He Cultivates Corn With His Front-End Loader

He Cultivates Corn With His Front-End Loader CULTIVATORS Dan Scheele got tired of accidentally wiping out corn with his 3-pt mounted row crop cultivator “I couldn’t see what I was doing without turning around all the time and that gave me a stiff neck ” says the Ingersoll Ontario farmer To improve the view he mounted the 6-row 30-in cultivator on his Deere 60 hp tractor’s front-end loader A pair of forks quick-tach to the loader in place of the bucket The forks simply slip into a pair of box tubes that Scheele welded onto the cultivator’s toolbar To compensate for the extra weight up front he added weight to the back of the tractor “It’s a simple idea but it really works great I like being able to see what I’m doing ” says Scheele who has used his loader-mounted cultivator for 4 years with no problems “I got inspired for the idea one day after I accidentally wiped out 6 rows of corn I’m an organic farmer and cultivate corn at least twice a year so doing a good job of cultivating is very important To add forks to the loader he made a frame out of 2 by 4-in tubing A 1 1/4-in dia horizontal shaft supports the forks He removed the cultivator’s 3-pt hitch then welded a pair of 5-in wide by 2-in high box beams on top of the toolbar to match the forks Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dan Scheele 353948 Jordan Line S-W Oxford Township RR 4 Ingersoll Ontario N5C 3J7 ph 519 485-3644; manus252@295 ca

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