Interesting Ford Impliment

We do not have gopher problems but I have seen others on here talk about these attachments.

Here's a more modern version.


http://wilcodistributors.com/applicators.htm#url


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The model number on that Ford tag says 10-319, which the parts sites shows as just being a 3 point tool carrier. The rest of that was just added to the tool carrier and may or may not be Ford parts.
 
Neat.

I expect tht the DNR, EPA and a plethora of other agencies would soon be knocking on your door once word got out that you were using it.

Dean
 
This is a very common tool in my neck of the woods (Central Texas). The theory is that it makes a subsoil furrow and mechanically every 10-15 ft. drops a small amount of gopher bait (strychnine coated milo) in to the furrow. The gophers find the furrow and decide it is much easier than digging their own tunnels so uses this and gobbles some of the bait as it meanders down the furrow. Most people make parallel lines every 20 ft. in the field or if there large number of gopher mounds do a cross-hatch pattern.

This is very effective and the most common application is in a "hay patch" - those gopher mounds will quickly dull a cutter and make the ride very rough while bailing. I've seen many a water line "found" during this process :(
 
Ayup, used to use the same machine, in principle, for putting out mouse bait in orchards! Only real difference was that the one we used had an offset frame to put the subsoiler closer to the dripline of the trees, as well as a wheel for depth control.
 
The tag on mine also says 10-319, and Series 108. Early'80's sales literature lists a 108 subsoiler, available with 1,2, or 3 shanks.
 

I saw my neighbor setting up a similar one on his tractor last year, so I had to stop and check it out. He has a pretty good sized orchard and the pesticide laws require the operator to apply the pesticide below ground.
 

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