Modified Cultivator Tractor
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My wife and I grow flowers commercially. Our modified cultivator tractor is one of the handiest pieces of gardening equipment we own. It was originally a 1956 5 hp. rear tine Simplicity roto tiller with a 3-speed transmission and reverse. My dad, Edward Langman, made a cultivator for the tractor that hooks on where the tiller was. The tines came off an old field cultivator and they are completely adjustable and removable. The tractor was used this way for many years to work between rows of the vegetable garden.
When I started using it on a full-time basis, I exchanged the worn-out engine with a new 8 hp. Briggs & Stratton motor. We in-stalled an exhaust extension to carry the fumes up over my head, and made a sulky for it so I wouldn't have to walk. I loaded the tires with fluid and added wheel weights for extra traction and pulling power.
Thanks to a small blade I made for the tractor, we can work up to within 1 1/2 in. of plants without covering them.
In the future, I plan to make a lighter, more comfortable sulky and fit the tractor with a machine for picking flower heads. (David Langman, Davlin Acres, Rt. 2, Oro Station, Ontario L0L 2E0 ph 705 487-3633)
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Modified Cultivator Tractor CULTIVATORS Cultivators (58C) 20-3-35 My wife and I grow flowers commercially. Our modified cultivator tractor is one of the handiest pieces of gardening equipment we own. It was originally a 1956 5 hp. rear tine Simplicity roto tiller with a 3-speed transmission and reverse. My dad, Edward Langman, made a cultivator for the tractor that hooks on where the tiller was. The tines came off an old field cultivator and they are completely adjustable and removable. The tractor was used this way for many years to work between rows of the vegetable garden.
When I started using it on a full-time basis, I exchanged the worn-out engine with a new 8 hp. Briggs & Stratton motor. We in-stalled an exhaust extension to carry the fumes up over my head, and made a sulky for it so I wouldn't have to walk. I loaded the tires with fluid and added wheel weights for extra traction and pulling power.
Thanks to a small blade I made for the tractor, we can work up to within 1 1/2 in. of plants without covering them.
In the future, I plan to make a lighter, more comfortable sulky and fit the tractor with a machine for picking flower heads. (David Langman, Davlin Acres, Rt. 2, Oro Station, Ontario L0L 2E0 ph 705 487-3633)
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