wellmax99

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showing my lack of knowledge as we never owned one of these rotary hoes.

what is it used for, level the ground like a harrow?
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Thanks for your reply,
I see them from time to time, small ones, I only have a half acre of sweet corn an grass is always a problem as most sweet corn herbicides are very expensive,

I will look for one this winter,

Thanks again,
 

As stated helps break up crust on soil when crop is rained on shortly after planting. It will also uproot small weeds in planted crops. Also was used to control blowing sand/soil in freshly emerged cotton field

Some folks think it can be used as a soil aerator which I think it won't be successful at that task
 
Weed control, breaking the crust for emergence and to help when dry and dust is flying.

On the weed control front don't expect miracles. The weeds you can see will likely not be controlled. Rotary hoes work wonders but the weeds need to be tiny. Used in emerged crop not much over 4 inches. Go as fast as you can. Want to know how much you controlled? Leave a test strip where you don't run the hoe. In a couple weeks it will be like night and day.

jt
 
The other response are correct as for its intended use. We had several neighbors that had a small ones they pulled behind their plow. It would save a trip going over it with the disk the first time. Back in the day when everyone plowed, disked, and dragged before planting. They were the pull type, not 3 point hitch as in your picture.
 
The unit in the picture was a horse drawn unit when it was new and the wheels each had a lever for adjisting depth or full up for trasnsport. They will not level ground and a unit like that with all wheels on one comman axle will have spots that the wheels will not even touch the soil.
 
Most posters have covered it well. As big JT hinted at by saying go "as fast as you can" it is critical that these things are pulled at the proper speed. I always heard 6 mph was about the minimum speed to go to be effective with 7 to 8 mph even better. Some tractors like a plain ole farmall h or a plain ole farmall m do not have a good rotary hoe gear to pick from (the super series fixed this problem).

Also most manufactuers made the rotary hoe with a slight bend at the tip of each spike. If that bend is worn straight then the implement has lots of use and will be much less effective.
 
We use both the 7ft and 14ft rotary hoes to help prepare the seed bed for planting grass.

Take a look at the photo below of the John Deere 14 rotary hoe.

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Take a look at the video of the <a href="https://youtu.be/VH75AEtL3Js">John Deere 7 rotary hoe</a>.
 
That hoe in your picture was dsigned for 2 mph or speed of draft horse. It would do better at speed of 6 mph. Had hoes with several different style teeth, cast like that one has, rod and angle iron, and the teeth that are an angle iron penetrate the best. Had JD with rod type and usless in my ground, same with McCormick, Now the Ford had the angle iron tooth and worked good, would loosen crust in one pass that the other would not do in 3 passes. Have heavy crusting soil here and a lot of times pulled one hoe in back of anouther to get crust cracked up enough for corn or beans to come up. 4th speed in either Farmall H or John Deere B or A was too slow, Farmall did not have a good gear, 5th in the Deere's worked good, Later 65 or 68 Fords 6th speed was good. That is full throttle on any of them. And they will not do anything on grass due to type of root the grass has, broadleaves when they are only a quarter in tall and ground is not crusted over will destroy the weeds. You want it more for getting the crop emerged than weed control.
 
I have a 4 section IHC R Hoe. I am only going to use 3 sections together, and save the forth to put behind the plow, and/or to pull with my Panzer garden tractor in the garden.
 
I use an IH 300 hoe for my corn.

They are used (mostly) weed control. Theory is that weeds in the "white thread stage" aka, just starting to germinate. The hoe will break the soil crust, and expose the roots to air and sun, which will kill the weeds. Must be done every couple of days to be effective. The hoe really does not penatrate very deeply, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep. Weeds germinate usually in very shallow soil, wheras corn is planted much deeper.

If you can see the weed from the tractor - it is already to big to be controlled well by a rotary hoe.

Hope this helps!
 
My local sweet corn seed supplier said the round up resistant sweet corn seed is very expensive,

So I just went with the regular seed as I hav such a small amount to plant

Most years, if it's not to wet I can get it planted and up and plowed before the grass take over, but not last year, it was a mess,

Also looked at a rotary hoe to help with grass control,
 
Most regular corn herbicides are labeled for sweetcorn. But many require having a private pesticide applicators license to purchase. The roundup ready varieties are sold in minimum quantity of 20,000 kernels for about $350. I plant that only where there is a problem with johnsongrass.
 
If you need one for weed control, forget those models with a common shaft. They're ok for breaking crust, but no good for weed control. You need a newer one like a JD 400, Case IH 161, M&amp;W, Hiniker, or Yetter. They have each wheel on it's own arm or two on a walking tandem, which does a much better job of clearing plugs and following the undulation of the ground.

Those gang hoes do not do a good job of fully covering the ground. Even the JD 400, which has the tandems, isn't as good as the hoes with each wheel on it's own arm.

Make sure the one you buy has good spoons on the end. They should be well flared to aggressively scoop the ground. If you get a badly worn one, it will be a hole poker, not a weeder. You can buy new spoons from a manufacturer called Manufarm in Wheatley Ontario. They need to be welded on individually - a long winter project. New wheels are worse than junk. I bought some from Sloan Express a while back and they should be ashamed of themselves for selling such junk. You can contact me if you need new spoons.

rockyridge53813 at gmail dot com
 
hello, i have never used a rotary hoe.wondering if they would work as a pasture areator with some wieght? or would it be like pulling a bainy rooster backwards
 
(quoted from post at 18:10:14 01/20/16) hello, i have never used a rotary hoe.wondering if they would work as a pasture areator with some wieght? or would it be like pulling a bainy rooster backwards

IMHO I wouldn't waste time &amp; fuel. I think teeth are to closely spaced for good soil penetration. Plus older rotary hoes have white iron brgs that won't tolerate a lot of added weight very well.
 

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