harrow spikes

Justin SE IOWA · Apr 12, 2011

Are the spikes on a harrow hardened? I need some and was gonna make some out of some 1/2" square stock I have but I think they might bend. What do you guys think?

Walt Davies · Apr 12, 2011

On mine they are cast so that means hard and brittle.
Walt

Jg20601 · Apr 12, 2011

On the old harrows I have some of them were replaced by old head bolts or railroad spikes.
Agri supply used to carry replacements, but I dont see them in the catalogs I have on hand.

PJH · Apr 12, 2011

Forged in our area when I was a kid. I remember the old blacksmith would hammer them out with a dying fire. He'd get one or two made and pitch them in a metal bucket. Sold them for 25 cents apiece. I commented once to him that it didn't look like it was worth the trouble for a quarter. He said, "A quarter is a quarter", and kept hammering.

Paul

Leroy · Apr 13, 2011

Are you loking for the type that has a bolt on top to go thru a pipe or the type that would drive in a wood bar or on a steel harrow have a clamp around? Also what length do you need? Plenty of places around that have them new. But need more information to guide on finding them.

usetob · Apr 13, 2011

Railroad spikes will last a long time, I've also used re-bar!
good luck

Anonymous-0 · Apr 13, 2011

It is only breaking up clods, I extended mine with the steel they make horse shoes from.

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