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Bed Shaper
I built this bed shaper from an old 2 row cultivator purchased for $200 from craigslist. By adding disc hillers I could hill beds but still had to rake them before seeding or planting. I created this bed shaper from salvaged lumber. It has allowed me to fully shape the beds (sometimes with multiple passes depending on soil conditions) using the tractor. It took me only a few hours to build. For the time and money involved it is a vast improvement. It also acted as a practice build, as I would like to build a more permanent bed shaper from steel this following year. After one season of use the shaper has held up well, but I imagine it will start to deteriorate in a fairly short time given that I have no place to store it indoors. Materials: 1. Old culitvator (often on craigslist for very cheap) 2. U bolts- to attach shaper to cultivator 3. Disc Hiller (various suppliers on the internet. I purchased mine from Agrisupply. Cheap but the shanks have bent. Consider better quality hillers) 4. Scrap lumber: 2x4's, 2x6's 5. Lag Screws
solar electric tractor Sparky
Massey Harris Pacer converted to solar electris 48 V 10 hp (8 x 6 deep cycle batteries with 3 solar panels for a max of 750 W total). Electirc over hydraulic 3 point hitch added. Implements: tool bar with various attachments for market gardening, disc and harrows, seeder, inverter for weedeater/chainsaw/buzzsaw for distant work/firewood, hayrake, hay inverter, potato planter/harvester, pulls full loads of hay, small platform for moving tools/fencing supplies etc. around farm. Sparky is in its 5th year of operation with virtually no problems.
Cheap Electric Thresher???
Don't get me wrong, I love all the bicycle powered tools being built but I was hoping to find something cheaper and easier. This led me to purchase a Sun Joe leaf Mulcher (https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Joe-SDJ616-Shredder-13-Amp/dp/B00EUU044S). I plan on threshing oats, bell beans and tillage radish seed pods once they are bone dry. I think it has potential to do the trick.
TricTrac- Tricycle Tractor
The TricTrac is a pedal-powered tractor made from a modified bicycle which can be adapted for various low-power farming operations.
farmbrite: Farm & Ranch Record Keeping & Management Software
Farmbrite is an easy-to-use online farm planning, tracking and record keeping application that can help streamline your operations, provide visibility into your business and keep your records securely in one place. Some of the features include crop planning & tracking, seed order estimating, yield & harvest reporting, field mapping, farm bookkeeping & accounting, scheduling & task management, file & image storage, detailed note keeping, collaborate with your farmhands, contact & customer management, equipment record keeping, and much much more… Check it out at www.farmbrite.com
Pedestal greenhouse or general-purpose table
Straight table legs get in the way and are fragile without lots of bracing. A pedestal base with 45 and 30/60 geometry uses 40% less lumber than a 6-legged table, is self-adjusting on un-level ground, and is much stronger than a 6-legged table (and MUCH stronger than a 4-legged table!). It uses a combination of tension and compression to keep the table top from deforming under load. It allows tables to be placed closer together, as a wheelbarrow can run between tables beneath the table top.
Impact Dehuller and Separator
A tool designed to separate already hulled Spelt and to dehull the rest.
Subsoiler-keyline
A slide hammer drives a chainsaw bar into the ground . The Tee cross allows it to pivot on ground and cut a trench .Back up and dive bar into slit farther along. Tried square and round bars instead of chain bar but they bend or go sideways.Bar is welded into slot in Tee and not across bar.
Manure handling
Scissor action of two handles from excersiser clamp quantities of manure from ground and place in container. Works really well for horse and llama. Can handle a big shovels worth. Also used it for rock and pine cones.
Air seeder zero til hand operated
A D handle from a shovel has a clear plastic tube taped to its length .Seeds in your mouth are blown down to the pointed hollow open back point. Great for tillage radish. Peas , in established rows or trees. Taped areas have anti collapse steel tube.