Posted by pobo6 on March 26, 2014 at 06:09:00 from (97.92.134.157):
In Reply to: Go Dig or Go Devil posted by big_red_man on March 25, 2014 at 19:28:53:
Here in central Nebraska, we called them go-devils. We used ours up til about 15 years ago, was an IH 4 row; I forget what model # it was; it was 3 pt hitch mounted. Those were the days of listing corn, go-deviling, then hilling (known as ridging to some of you) before gravity irrigating...
We had the trip saver on ours, it was a set of furrow shanks at the rear of the go-devil, it busted the ridge left behind, earning its name "trip saver". Our neighbor did not have the trip saver on his, after going through his fields once, he'd have to turn the disc blades on the go-devil the other way, and go back through the fields to knock the ridges down.
Those of you who have used go-devils, how many of you have twisted (even lightly) one of the upfront shanks? When you did, you knew it too - off to the hydraulic press you went...
Today's generation consists of no-till planting, spraying and turning on the pivots - times have changed.
This post was edited by pobo6 at 06:10:42 03/26/14.
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