks to each section and a clevis for attaching to either a horse-drawn evener or tractor hitch. After 1951, round metal pipe drawbars were an option as well. Another popular option was a sulky attachment for riding along behind a team of horses so you wouldn't have to walk along behind the harrow. Interestingly, the owners manual I found from the early 50's recommends moving the adjustment lever to the front of the tooth tie bar when pulling the harrow behind a tractor.
If you're interested in painting it, the IH Paint Committee decisions indicate that the paint scheme for spring tooth harrows made after 1928 was: Harvester Blue frames, Black spring teeth, and Ochre (yellow) wood drawbars. Harrows made before 1928 may have been painted other colors, including red and green. Not sure when yours was made without looking at part numbers.
Edit: I remembered that there is a 1944 manual for this harrow on the resources page, you can view once you have 10 posts: https://farmallcub.com/community/resources/two-section-spring-tooth-harrow-6-29-44.262/
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They get generic after a while.
I restored one section of springtoothed drag harrow with bolts so worn at pivot points they were about done. Replaced some of the spikes on the tail end too.
Added a chain to pull it and it is all I use before seeding.
Ahh ; files to large.
Well la de da.
I restored one section of springtoothed drag harrow with bolts so worn at pivot points they were about done. Replaced some of the spikes on the tail end too.
Added a chain to pull it and it is all I use before seeding.
Ahh ; files to large.
Well la de da.