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- From: "Jason Jones" <JJones AT thehomestead.org>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] small scale chisel questions
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:05:19 -0600
Here is my dilemma. I am looking to replace a 2-bottom moldboard plow
for use on a 6 acre mixed vegetable CSA farm. I am looking to replace the
moldboard with a chisel plow, but am not familiar with these types of plows and
this is making the process harder. In the past my tillage system involved
either fall or spring plowing with the moldboard followed by a rototiller to
create a better seedbed. Once the soil is worked over with the tiller, I then
come and hill the soil into beds and cover the beds with a mulch layer. I have been looking at the Yoemans plow, or at least the Yoemans shanks
mounted on a fabricated toolbar, but these types of plows are the more
expensive of this type of equipment. My tractor is an 80hp 2wd model which
should allow me to pull a 5 shank chisel with no problem. My questions are
these: Is it best to purchase a cheaper model of chisel that has 7 shanks and
remove two of the shanks, or does it make more sense to purchase a five shank
model that is set up with just those five shanks? Would the Yoemans necessarily be better than other types of chisels in
small scale production systems? Is there anyone out there who has recently stopped using the moldboard
and switched to chiseling? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, Farm Manager |
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[Market-farming] small scale chisel questions,
Jason Jones, 02/20/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] small scale chisel questions, David Inglis, 02/20/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] small scale chisel questions, deberryemail-website, 02/20/2009
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