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What brand and model works the best and still have parts
support? I need one to control weeds in organic crops. I see
some guys run a double rotary. Do I have to make one or does
somebody manufacture one?
 
We use both the John Deere No. 7 and No. 14, but for seed bed preparation and not for weed control.

Take a look at the photos below of the <a href="http://youtu.be/VH75AEtL3Js">No. 7 with a 3-point lift</a>.

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We paid $150 for the complete rotary hoe.

Take a look at the photos below of the No. 14 pull type.

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The two end sections were removed to transport the rotary hoe through a narrow gate.

We paid $450 for the complete rotary hoe.

The wheels are available on eBay.

Hope this helps.
 
I have parts and pieces of one of those I am trying to turn into a 3 point one. That pick up is a say 1965 or so give or take a few years Chev RIGHT??
 
Straight 6 or V-6. I know in 1965 you could get the V-6 or the straight 6. I have parts for both on hand. The V-6 was a power house engine but ate gas but then the straight 6 was not much better on gas
 
I'm using an IH No.12 rotary weeder in the middle and Chattanooga rotary weeder on each side on the cultivating tool bars on my cub.
Good for seed bed prep, breaking up the crusty soil and when the plants first come up. Later switch to standard cultivators.

Kirk
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(quoted from post at 00:44:04 01/16/15) Straight 6 or V-6. I know in 1965 you could get the V-6 or the straight 6. I have parts for both on hand. The V-6 was a power house engine but ate gas but then the straight 6 was not much better on gas
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Straight six engine in a Chevy &amp; V6 engine in a GMC in the 60's
 
ive got one of those 3 point ones around here, the wings are off it and missing several wheels, the wheels are kind of floppy on the bearings, not sure if i want to try doing something with it or not, it came on the place when we bought it, i just put all the pieces in 1 place,they were scattered about, but im glad to finally know what the thing's number is
 
Originally came with a straight six.

My father replaced it with another straight six.

It now has it's third rebuilt 350 V8.
 
any idea of the vintage of one of those? thecub above gives me an idea as there are pieces of that rotary hoe up in a corner too, not sure if there is enough to make anything or if its just rusted junk by now, some other stuff too id just left it in case i needed something for parts, the best scrap is the stuff you keep, you never know when that one weird part will be just whats needed to fix something
 
The type of teeth in those Deere hoes I do not like but I think that is going to be all that you can find, McCormick and Yetter used the same style. In hard crusty soil they do not want tp penetrate and do not bust up the crust. The hoe that I had and liked was a Dearborn-Ford or a Ferguson Think also Massey Harris and both the Ferguson and Massey were same model and they used a angle iron tooth and that penetrated better than the Deere I had and also the McCormick that I had. I just sold to a dealer last year andhe might still have it a Very like new Ford 2 row 3 point hoe, Found it at auction so cheap could not pass it up but never used it as I had other hoes both Deere and McCormick in 4 row size and sold them and bought a well used Ford 3 section and it worked better than the McCormick that it replaced that you could not see any wear on the teeth at all.
 
how big of a hoe are you looking for? i have maybe a 10 or 12 ft i-h 4 section pull type buried in the barn. bouth the same width of the one james howell pictured. mine has straight shovels unlike the cupped deere ones.
 
That New Holland is way more than enough to pull a 15 foot hoe. If the wheels are worn down to a point it will not do much except poke holes. Shoup may have parts to rebuild the wheels.
 
One thing to remember about a rotary hoe is that they are supposed to break up CRUST, not till hard ground. If the ground has melted completely together due to excessive rain you are pretty much screwed unless the ground dries out and THEN gets a gentle rain on it. Most of the modern "tool bar" hoes have the same style of wheel on them and all will work well in CRUSTED ground, IF the wheels still have a good curve to them. The older, straight tine hoes are what my dad called "tom cat" hoes. They acted like a mad tomcat pulled backwards. About all they did was poke an occasional hole in the ground and did very little to remedy the crusting problem. Mike
 
I have a 4 section AC on a hydraulic cart I gave $100.00 for it. If I had my preference, I would have purchased a 3 point that would cover 4 or 6 rows.
 
I had a ford 2 row pull type but it didnt do very good on the weed control.Gota JD to replace it like the jd s above but it has a 3 pt carrier .I used one like it for a farmer i worked for but he got a new M+W hi residue hoe. That is the top from what i saw running it. I saw where one guy bought two hoes and then did some welding and instead of having to make two passes it will do two passes at once Basically like another hoe welded on to the front.I wondered about putting short sections of a tool bar mounted hoe behind a jd 300 hoe Not so much weight and it would double hoe the crop row only while covering the whole width once.
 
My Ford did good on ground it did not pay to wast the fuel on to run over with the Deere.
 
That Deere hoe was first brought out in late 30's and the same tooth was used with the latest models, just that they put individual bearings in the later wheels instead of running on a shaft axle with 1 wheel pined to the shaft to turn the axle in the 2 bearings on the frame. The frame bearings are white iron while the individual bearing wheels would be a ball bearing.
 
I had just the opposite problem but I was running for weed control. My ford would punch a hole in the ground and throw a little dirt from it but after years of comparison in this area just couldnt come close to the JD or M&W and I'm a ford fan.
 
Looks like our cub, But newer. Ours does a great job and we love it. We also plant twin rows and works very good for us. Thanks for the pictures
 
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