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Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivators on

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Farmallb

02-12-2008 18:45:56




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A M, but like said, theyll fit, M used 4 row cults, I never saw a M cultivating, but that was a LONG time ago, when farmers thought different, and the smaller tractors was used for cultivating in NE Kans.




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NDS

02-13-2008 12:25:56




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
In my area Ms and A JDs were the most common tractors and I never saw a 4 row cultivator until fiftys and by then Ms had been in production for 15 years or so. Before we went to later model diesel tractors we were running 4 row front mounts on M and SM and 4 row front mount on G JD. In fiftys we were not far from days of mule cultivators and 2 rows were a great improvement.



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olderguy

02-13-2008 08:16:02




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
Farmallb, Back in the fifties we planted corn with a J. D. 2 row planter so the 2 row cultivator was used on our M. Also, we only had the one tractor at that time, it had to do it all.



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Hugh MacKay

02-13-2008 08:08:17




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
Go to potato country if you want to see why they built a 2 row cultivator for an M. An H wont handle the job very well. Those boys are trying to loosen enough soil to keep the potato crop covered. I once bought a has been potato farm, in the early days they used a wide gauge crawler on two 36" rows. Later he went to a Massey Harris GP, 4x4 had the traction but lacked power for speed. In 1967 he bought a new 656 and 504, put a 2000 loader on the 656, planned on using it for plowing, diskig, etc. He bought a 2 row cultivator for the 504, center mount and rear tool bar. One year later the 2000 loader was on the 504 and the 2 row cultivators were on the 656, he said the 504 just wouldn't handle the 2 row cultivator. He said under some conditions it could give the 656 traction problems.

I've been to PEI, potato capital of Canada, watched them using 4 row on 856, 1256, 966 and 1066. I'm sure they were loading those tractors. In fact I've never seen folks make a tractor look old any faster than PE Islanders. Man those guys could beat a tractor to death in a hurry.

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John M

02-13-2008 03:47:45




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
We had a set of 4 row cults on our M. I dont recall the model, but we took them off of a 400 and set them right on the M.



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John in Ne.

02-13-2008 02:57:22




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
I've only seen a couple of store bought 4 row mounted cultivators for an H or a M.Most I've seen were made out of two 2 row units welded together.John.



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georgeky

02-13-2008 21:45:56




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to John in Ne., 02-13-2008 02:57:22  
Maybe my store bought 4 row cultivator is a collectors item. I figured there were lots of them in corn country. I bought this set at an auction 15 years ago, with original paint and decals still on them. Birds roosted over them one winter, and destoyed the nice red and blue.



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dhermesc

02-13-2008 14:11:33




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to John in Ne., 02-13-2008 02:57:22  
"I've only seen a couple of store bought 4 row mounted cultivators for an H or a M.Most I've seen were made out of two 2 row units welded together.John."


Agreed,

I had also seen a lot of 2 rows welded up to make 4 rows - then welded again to make 6 row cultivators. Seemed like dad had half the steel from a windmill used to brace up the cultivator frames.



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georgeky

02-12-2008 22:35:32




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
Maybe he has a 2 row planter. Hard to plow 4 rows planted 2 at a time. Many sets of 2 rows were sold with M's.



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Janicholson

02-13-2008 05:54:28




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to georgeky, 02-12-2008 22:35:32  
Georgeky. you are exactly correct. The use of a four row cultivator on a field planted with a two row planter devistated the rows not being watched. Even pretty flat fields were not perfect between the planter stripes. When driving a 2 row it was very obvious when the operator started down the rows with one set of shields on a different planter track than the other (OOPS). JimN



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john *.?-!.* cub owner

02-12-2008 19:47:03




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 Re: Dont know why youd want to put a 2 row set of cultivator in reply to Farmallb, 02-12-2008 18:45:56  
not much cultivating done in this area, but in the hills with terraces and small fields, most tractors used 2 row cultivators rather than 4 row. fuel was not very expensive, and you did not waste as much ground.



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LA in Wi.

02-12-2008 21:07:47




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 Saw a quite a few M with 2 row cults. in reply to john *.?-!.* cub owner, 02-12-2008 19:47:03  
I saw a lot of M Farmalls with 2-row cultivators in Iowa back in the early 1950s. 4-row stuff came along in the late 1950s when farmers starting farming "big acres"....up to 240 acres instead of 160.



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Dan Henebry

02-13-2008 15:25:27




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 Re: Saw a quite a few M with 2 row cults. in reply to LA in Wi., 02-12-2008 21:07:47  
I remember in the late 70's when 16 row cultivators were beginning to be used and my mom's dad was talking about when they switched from 2 to 4 row cultivators. He said alot of farmers couldn't see how you could do a good job cultivating trying to watch all 4 of those rows instead of two. I would say the 4 row cultivators followed the 4 row planter so when they came out the 4 row cultivator probably wasn't far behind.

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