Comments on: Planting Corn 2009 http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/ Homesteading Ruminations & Recollections Sat, 19 May 2012 12:46:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: James http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-110 James Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:41:24 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-110 Very clever idea! But don't forget the helmet while sitting at the back of that ATV. ;) You should try adding a piece of metal on the edge of the plank to reinforce it, so you don't have to change the plank too often. Great job! Very clever idea! But don’t forget the helmet while sitting at the back of that ATV. ;)

You should try adding a piece of metal on the edge of the plank to reinforce it, so you don’t have to change the plank too often.

Great job!

]]> By: William Cross http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-49 William Cross Sun, 24 May 2009 16:20:42 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-49 Dave: Interesting idea, and I got the drawings you sent via email. Will see about that for next year. Thanks :) Dave: Interesting idea, and I got the drawings you sent via email. Will see about that for next year. Thanks :)

]]> By: DaveS http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-48 DaveS Sun, 24 May 2009 14:50:16 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-48 Oh... one more suggestion to consider... A couple of long surface bolts on either side of where you have the furrow maker hinged should serve to keep the furrow in place but still allow you to pull it up. Although it had to be priceless to see Cristian holding it in place with his feet! :) Where's the pics? Dave Oh… one more suggestion to consider…

A couple of long surface bolts on either side of where you have the furrow maker hinged should serve to keep the furrow in place but still allow you to pull it up.

Although it had to be priceless to see Cristian holding it in place with his feet! :)

Where’s the pics?

Dave

]]> By: DaveS http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-47 DaveS Sun, 24 May 2009 13:21:12 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-47 Actually Will, I would think that filling the furrows behind you would be easy. A "V" shaped "sled" that you could pull behind at the same time or separately should do the trick. Would just have to be weighted enough to keep it down. Opening in the tip of the 'V' as wide as your furrows, and the wide end (leading end) as wide as the mounds your furrow maker leaves behind. Dave Actually Will, I would think that filling the furrows behind you would be easy.

A “V” shaped “sled” that you could pull behind at the same time or separately should do the trick. Would just have to be weighted enough to keep it down. Opening in the tip of the ‘V’ as wide as your furrows, and the wide end (leading end) as wide as the mounds your furrow maker leaves behind.

Dave

]]> By: William Cross http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-46 William Cross Sat, 23 May 2009 23:40:04 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-46 Jason, that sounds like a fun experiment tho :) Dave: The PVC idea is a good one, I might see what I can do to incorporate that along with a chain dragging behind to refill the farrow. Thanks :) Jason, that sounds like a fun experiment tho :)

Dave: The PVC idea is a good one, I might see what I can do to incorporate that along with a chain dragging behind to refill the farrow. Thanks :)

]]> By: DaveS http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-45 DaveS Sat, 23 May 2009 12:09:36 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-45 Jaime might not be laughing but i am... LMAO! That's using what you got! Cudos! Run a piece of PVC through the furrow maker and Cristian could seed at the same time. :) Dave Jaime might not be laughing but i am… LMAO!

That’s using what you got! Cudos!

Run a piece of PVC through the furrow maker and Cristian could seed at the same time. :)

Dave

]]> By: Jason http://www.farmresults.com/2009/05/22/planting-corn-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jason Sat, 23 May 2009 06:14:14 +0000 http://www.farmresults.com/?p=236#comment-44 i just used my earthway seeder, but i laid out the rows using my riding lawnmower's tracks as a guide... that was after we "tilled" it with the tractor's disc. your invention seems a lot better than the other thing i tried which was using an old time mule furrow plow behind the tractor... i just used my earthway seeder, but i laid out the rows using my riding lawnmower’s tracks as a guide… that was after we “tilled” it with the tractor’s disc. your invention seems a lot better than the other thing i tried which was using an old time mule furrow plow behind the tractor…

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