42-In. Wide Cultivator-Harrow Mounted On Deere Garden Tractor

42-In. Wide Cultivator-Harrow Mounted On Deere Garden Tractor TILLAGE EUIPMENT Miscellaneous 24-3-36 I wanted to use my Deere 318 garden tractor to cultivate weeds out of my garden, but I didn't want to spend the money for a new rotary tiller. Also, I didn't want to have to remove the mower every time I needed to use the rototiller. I solved the problem by building my own 42-in. wide cultivator-harrow and mounting it on a commercial 3-pt. hitch. I use a pair of J-bolts that go in the tractor frame to keep the mower up off the ground. That way I don't have to remove the mower every time I cultivate. To make the cultivator I mounted five Danish shanks on a length of angle iron. To make the harrow I drilled a series of holes in a length of pipe and then bolted the double harrow tines onto the pipe. The pipe is bolted to another length of angle iron. A length of strap iron connects the cultivator and harrow. A series of holes were drilled into the strap iron so that I can adjust the angle of the tines and shanks by simply changing the position of a bolt. I added two tractor suitcase weights (from a Case-IH Magnum tractor) to assure adequate penetration even in the hardest soils. (Henry Isaac, Box 99, Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada R0K 0E0 ph 204 776-2112)

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