Hey Indydirtfarmer!

This is my favorite piece of green equipment (only 6 feet narrower than this one).

Do you use these hoes in your country?

Allan

Naw, I'm havin' one heck of a time....this is gonna be harder than I thought. Seems like they all have had the wheels run clear off 'em.

I dunno, I might have to start looking at the 968's or something.

I stumbled across this old dog and it is kinda what I want; one without a cab. But this one is tooooo tired, has a stinkin' hydro and a price tag of $13K. Guess I'll pass & just keep on a lookin'. :>)

Thanks for the hollar back,

Allan

Naw, I'm havin' one heck of a time....this is gonna be harder than I thought. Seems like they all have had the wheels run clear off 'em.

I dunno, I might have to start looking at the 968's or something.

I stumbled across this old dog and it is kinda what I want; one without a cab. But this one is tooooo tired, has a stinkin' hydro and a price tag of $13K. Guess I'll pass & just keep on a lookin'. :>)

Thanks for the hollar back,

Allan

They are an absolute and total necessity in this country and are only used when the crop is very small; we use them, not for weed control so much, but to save the darned crop at certain times.

If the crop is small, say around 2 to 3 inches tall and if we get a hard beating rain, invariably the next day it will get hot and windy. Sometimes, the ground will dry out very fast and then begin to blow.

So, if a guy isn't out there tying it down with one of these hoes, that flying dirt and/or sand will cut that baby crop off even with the ground like a razor blade.

We run ‘em in road gear and skip every other pass, kinda ‘stripping’ the field. This will hold the soil erosion until a guy can cover all his acres, then get back to catch that other pass.

I think that originally they were probably designed to kill tiny weeds, but we don't even consider this aspect; we’ve got the chemicals for that.

After the crop gets a little height, it in itself will then control the erosion.

Allan

After a low front moves thru, it is usually followed right behind, by a high front.

So, what happens is that the counter clockwise circulation of the low combines in with the clockwise circulation of the high front. This is when the trouble starts with the high winds and the eroding soil; right in the middle of these two fronts.

Nice part is though, it is more pronounced over in Wyoming..... darned wind blows all the time over there! :>)

Allan