Lilliston Rolling Cultivator

Never used one in your area but I spent quite a bit of time in front of them years ago in Colorado when I worked for local farmers in high school. They were quite popular there back when everything got cultivated numerous times. We rotated the spiders away from the crop when it was small then turned them towards the row to hill up the corn when it was tall enough. They do a good job with smaller weeds but I know from experience that they are a nightmare in bindweed as you can probably imagine. (30 years later I can still remember my struggles in a particular field of beans on a hot afternoon!) But, I don't know of a cultivator that doesn't give problems in bindweed. Big, well-rooted weeds often escaped getting dug out but with regular use you shouldn't have too many of those to deal with. Bearing replacement is a regular maintenance job but it's not too bad.
 
What was the soil there like? Sand, heavy clay, jackwax, other? They did not go over here as was thought they would just roll over the top of our heavy crusting soil.
 
For the most part it was a sandy clay. Where I live now in Kansas is very tight gumbo and I could imagine that a rolling cultivator might have the same problems here as what you're describing. I don't see them setting around here anywhere either.
 

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