Re: Home Made Implements

Here's a drag harrow I made. It uses 4x6"s with railroad spikes as the teeth. I drilled 3/4" holes in the cross beams and drove in the spikes. They're 6" apart and the front and back beam are offset for 3" spacing total. I lag screwed a 2x6" on top to hold in the spikes, drilling a hole over each spike to help seat the board over the head of the spike. That way the wood had enough space to smash down aroung the edges of the spike head. I built a basket for weights on top. I use CAST eyebolts because the formed ones aren't strong enough to keep the chain from pulling them apart. You can see how good of a job it does on the garden. It's 8' wide. All I bought were the 2x6's and the eyebolts, the rest were old lumber I had laying around.