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Re: 3 pt Cultivators
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Posted by Allan in NE on January 21, 2005 at 18:14:54 from (148.63.132.164):
In Reply to: Re: 3 pt Cultivators posted by Robert in W. Mi. on January 21, 2005 at 15:46:12:
Hi Robert, Hate to disagree with ya, but that actually is the easy part. A good cultivator will have a rolling vertical stabilizer, usually in the form of large disks, which will keep the cultivator going in one direction and limit that 'sideways' or laterial movement. It works kind of like a farmer's gyroscope thing. The trick is to set the tractor up in such a way as to let the hitch "sway". This let's the tractor wander all over the place and the cultivator stays centered over the row. Kind of like hitching to a plow, you don't hook the plow up rigid, but rather, let it 'sway' back there. One of the reasons you can cultivate so much faster with a 3-point cultivator than with a rigid front mount model. But yes, a certain amount of "driving" is necessary, of course. But not anything like those old front mounts; those things made ya drive 'em. :>) Allan
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