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wh

05-13-2002 09:01:29




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Don't know what else to call it. Local produce grower came by with an idea and some time. Pictures are the result. He believes that he can use it to cultivate young watermelons, cantalopes, pumpkins and be able to shift the plows around the plants and completely clean the row. On paper it looks like it will work. Of course, if it does or does'nt, he still has the only one in the county. Check it out. wade hancock

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Mike (WA)

05-15-2002 08:33:41




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
Vineyard guys use something called a grape hoe- its a small cultivator that moves laterally on a bar, and controlled by hydraulic cylinder. Mounted just behind the right front wheel of the tractor, so you can see what youre doing. Move the hydraulic handle left, hoe moves left. Ditto right. And a cultivator behind the tractor that's narrow enough to miss all the row crop without having to watch it.

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Old Iron

05-13-2002 20:06:57




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
The tines on your machine look like they came off of a Chattanooga single horse walking cultivator or as the guy I got mine from down by Dixon, Tenn. calls them; a "gee wizz".

There is a handle in the middle where you could adjust the width of the tines. As the plants grew and the rows got narrow , you were able to adjust them in so you wouldn't hit the plants.

My 2 bits worth,

Old Iron



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Jerry D in NC

05-14-2002 10:15:03




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 Re: Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to Old Iron, 05-13-2002 20:06:57  
I thought that was what they had come off of. I spent many an hour following an old fast walking Belgium Mare named Rhodie with one of those cultivators. Ours had two handles to adjust the angle so as to either gather dirt or to roll it away. I could just about hoe a row of burley tobacco with those things. Dad hated that fast walking mare and loved the way I plowed so I got the job. I hated to hoe so me and that mare could just about time it perfectly to finish as they would start the last row.... LOL

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wh

05-14-2002 05:57:41




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 Re: Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to Old Iron, 05-13-2002 20:06:57  
your right --- around here they were called scratchers. hard to find teeth now. his idea is that the person riding the plow will be able to adjust it to go around the plants using the two handles. thinks he will be able to clean the row better on first pass.



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BFO

05-13-2002 14:07:41




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
That's what we call a "wiggle-hoe" They've been making them for years for tobacco and vegi-crops. Some guys use them for weeding vineyards before the trellis is installed.



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BFO

05-13-2002 14:06:08




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
That's what we call a "wiggle-hoe" They've been making them for years for tobacco and vegi-crops. Some guys use them for weeding vineyards before the trellis is installed.



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Pete in Ks

05-13-2002 12:03:11




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
I believe I want a seat belt before I ride it. :-)



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Pete in Ks

05-13-2002 12:02:10




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
I believe I want a seat belt before I ride it. :-)



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Pete in Ks

05-13-2002 12:00:24




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
I believe I want a seat belt before I ride it. :-)



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Pete in Ks

05-13-2002 12:00:10




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
I believe I want a seat belt before I ride it. :-)



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Pete in Ks

05-13-2002 11:59:09




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
I believe I want a seat belt before I ride it. :-)



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wh

05-13-2002 12:13:43




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 Re: Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to Pete in Ks, 05-13-2002 11:59:09  
NOT ME !!! Might take to long to DISMOUNT if needed!!!!!



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Stan-in-AL

05-13-2002 11:31:51




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
Operating principle reminds me of an old horse-drawn cultivator I've seen. Don't know who made it, but the operator rode it, and steered the sweeps with his feet. I don't remember how much movement was possible, and design was totally different from what you've built, but it must have had similar purpose. Except now that I think about it, the horse-drawn one was probably just to be able to correct for the horse's variation from a straight line. Good idea. I've seen several of your projects now, and since I'm south of Huntsville, (New Hope), I might need to contact you sometime. Not to put any of my crazy projects off on you, 'cause I've got a machine shop, and do my own fab work, but just to see what kind of stuff you've got in the way. If you're into the old stuff, you might have something that I think I've gotta have. I'm interested in Ferguson or Dearborn equipment for these Ford tractors I've got. Also any offset Fords. (541 or 2000). Good luck with the projects.
By the way, where do you teach? Is it at Wallace State? My daughter got her Dental Hygienist (sp) schooling there. Wife and I were there several times, very nice school.

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wh

05-13-2002 11:35:16




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 Re: Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to Stan-in-AL, 05-13-2002 11:31:51  
teach at cullman area career center - high school. always lookign for somethign "interesting " to build. run an adult night class in jan, feb, march. two nights a week. more of a project course than anything else. wade



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F14...I guess I don't

05-13-2002 10:47:37




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 Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to wh, 05-13-2002 09:01:29  
understand how it's gonna work. Doesn't look to me like there's enough clearance between the cultivator shoes and the skids on the frame for the vines/fruit to pass by. Or does he plan to manually lift the cultivator over the plants and cultivate between plants in the row?



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wh

05-13-2002 11:38:04




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 Re: Re: Thing-A-Ma-Bob in reply to F14...I guess I don't, 05-13-2002 10:47:37  
skids are adjustable up and down. person riding the frame will manually swing the frames out to clear the plants. will cultivate between the rows with something else. hoping to stop a manual hoeing with the "thing". wade



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