Need more help I.D. stuff
May 15, 2023 10:53:47 #
DIRTY HARRY
Loc: Hartland, Michigan
Need more help I.D. stuff
I know it's a wheel and I think an implement wheel, but the question is, just what implement
I know it's a wheel and I think an implement wheel, but the question is, just what implement
May 15, 2023 11:04:31 #
May 15, 2023 11:11:20 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Maybe a tractor wheel for creating furrows to plant seeds into.
May 15, 2023 11:21:21 #
I agree with Lucian. I think this wheel would be located immediately behind the chute that drops the seed into the furrow. The wheel serves to gently pack the ground around the seed furrow.
May 15, 2023 21:23:45 #
I'm certain it was used for what was known back in the day as "check row" corn planting. (showing my age) Just google it.
May 16, 2023 05:39:05 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
Definitely from a corn planter
Photo taken by a friend
That's me planting for him about 13 years ago
Photo taken by a friend
That's me planting for him about 13 years ago
May 16, 2023 06:26:03 #
DIRTY HARRY
Loc: Hartland, Michigan
[quote=cmc4214]Definitely from a corn planter
Photo taken by a friend
That's me planting for him about 13 years ago[/qu
Thank you
Photo taken by a friend
That's me planting for him about 13 years ago[/qu
Thank you
May 16, 2023 07:29:34 #
When I was a kid, my grandfather had a hay rake (horse drawn) that had wheels like these. I don't remember it having a wood axle.
May 16, 2023 08:34:47 #
May 16, 2023 12:45:57 #
lorvey wrote:
I agree with Lucian. I think this wheel would be located immediately behind the chute that drops the seed into the furrow. The wheel serves to gently pack the ground around the seed furrow.
Yes definitely a closing wheel from a horse drawn planter.
May 16, 2023 13:06:42 #
usnret wrote:
I'm certain it was used for what was known back in the day as "check row" corn planting. (showing my age) Just google it.
The same closing wheel used all for horse drawn row planters.
To ‘check plant’ corn required using a check wire which ran the length of the field. It had bumps spaced every 42 inches which activated the seed drops. It was time consuming because the operator had to dismount and reset the stake at each end of the field before making the return pass. The resulting 42 inch squares resulted in the ability to then cross cultivate the field for better weed control.
May 16, 2023 15:15:03 #
clickety wrote:
The same closing wheel used all for horse drawn row planters.
To ‘check plant’ corn required using a check wire which ran the length of the field. It had bumps spaced every 42 inches which activated the seed drops. It was time consuming because the operator had to dismount and reset the stake at each end of the field before making the return pass. The resulting 42 inch squares resulted in the ability to then cross cultivate the field for better weed control.
To ‘check plant’ corn required using a check wire which ran the length of the field. It had bumps spaced every 42 inches which activated the seed drops. It was time consuming because the operator had to dismount and reset the stake at each end of the field before making the return pass. The resulting 42 inch squares resulted in the ability to then cross cultivate the field for better weed control.
So the edges of your field have to be parallel so the length of the rows is the same.
May 16, 2023 16:23:03 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
So the edges of your field have to be parallel so the length of the rows is the same.
No. Ideally you worked within a rectangle in 42 inch plant hill increments if not it only affected cross cultivation where you may end up using one row or even hand hoeing the pointed corners. The check wire length was determined by how much you unrolled from a roll that stayed with one of the stakes at the end of the field. I never asked my Dad the wires length on the spool but it had to be a minimum of - 200 rods.
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