Rotary Hoe

If that plant is in the crook just under the surface, the hoe will snap 'em off like a matchstick and ya can do more harm than good.

But yes, corn can't break thru the crust like a bean can, so ya hoe the fire outta 'em. :>)

Allan

Stan

There are several articles on using a rotary hoe as a "mechanical weeder" on the web.

Search the web via Google on rotary hoes; there are several interesting articles.

I have a 7'(2 gang) and a 14'(4 gang) #14 rotary hoe.

Both will be used to "aerate" my pastures.

As Allen mentioned, they will also "pluck" small weeds from plowed/disked ground when pulled forward.

They can also be used as a "packer" when pulled backward.

When transporting on the public right-of-way always pull backward; otherwise you pick up every plastic Walmart bag, Bud Lite paper 6-pack, and KFC meal sack.

Just finished "restoring" the 7' last weekend with the JD decals on the back. No picture since Nancy"s computer is in the shop.

Hope this helps.

These are set up for beets.

Allan

James, it appears the small one spent a few years in the fence row before you rescued it! Are you in the Carolina"s? Those pines look typical of that area.

With the public becoming so anti-chemical these days, I suppose we may see a resurgence of mechanical cultivation to some degree. I know it requires more time, more fuel, more everything and how the heck it could be done (it won"t) when a man has 6,000 acres planted is beyond me. I just wonder what the Yuppie Chicken Little"s in Foggy Bottom who make policy, are going to do when crop production fails to meet demands after they have outlawed chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.

Grandaddy Howell bought this farm back in the early 1920's. At that time all of it was a cotton farm. He was a cotton farmer and ran the boiler at the cotton gin.

The 7' rotary hoe was bought in nearby Pittsburg, TX from an older gentleman that buys and sells used farm equipment.

Most equipment I buy from him is uglier than my step mother, but still functional after a lot of work.

I will post the 'restored' photo next week when Nancy gets her computer back from the shop.

It is being 'spruced up' right now. It will eventually become barn art and be rolled out for hay rides at annual 'get togethers' at the farm.

No problem with the tires being mounted.

I do enough business with the tire shop that they look forward to some of the challenges that I bring by.

I was hoping someone would notice the trailer. Thanks for asking.

The bigger the crop, the more the damage. Shouldn't be used past the 2 to 3 leaf stage.

It picks "chunks/clods" of the soil and will take out some of the crop as well, but since the corn/bean is a bigger plant, it has more effect on the smaller, baby weeds.

"Here", it is only used as a tool to rough up the ground after a hard rain to keep it from blowing, not as an "anti-weed" implement at all.

Allan

I can't say I ever seen one used here in eastern KY, although I am sure somebody has. I have looked at auctions and couldn't help but wonder, how the hell the contraption works.