40 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
40 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
Using row shields as in-row agitation with swinging spider?
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Trying to simplify this concept to only focus on using hoe shield as a row shield, not for any other purposes...
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Wanting to focus on that concept - instead of coming off of the row unit, come off of the toolbar (inbetween swinging spider units)
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Prototype now to run in the fall (on bare ground)
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Need fore-aft adjustment
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Tilt the hoe wheels... allows crop to grow, more action, closer to crop
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Add a funnel for the crop?
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# GOALS / REQUIREMENTS
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1. Extended and retracted position + fore-aft adjustment
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2. Control height.... needs to be relative to the row unit
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3. Tilt the hoe wheels / funnel the crop to protect the crop
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4. Adjust in-out spacing
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5. 4" to 12" high crop
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6. Quickly swing out of the way and back into position
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This seems really important to him.
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Ball in my court to have a followup
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https://www.sare.org/publications/steel-in-the-field/row-crop-tools/cultivator-shields/
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# 28OCT2025
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#### Idea: single swing per crop row
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- Pivots 12" above ground nominally - toolbar is 26"-34" ish
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- NO GAP ADJUSTMENT... well, unless you stack spacers
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- The hoe wheels are on a 'knuckle' that slides fore-aft (square tube) and pins or bolts into position
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- The lateral bar is linked to the row unit...
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- By chains in front of any possible knuckle position, to BOTH row units
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- By chains between the bar, and use a closed-u shape for the 'knuckle'
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- By bars with pin hole adjusters/stops to a point on the row unit
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