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Highboyford-tillers again

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Tom from Ontari

02-23-2000 19:57:18




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Appreciate your reply and you're right. I don't want to provoke another fuss over tractors. I ran a 70 inch Howard on a Cockshutt/Oliver 1600 years ago reclaiming some rough land for a buddy and he gave me specific instructions. Yes, most people try to do too much in one trip and beat the soil to pieces. Uh, uh. Howards had/have a 4 speed gear set-up and the faster it goes, finer tilth more horsepower, more wear etc. His way was about 2 and a half mph, slower rotor speed, rear hood up,tear the surface residue, grass into chunks and leave it for a week or ten days, then come back, same speed same depth and the hood down to bury what junk was left plus he had a little McCormick drill he pulled behind it and a little packer behind that. Made for a long train, but this guy pulled off fantastic crops because I had to measure them for crop insurance. There's a guy with a 15 foot Sidewinder for sale and I know these are not for primary tillage. Sort of one trip after ploughing, chisel or mouldboard. Anybody I have talked to from tiller dealers or companies have all said the same thing, do not try to do it in one trip, you get concrete, just like the other gents say. Appreciate the input. Tom

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FM

02-24-2000 17:32:11




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 Re: Highboyford-tillers again in reply to Tom from Ontario, 02-23-2000 19:57:18  
Here is what you need....If you had a hundred grand or two :-)



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Highboyford

02-23-2000 20:25:57




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 Re: Highboyford-tillers again in reply to Tom from Ontario, 02-23-2000 19:57:18  
Hi Tom,one reason I like this web site is that it deals with the old equipment. I would like to find a Oliver tiller to buy but I have never even seen one for sale.Another reason to like this site is it gives me a chance to talk to people from other countries and learn alittle more about the countries in general.I really dont like to disagree with people, but I have been told that my swiss side shows too much(hard headed I guess)If we all had the same tastes I guess all the women in the world would have red hair!Tractors and women are alot alike to me,I like em all but have a few favorites and everyday i learn something about em I didnt know yesterday.Hope you get your tillage problem taken care of.

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Tom from Ontario

02-23-2000 20:48:44




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 Re: Re: Highboyford-tillers again in reply to Highboyford, 02-23-2000 20:25:57  
HBF: I remember seeing a fellow ask you about your handle. I guess he had never seen a Model A done the right way. The only place I had ever heard of an Oliver tiller was in C.H. Wendel's Oliver book and we wouldn't have seen them up here at all because of limited demand, marketed through Cockshutt etc. We are starting to see a lot of Advertising from Kuhn and at the Toronto Farm show they must have had 5 or 6 there with about 25 types of blades available. Come to thing of it, so did the Howard people. Apparently Howard tillers are being built in Spain these days. Tom

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