Self-Propelled 5-Ft Wide Garden Tiller
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"It makes gardening a lot easier," says Archie Smith, Mora, Minn., about the self-propelled 5-ft. wide garden tiller he built mostly out of junked parts. The only parts Smith bought were the teeth on the tiller itself which mounted on a Model T truck rear end.. The tiller is positioned behind the tractor tires that drive the rig so tire tracks are wiped out by the tiller. A row of spring tines follows the rear wheels, wiping out their tracks as well and smoothing the soil dug up by the tiller. The rear teeth move up and down with the tiller, which raises and lowers hydraulically for precise depth control.
The rig is powered by a 24-hp. Kohler twin cylinder engine that powers an IH 4-speed truck engine and an army jeep drive axle. He modified a set of tractor wheel rims to mount on the army jeep hubs.
A 3-speed Chevrolet transmission drives the truck rear end that makes up the tiller driveshaft so speed of the tiller dig¡ging teeth can be varied to adjust to ground conditions.
Smith uses the self-propelled rig to till his garden and to do custom work.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Archie Smith, Rt. 3, Box 601, Mora, Minn. 55051 (ph 612 679-2304).
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Self-Propelled 5-Ft Wide Garden Tiller CULTIVATORS Cultivators (58C) 13-6-11 "It makes gardening a lot easier," says Archie Smith, Mora, Minn., about the self-propelled 5-ft. wide garden tiller he built mostly out of junked parts. The only parts Smith bought were the teeth on the tiller itself which mounted on a Model T truck rear end.. The tiller is positioned behind the tractor tires that drive the rig so tire tracks are wiped out by the tiller. A row of spring tines follows the rear wheels, wiping out their tracks as well and smoothing the soil dug up by the tiller. The rear teeth move up and down with the tiller, which raises and lowers hydraulically for precise depth control.
The rig is powered by a 24-hp. Kohler twin cylinder engine that powers an IH 4-speed truck engine and an army jeep drive axle. He modified a set of tractor wheel rims to mount on the army jeep hubs.
A 3-speed Chevrolet transmission drives the truck rear end that makes up the tiller driveshaft so speed of the tiller dig¡ging teeth can be varied to adjust to ground conditions.
Smith uses the self-propelled rig to till his garden and to do custom work.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Archie Smith, Rt. 3, Box 601, Mora, Minn. 55051 (ph 612 679-2304).
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