'Member this?

Get a load of the contour farming; must be those lucky guys back east where it rains once in awile.

Ya remember this old chore, don't cha? :>)

Allan

I always hated the 3pt job on our hillsides, you just couldn"t get the hitch ridgid enough to not dig some out or run over some on our contoured fields..... .....With the front mtd. ones you could see what was happening, and it was more ridgid as well.

My neighbors used to put 4 rows front mtd. cultivators on their 756D with a NF..... ....talk about NICE to use!

Yep, bet that was rough with the hills.

On the level we always wanted the hitch as loose as it would go and then let the guide discs hold 'er steady.

That way you could 'wander' all over the place with the tractor and that ol' cultivator would just follow it's nose.

Allan

Now I'm working on setting my M up with a set of cult. can you say "A BIG GARDEN TRACTOR"?

I agree with you; he is wayyyyy to late. Looky the sunflowers over by the stubble.

Allan

In the days back before the chemicals, we had to run 'em three times a year. First when the plant was about 3-4" tall, again when 8-10" and finally since we were irrigated we would ditch just before the row closed.

After the 2-4D/Banvel(depending on the crop) came into the picture, we dropped the first cultivation and just hit 'em once when the weeds started coming hard and then again with the ditching operation.

1/2 to 1/3 throttle in third gear as these old sisters threw a lot of dirt. Now, the cultivators look like this one and a guy can run at about 5-7mph easily.

Allan

Thanks for posting that picture-- i'd love to find a cultivator like that for my H someday.

Jeff

Nice picture!

Betcha had the old 2-point 4 row? Same here in about 58 or so, but first it was year and year of corn and spuds with this two row thing. The end of the field never seemed to get any closer! :>)

I too used the Lillistons. Loved those things to death!

Allan