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Making a drag harrow

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Ken Goth (MO)

03-25-2002 07:15:24




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I need to make a drag harrow to knock down the horse apples in the hay pasture from this winter. I have a roll of 6' chain link fence and a 14' pole. My plan is to attach the fence to the pole using fence staples. Does it matter which direction the fence runs (one piece stretched 14' and 6' deep or two 6' strips dragged so many feet deep)? I also intend to attach some other large tree limbs to help weight it down a little better.

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eddieV

04-04-2002 18:59:47




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 Re: Making a drag harrow in reply to Ken Goth (MO), 03-25-2002 07:15:24  
I use a piece of I-beam steel and some chainlink fence to drag my farm road. It works great. I found that you get better results by using 2 to 4 layers of chain link. Get a long piece, say 20 feet- wrap it around to where you'd get about 5 feet lengths if layed flat. You can lay the I-beam on top or have it in the middle of the layers of chainlink- which is where mine is. I then bolted two pieces of chain to the I-beam, ran through the chainlink and fastened to my tractor. You can also get two pieces of Box shaped steel and slide them over the ends of your three point hitch with about a foot sticking past the back. Put a hook in the end and fasten another piece of chain to it and the I-beam. If you need to raise it up, there you go, you can lift most of it up.
hope this helps

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george s

03-26-2002 16:47:19




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 Re: Making a drag harrow in reply to Ken Goth (MO), 03-25-2002 07:15:24  
The chain link will work, I'd run it with the 6' width attatched to the pole or beam, and about 8' long, two strips and you got a 12' width.This will allow the "chain" to flex and follow the ground better,and won't twist the mesh up as much, plus the fenceing will fold up to the beam when you store it. On the flexible chain harrows the strips are connected to each other in 2-3 places with a loose link to keep them tracking together. Just make sure your gates are wide enough to pull the thing through

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todd

03-25-2002 18:29:50




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 Re: Making a drag harrow in reply to Ken Goth (MO), 03-25-2002 07:15:24  
I did the same as Lyle and it works great.



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Lyle

03-25-2002 09:43:33




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 Re: Making a drag harrow in reply to Ken Goth (MO), 03-25-2002 07:15:24  
What I used was 5 truck tires. I put a wooden 4x4 in front to put a chain to for the tractor. You have to attach it to both ends of the board. Then I chained 3 tires to the board, and 2 tires behind the front tires so they covered the ground between the front tires. It was about 10 foot wide and didn't need any weight. It worked well and didn't tear up any sod.



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