Rotary hoe in corn (pics)

bradk · May 19, 2009

Needed to do some rotary hoe-ing in corn ground today.With hard rain and hot sunny days,the ground crusted keeping some corn from emerging.

Had to move a few other implements to get to the JD 400.These dang things aren't needed every year,but when ya need 'em,ya need 'em!

Really did the trick!

Dave from MN · May 19, 2009

Brad, never used a rotary hoe, looks like it didnt hurt the corn at all, does it do a good job on weeds? Looks like it would be a good option for working in fertilizer on young corn with out having to cultivate it in.

Nancy Howell · May 19, 2009

That's a humdinger of a hoe!

bradk · May 19, 2009

Hey Dave,It does VERY little damage to corn.The corn is too deep to get pulled out.Young,shallow weeds get plucked right out.Soil get aerated,crust gets broken,far more pros than cons.

I try to run it at 9 mph as faster ground speed(without going off the row) most effective.

MarkB_MI · May 19, 2009

I remember running a rotary hoe over pinto beans as as a kid. I think I was about 13 years old, driving a Fordson Major. It sure beat the heck out of the alternative, which was to hand hoe!

730 virgil · May 19, 2009

how many of those old root balls hit you in the back of the head?
you never forget when that happens

bradk · May 19, 2009

Never had it happen,Virgil.(LOL)

The old pull-type I used when I was younger had a long hitch on it.This 3-pt mounted wonder has a "radar" screen to catch rocks and such.Hear one hit it every so often.......

RBnSC · May 20, 2009

We call that a rolling cultivator. A rotary hoe runs off the pto like rototiller.
Ron

Tx Jim · May 20, 2009

Ron,
JD calls the equipment in above picture a "rotary hoe". What I remember being call a rolling cult. had individual gangs of rolling hoes that could be angled to throw soil to or away from planted crops.

cj in wisconsin · May 20, 2009

Love the Ollie I got one just like it, hope you have earplugs with that straight pipe.

John Harmon · May 20, 2009

In Illinois that is called a "Rotary Hoe".

Nancy Howell · May 20, 2009

Look real close, you'll see the earphones.

bradk · May 20, 2009

Yup,those "Work-Tunes" headsets are just the thing for long hrs. in the tractor(especially ones with straght-pipes).

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2009

Yeah - Hi 2nd gear wide open in an old IH and hang on! We don't "hoe around" anymore since we are now completely no-till. It was one of my favorite tractor jobs along with pulling hay wagons.

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2009

yeah - we call it that in Indiana too. Ask one of these old boys to borrow a rolling cultivator and they are going to tell you "What's that - 3 point, fast-hitch, mounted...???"

JMOR · May 20, 2009

(quoted from post at 13:07:38 05/20/09) yeah - we call it that in Indiana too. Ask one of these old boys to borrow a rolling cultivator and they are going to tell you "What's that - 3 point, fast-hitch, mounted...???"

others called them rotary hoes too.......whole bunch smaller, though!

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2009

Sure did a lot of rotary hoeing back before no till. This was always a great job to do because you could go fast and pretty much forget about messing up anything. However, I remember one time picking up a pretty good size limb along an end row and dragging it for about 200 yards before noticing it. I guess there were about 3 rows of corn ripped up. Grandpa use always tell us we could ruin more than we were worth and he had a few more things to say that day.

bradk · May 20, 2009

Art, I'd of gone alot farther than 200 yds. before looking back! When I go,I don't look back 'til the end-rows!

'Bout the time I look back,I'm in the NEXT row!!

RBnSC · May 21, 2009

Called Dad last night he said what we used was a rowtreehoe {rotary hoe]. It ran off the pto if you want argue with him good luck I'll give you his number. What I remember was that if it was dry and the wind was going with you sometimes you would have to stop cause you could not see where you were going. After a day of that Mom would not let me in the house she would hand me a bar of soap out the back door and tell me to go jump in the creek or use the water hose.
Ron

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