Oscillating Harrow Lifts Up For Transport

Oscillating harrow lifts up for transport TILLAGE EUIPMENT Harrows 16-5-10 "It's easy to lift and clean on the go and is also easy to transport," says Frank Ed-wards, North Battleford, Sask., about his home-built "oscillating" harrow which is carried by an ingenious crank-up lift frame. "You can carry it at any height which makes it handy for different chores. For example, by lifting it up a little it'll do a good job spreading straw after combining but won't plug up. But when you're harrowing cultivated stubble fields, you can lower it all the way to the ground and it'll do an excellent job. Leaves practically no lumps of straw in the field. If you have to, you can always lift it up a little to reduce any plugging problems you might have," says Edwards. He constructed the harrow cart from 3-in. dia. boiler pipe carried on 4 caster wheels taken from Versatile 103 self-propelled swathers. The casters are mounted on the original frames from the swather. The large carrying pipes on top of the cart are bolted to the swather frames. Below the main frame, hanging on chains, are four 25-ft. pipes. Below these pipes are 16 sections of diamond harrow suspended from the 25-ft. pipes by short chains. The harrow sections are lifted up by two cross pipes on either end of the main frame that are fitted with cranks. Ed-wards simply turns the cranks by hand, locking the lift pipes in place when the harrow sections are at the desired height. For transport, sections are cranked up off the ground and the cart is pulled by a built-in drawbar at one end. The swather caster wheels turn as needed. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Frank. E. Edwards, Box 1622, North Battleford, Sask. S9A 3W2 Canada (ph 306 445-5508).

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