The 3 pt harrow a friend gave me

larry@stinescorner · Jan 16, 2017

A few pictures aof the three pt harrow my friend gave me,,he even delivered it on his trailer. Its in our shed right now.

One tine is bent ,whats the best way to straighten it?

Buddy · Jan 16, 2017

Replace it.

Donald Lehman · Jan 16, 2017

Dearborn harrow, right? I have one jus like it. Handy little thing under the right circumstances. I doubt that you will have much luck straightening that tooth, Larry.

Sam Womer (PA) · Jan 16, 2017

Larry, of you open your vise about 2"" and place the harrow tooth on it at an angle (try about 45 degrees) you should be able to reshape it with
light blows from a 2 pound hammer. I have re arced spring leaves with a heavier hammer and a very heavy vise.

Donald Lehman · Jan 16, 2017

Actually mine is a two section instead of three.

Kickinbull · Jan 16, 2017

Years ago a friend had a passion to either buy or convert all his equipment to 3 pt. He was tired of fixing
tires every-time he wanted to use a piece of equipment.

2underage · Jan 16, 2017

Buddy is right, if you can find one. We call them , "spring teeth harrows" and they do a good of smoothing the soil. Not used much anymore but they were once very common and widely used. I still sell a few to the Amish farmers around here as they still do things the old way. Happy farming or in your case, happy gardening.

4wdtom · Jan 16, 2017

It got bent by something pulling on it, how about putting a wrench on it and bending it back? Maybe protect it from the wrench putting marks on it that might start cracks
and break later. It might not work out but what do you have to lose?

fixerupper · Jan 16, 2017

You can straighten the shank without taking it off. Just hook a chain to it and pull it back into place with the tractor. You will have to ancor the harrow to something first to keep it from sliding. You could also push on the shank with the front wheel of a tractor but that's risky.

showcrop · Jan 16, 2017

I have one that is maybe 50% wider. I haven't used it some time, but I thought that it worked well for smoothing prior to seeding with the Brillion. I used it also for gathering roots after stumping a piece that had grown up to tall brush and small trees.

Case Nutty 1660 · Jan 16, 2017

Nice find!! I have a Case version for my VA I use it in the shelter belt at times
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RayP(MI) · Jan 16, 2017

I have one just like it or at least very similar. Somewhat bent up, but works for dragging garden. Thought it was something some one had fabricated in a farm shop.

coshoo · Jan 16, 2017

If you use it, you'll probably want to use a length of chain in place of the top link. That will allow it to conform to the ground better- if its mounted with conventional top link, when your front tractor wheels go in a low spot, the back of the harrow will lift out of the ground.

Stroby · Jan 16, 2017

Kinda looks to me like the pipe it is attached to is bent. I'd heat the pipe or use some method to straighten it first. That spring steel on the "tooth" is gonna be a bugger.

Leroy · Jan 16, 2017

Either a Ferguson or Dearborn. They both used that same looking hitch on not only the spring tooth harrows but on the rotary hoes. And no reason to try that chain thing mentioned. They are designed to flex for that and the chain will only make problems. And in my 73 years and around teeth of that kind I have never been able to straighten a tooth bent like that, before they will straighten they will break. I have been able to straighten a bit if they have just got cought on something and bent back but sideways no I do not think you can do that. If you lok at the rods that carry the back you will see an oblong opening where the back end fastens on and that is to take care of the reason the person said to use a chain for the top link. If that is a pipe bar harrow as I think it is I might be able to come up with a replacement used tooth. All the pipe bar harrows used the same tooth no mater what make they are. I have a McCormick harrow here that I was intending on putting on a Ferguson hoe hitch that I have. Never had the 3 point, only drag type and I would either use them by themselves or behind a disk or field cultivator, even put behind a cultimulcher. There should be a name tag on the side of the top link mast.

Case Nutty 1660 · Jan 16, 2017

I use it a lot and it follows the ground like it was designed to do if you tried a chain for top link it would not take tot he ground like it is made to do,, thanks for advice but I have been at this for the last 45 years selling, assembling, demoing and running equipment, now a rotary mower a chain is a good thing,, ground engaging equipment it does not work
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TomA in CA · Jan 16, 2017

Spring tooth harrow. Good for dryland farming, will not dry ground out like a disc. I have a pull type I use every year.

rrlund · Jan 16, 2017

Can't beat the price! I was gonna say Dearborn too.

tractorguy2 · Jan 16, 2017

That's a Dearborn. I have the same one.

JD Seller · Jan 16, 2017

Larry that is a very nice three point harrow. You will find it handy for your garden. Even the darn turnip patch. LOL they actually work well to incorporate seeds (wheat/rye/etc.) in soil for cover crops and such.

oldsarge · Jan 16, 2017

Around here we'd call it a "quack digger" as in quack grass.

ed will · Jan 16, 2017

Hi, there are lots of those spring tooth cultivators
around. Some in junk piles. Ask around. In the
mean time anchor it somehow and put a 10 ft pipe
on it and and it should come back. It didn't snap
when it got bent so should go back. Good luck. Ed
Will Oliver BC wine capital

Dick2 · Jan 16, 2017

That should work good in your soil; they didn't work good in all soils.

Be very careful if you try to straighten that tooth. Wear safety protection: eye, head, body.
Those can be wicked if they snap under pressure; you can never be sure where the broken piece is going to go.

Dave Sherburne, NY · Jan 16, 2017

I can't tell if its a bar or a pipe the tooth is fasten to. Maybe you can just loosen the tooth and move it to the side to get the point where it belongs. Or if you have a good farm store just go buy a new one, not espensive.

Steamboat · Jan 16, 2017

Spring tooth harrow is good for leveling plowed or disked land, not much else. As far as straightening the one bent tooth, why not leave it as is? Just remember that spring steel has "memory" if you are successful in straightening it, the next time it is caught on something it will go right back to former bend.

Leroy · Jan 16, 2017

For that they used a different tooth point than for working ground. If I could post pictures I could show what both looked like. but where they say about posting pictures I cannot understand it and they only talk about from a camara that I cannot do as is not compatable with computor and not from a scanner.

ArleninOr · Jan 16, 2017

Larry, just replace the tooth. If you were closer I would just give you one as I have a lot of those harrows. Nice find.

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