Re: Re: Re: SA cultivator set up

Posted by mikeinWA on June 01, 2004 at 23:05:42 from (69.29.192.40):

In Reply to: Re: Re: SA cultivator set up posted by CNKS on June 01, 2004 at 19:11:31:

CNKS- Thanks for the info. Against my better judgement I am going to go into a little detail. I grow a market garden from artichokes to zucchini. I have been paying a crew to hand weed between 8 & 12 acres for years and am finally graduating up to mechanical cultivation. I have puzzled and sketched, I have measured and measured again. The best system I can come up with is triple rows spaced 18' apart for most crops. That is a total bed width of 36" and leaves enough room for hand harvesting and weeding between tightly spaced crops like spinach and cilantro. My guys do not want the rows any tighter if there are three because of the geometry of straddling and reaching for weeding and harvesting. So, 36" bed width, add 9" either side for clearance (?), and my tires are about 10" wide. Total center to center for tires is 36+18+10=64. I apologize for not trusting this "A" as designed but frankly it looks a little spread out at this spacing. This spacing will however allow me to use the 3020 for seeding as it has a very similar inside dimension. If I use three seeders on 18" centers I can drop the center and seed corn on 36", or drop the outside two and seed squash on 72". It looks good on paper. I currently use a two row system for most crops but when I switch to tractor mount seeders I dont have a machine to match the tread of the "A" (3020) is set up just right for the plows and I dont want to start moving wheels all the time. I also hesitate to seed with the "A", I would rather leave it set up as a cultivator. I will try this as planned and keep people posted, I am still curious how much room is required between the outside rows and the inside of the tire to comfortably cultivate. Bored yet? If I read this site long enough I'll probably end up with more Farmalls and won't have to worry about anything but where to put the cot in the shop. Thanks and best wishes.
Mike Peroni

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