(800) 853-2651
SHOP NOW

Picked this up today...

D

Dave H (MI)

Well-known Member

cvphoto19771.jpg


Got it for a good price. Is 3 pt but the lower pin on this side is gone. It came with a new pin. Have to weld the pins in the holes as there is no clearance for the nut inside. Appears to be a ditcher? Rock box on top for more weight. Has a manufacturers plate but cannot read most of it. The one large word on the tag ends in "vator". Not 100% sure what it is and have never seen one exactly like it. Anyone knows anything about it I would be interested. It's bigger than it looks in the picture and it is very heavy.
 
I can sorta guess how it should work, but in my heavy dirt that would just ride over the top, not push in and too the side very much.

Paul
 
It?s a ditcher when you hook it to the tractor it will at an Almost vertical angle so it will go in the ground
cvphoto19778.jpg
 
There was a Howards Rotovator Company at one time, but that is for just starting a ditch, the wings on there are pretty short, it wont be any to wide with a once over.
 
Looks to me that those are home built wings. The blade itself looks like a subsoiler. Could have been used for hilling up a small plot but should make a great lawn ornament to plant petunias in, my wife would like one.
 
Yup...I agree. The lift pins are so high that it cannot hook onto most tractors unless it is tilted down. This is going to push it into the ground at a pretty steep angle and the wings are short but they should hill up dirt. I am needing some shallow ditching in a couple places and thought this had a lot of bang for the buck. Will see how it works. I'm a little surprised at most of the replies on this. If nothing else, though, we found out how many people on here have medical marijuana cards!
 
I bought one of these on line a few weeks back,brand new for $50. Guess it's for ditching too but plan on using it for digging taters. The bad thing about ditching with one of those is that they mound up dirt on side of the ditch. Like my pto ditched for digging small ditches.
cvphoto19785.jpg
 
Howard Rotovators started in Australia, invented and build many innovative farm machines and had a UK subsidiary.

There is still a descendant company in Australia and, I think, a now unrelated company in UK.
 
It looks like those furrowers used for surface water drainage after planing in the spring. It allows the water to get off before drowning the crop.
If you use it like that you will have to becareful to not get big wash ditches at the edge of fields from them. Usually used on flat heavy ground. Look around out by me and north or east on the flat ground around Durand north to Saginaw. I'm sure you have seen those shallow grooves on the top of the fields when up around those areas.
 
Yes...I have. That being the case this might be a good thing for me. I just need a shallow ditch between an existing lane and a soon to be hayfield. Water lays along this edge and I need something shallow to let it collect and then most of it will run to the road. Nothing deep in case the truck slides off the lane. I don't care if it fills in every few years, I will just open it up again if needed but, realistically, once the hay gets thick the field edges will dry out very quickly each Spring.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
The name of this clip?
Replies
12
Views
359
Russ from MN
R
1
Hole size
Replies
10
Views
447
Tim PloughNman Daley RIP
T
I
different 3pt blade setup
Replies
11
Views
267
Timmycornpicker
T
Z
Farmhand F25 Loader Question
Replies
9
Views
860
zlarryd
Z
M
This winters 730 project
Replies
5
Views
510
Mike Fitz
M
Tractor Parts Tractor Manuals

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy

Back
Top