He Mounted Garden Planters On His Riding Mower
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“After quite a few years of planting my half acre garden with a walk-behind seeder, I thought it was time to make more use of my garden tractor,” says Illinois gardener Victor Riggen. “I figured out a way to mount two Earthway planters on brackets in front of my garden tractor.”
Riggen built a framework out of angle iron that bolts to the front chassis of his tractor. It’s large enough to hold both of the planters about 12 in. apart and 24 in. in front of the tractor. Flat metal bracing stabilizes the planters and keeps them tracking in a straight line. He raises and lowers the planters together with a metal arm similar to a lever on an old plow.
“Now all I do is load them up with seed, set the depth I need, and go,” says Riggen. “This setup really saves me a lot of time and steps.”
The wheels of the tractor straddle the planted rows so he has a nice seedbed for growing a variety of vegetables. He keeps the rows straight by starting on one edge of the garden and moving across, using his wheel tracks for guidance.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Victor Riggen, 895 S. Stone St., Decatur, Ill. 62521 (ph 217 423-5254).
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He Mounted Garden Planters On His Riding Mower FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 “After quite a few years of planting my half acre garden with a walk-behind seeder I thought it was time to make more use of my garden tractor ” says Illinois gardener Victor Riggen “I figured out a way to mount two Earthway planters on brackets in front of my garden tractor ” Riggen built a framework out of angle iron that bolts to the front chassis of his tractor It’s large enough to hold both of the planters about 12 in apart and 24 in in front of the tractor Flat metal bracing stabilizes the planters and keeps them tracking in a straight line He raises and lowers the planters together with a metal arm similar to a lever on an old plow “Now all I do is load them up with seed set the depth I need and go ” says Riggen “This setup really saves me a lot of time and steps ” The wheels of the tractor straddle the planted rows so he has a nice seedbed for growing a variety of vegetables He keeps the rows straight by starting on one edge of the garden and moving across using his wheel tracks for guidance Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Victor Riggen 895 S Stone St Decatur Ill 62521 ph 217 423-5254
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