Check out this old mule drawn cultivator

alabamafrog

Well-known Member
I already posted this in the JD forum but got to thinking it may get more response here.

I was at the farm today showing a friend my old tractors and all the equipment and antiques and stuff. Grandpa came out and was walking around talking to us when my friend mentioned his interest in horse drawn stuff. Grandpa then remembered using an old mule drawn walk behind cultivator and started telling us about it. He then pointed across a field towards a fence row and said he thought it was over there somewhere. We hurriedly walked across the field and this is what we found.
I turned the wheels and they turned freely and were not rusted out anywhere. All of the parts appear to be there, even a metal single tree and a few other parts were tied onto it with fence wire.

Do any of you folks know what exactly it is and if it would be rare enough or worth wile to fix up and take with me to tractor shows?


Sorry about the pic quality, it was a quick cell phone shot.

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I salvaged on of these from my grand dads orchard. (northern Indiana) it is a one row cultivator. The components could be offset to allow one (or two) horse operation. We used it to make a pull behind cultivator for a truck patch. It worked because we could open and close the gangs of shovels/tines to go between the plants along the rows. (now gone to scrap in the 60s. Nice photo. JimN
 
not worth any monetary value maybe sentimentary thats up to you a couple years ago i had a horse drawn cultivater given to me tried selling it to the amish they didnt even want it
 
Would be a nice simple winter project and lawn ornament for sure.

I'm doing an extreme makeover on a small one horse cultivator.

New in 1897 it listed for $7.50. Today......might bring... .oh......
$8.50. Sucker me paid $30.00, but I like it I so don't care.

Try the implement forum for some feed back too.
 
When I was a kid we had two old one row one horse walking cultivators. The width of the cultivator could be changed with a lever to suit the crop. We hooked them behind Dad's old Allis B, my brother on one & me on the other. We could really make short work of the large garden we had. Lots faster than a rototiller or hoe.
Fix it up, might be fun to use.
Paul
 
As with all of the tractors and old farm stuff I have no interest in selling any of it and view it all as family heirlooms. I’m just wondering how rare and/or interesting one of these is today. I’m pretty sure within the next few weeks I’ll go and get it and try to get it back in working condition. I’d like to find space on the trailer to take it along to a few tractor shows. I don’t think the steel back wheels would do to good on pavement in a parade so I might have to rig up some sort of dolly for it.
 
From what I can see it looks like a walk behind, No place for a seat so should have handles like a walking plow. One comes to one of our area shows every year.
 
I finally got around to getting the cultivator out of the woods and bringing it home. I pressure washed it and found part numbers on just about every part and what looks to be the remains of red paint but no identifying marks that would tell me the make or model. I think I have figured out how it is supposed to go together but I haven’t got a clue about the wood parts since they are long gone. I have uploaded good clean pictures of it and put them here; http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj235/alabamafrog/Tractors/Horse Drawn/

It’s definitely a walk behind and should have two wood handles in the back and a long wood beam on the front.
 
I’ve spent a lot of time looking on the internet and I can’t find out anything about this implement. I would like to know at least the manufacturer and model, a picture would be great and a parts drawing would be wonderful but I can’t find nothing. My research did accidentally lead me to a post in the PETA forum, man those are some messed up folks. Anyway, is there anyone here who could help steer me in the right direction???
 

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