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  • From: "David Inglis" <mhcsa AT bcn.net>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: DIY Tractor Implements
  • Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 22:37:35 -0400

One effective combination bed former I have seen was put together by Eric Kindberg behind a Yeoman Plow. We intend making one for our Celli spade plow. This is how it works:
  • take two heavy discs and weld them to a piece of pipe 10+" od, with the discs facing in
  • discs should be larger than the pipe so they form the edge of the bed, the higher the desired bed the more the discs should extend beyond the pipe
  • pipe should be the width of the bed top
  • pass axle through discs or mount wheel hubs before welding
  • mount unit onto plow [ the hard part] so that it can be adjusted i.e. with two top links and pivot arms
We intend using the roller/bedformer as the depth control to get away from green manures binding on the O.E.M. depth skids. If I had heavy ground like you, I would mount discs on the skid mountings to scoop pathway soil into the mouth of the plow [ we run a 52" unit on 60" beds and handle the paths separately ]



Yours
David Inglis
Mahaiwe Harvest C.S.A.
329 North Plain Rd,
Housatonic
MA 01236



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