Spike-toothed Harrow Trivia Question

C. Amick · Oct 6, 2016

Why are the spikes on all four corners hook-shaped and all the other spikes are all straight? The photos are not of my harrow, but mine is set up the same way.

bass · Oct 6, 2016

dad always told me that when the teeth are in the horizontal position the harrow rides on the hooks; they lift the frame off the ground.

i have a 6' and two 4' that i can pull together on a single bar. we us to drag them over the corn when it was a bout 4 leaves tall. dad call it the first plowing.

bass

pburg · Oct 6, 2016

Obviously, the harrow in your picture is upside-down. The purpose

of the curved shanks is to allow the harrow to be transported/skidded
from one location to another. Apparently used primarily in the long-ago
country before the roads were graveled or hard-surfaced.

Mike(NEOhio) · Oct 6, 2016

Thanks for posting this. I have one just like that and always wondered why the hooked tines were there.

paul · Oct 6, 2016

For transport. Skids.

Paul

C. Amick · Oct 7, 2016

Yes, I believe that is the correct answer. When you push the lever all the way forward (as in the photo), hook-shaped spikes are the only thing that touches the ground and they act like skids.

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