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Delbert from Lincoln
05-16-2005 13:49:56
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Re: check row planter ? in reply to Delbert From Lincoln, 05-16-2005 11:53:01
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Its been about 60 years since I cultivated checked corn, but its an experience I'll never forget. F-12 Farmall, on steel, manual lift lever on each side for 1/2 the cultivator. Also the cultivator was hooked to the front steering bolster so it shifted to left or right slightly when you steered the tractor and made the steering wheel turn that much harder. When I came to the end of the row, I had to push in the clutch, take tractor out of gear, let clutch off, stand up to get enough strength to lift the cultivator out of the ground., one side at a time. Then set down, push in the clutch, put tractor in gear, let out clutch, turn around, repeat above to get cultivator back in the ground. Then there were the cross washes in the field, usually deeper then the previous cultivator marks, and usually at an angle so that one front wheeel droped in before the other one and tried to break your shoulder, then the other front wheel droped in and twisted you back the other direction. Did I remember to mention that steering wheel was a solid cast iron one, not a bit of rubber grip to it. I'm old and crippled now and in a wheel chair most of the time, but I don't miss the good old days at all. Oh yes, throttled down going thru that last cross ways ditch, didn't get the throttle open again quick enough, engine stalled and had to get off and crank it.
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