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Field cultivator shank spacing

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Chris

03-03-2003 20:39:58




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What would be a good spacing for the shanks on a 7ft cultivator for a little field cultivatin. Thanks Chris




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scottAR

03-04-2003 18:53:43




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 Re: Field cultivator shank spacing in reply to Chris, 03-03-2003 20:39:58  
I run 6" centers on field cultivators, 1' with chisel plow, and 4" with S-tine implements.



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CHRIS

03-03-2003 21:18:42




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 Re: Field cultivator shank spacing in reply to Chris, 03-03-2003 20:39:58  
I think it depends on how many rows of shanks you are going to have and the width of your shovels. I would think 18-24 inches is normal, but with a seven foot width, I'm thinking 12-18 inches would be good, narrower if trash/residue isn't a problem. Also when staggering shanks, the shovels shouldn't overlap but come close right? Just some things that came to mind, good luck. chris



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MIKE HANLEY

03-04-2003 04:52:59




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 Re: Re: Field cultivator shank spacing in reply to CHRIS, 03-03-2003 21:18:42  
Yes it all depends on what you want to do and how much trash. In the old days when there was a lot of trash, guys would disc first to cut up the trash. The only choice then were spring tooth harrows that were just used mainly as a secondary tillage tool. Or the CC-A field culitivtor. The area worked was 4" to 6" with the teeht in rows to get trash clearance. Since the toolbar came out and with all the differant teeth for them, you can make up just about anything you want from a field culitivator to a mini chisel plow. We no longer plow. For hay and pasture we have JD toolbar with coil shanks spaced 1' apart and dig it deep first time over to work in fert and lime. Then a second time shallow. Then standard disc with a standard drag behind, shallow just to get seed to soil contact. Then broadcast the seed with a JD LF-8 broadercast seeder with the drag behind the seeder. We want as much trash left on the top as possible and still get seed contact. The only reason we work it that much is to get the fert and lime into the root zone

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