Hope someone can help identifying a cultivator.

2. Is this a row crop cultivator, or a field cultivator? Sounded like a row crop, but 8 gangs does _not_ work out, row crops have an odd number of gangs most of the time.

3. To me 'arrow shaped point' sounds like cultivator sweeps, are these small (couple inches to 4 inches across) or large (8 inches to a foot across)? The large ones are sometimes special built field cultivators made to kill quck grass or Canadian thistle patches 'here'.

4. But then you mention 'spring tooth harrow' which 'here' is a whole different thing, just has springs on it like side rake teeth, no cultivator sweeps. So this throws me a little?

5. Are the sweeps (or spring teeth?) mounted on a ridgid shank, a ridgid shank with rock-trip springs on it, a 'J' shaped springy flat iron, or an 'S' shaped springy flat iron? The first 2 are ridgid mountings, the last two are versions of spring or 'Vibra-shank (TM)' type mountings.

6. As always, a picture is worth a 1000 words... ;)

--->Paul

#2 I don't know about the row crop/field because I don't enough about cultivators yet. At this point I'm partly guessing it is a cultivator. It has 8 arms that hang back and pivot from the main frame, with 3 spring type hooks and teeth mounted on them, each hook and tooth about a foot and a half behind and offset form the forward one.

#3 The teeth look like giant arrow broadheads, about 7-8 inches across. There are coil springs that must be there to apply down pressure on the teeth. The last gang on the left is designed to be missing the front tooth.

#4 I could be totally off on the spring tooth harrow thing, I admit I know nothing about the implements yet. That's why I'm here asking questions and listening to you folks. There's a harrow (by picture discription) in the implement photo section that has the "hooks" I'm comparing to this "cultivator".

#5 The teeth are mounted on a arm that comes back from the pivot on the frame, from these arms are the flat bar springy looking "hooks" (that look like the hooks on the harrow pic), 3 to an arm, staggered front to back and offset to the right at each position to the rear. There are adjustable springs that looks to apply down pressure on these arms. The teeth obviously mount on the bottom of these spring bar hooks.

#6 I would truly love to be able to provide a digital pic but I and my freinds are still too far in the 19th century. If it comes to that I'll try to find a loaner from someone. #7 Thanks you for your patience, knowledge and help, Loren.