Garden Tractor Progress - 7 Cultivator Finished

The cultivator is finally finished and ready to use. I have a v-plow for making furrows, and I made a set of hilling blades that attach to it. The tractor should be completed sometime this week. My winter project has taken most of the spring to complete. But, it looks great and I'm excited to use them. It's main use will be caring for the family potato garden. We are hoping to plant the potato's next weekend. AH

Garden Tractor Progress - 6 Cultivator

My son came by yesterday and help be get the cultivator finished, well almost. I still need to build a post for the V-plow, and hilling blades. I gave it trial run through the garden. It worked great. AH

Garden Tractor Progress - 5 Cultivator, Bumper, and Wheel Weights

Pushing a head on the tractor project. My goal is to have it completed by the middle of May. It will be used on the Idaho property. Got the hitch for the cultivator finished up. The UPS man delivered the sweep plows. Hopefully now I can get it completed. The front bumper, front weight box, and the rear wheel weights are complete and now need to be cleaned up for paint. I think they look pretty good considering they are largely made from free junk. My way of recycling. Always makes me feel good to turn junk into something useful. AH

Garden Tractor Progress - 4 Cultivator

Now that the holiday's are over I can get back to the tractor project. Made a little progress this week. Got the depth wheels put together. And a little of the finish welding done. The wheels will control how deep the implements dig, and keep the depth consistent. The weather is very cold and the valley is covered in smog and fog. I don't think we have seen the sun for almost two weeks. Thank goodness seed catalogs have arrived and I can start planning and ordering.

Garden Tractor Progress - 3 Cultivator and Bumper

Made some progress on the Garden Tractor this week. Photo 1) The cultivator is coming together. Drilled the holes for mounting the implements, got the up rights for the gauge wheels built, and tack welded everything together. Now I need to make the tongue, and hitch. Once I get the tack welded mock up to my satisfaction I'll finish welding everything. Photo 2) I built a receiver style hitch for the front. The front bumper, and weight box (not built yet) will be interchangeable. This also allows for other attachments to be added if needed in the future. Photo 3) Here is the mocked up front bumper. I'm using as much scrap/free materials as possible so not everything is nice and shiny. When I'm done everything will get painted. AH

Garden Tractor Progress - 2 Building a Cultivator and Bumper for the Garden Tractor

Well no gardening today! We got pounded with snow. Spent most of the evening plowing out my driveway, a couple of elderly neighbor's drive ways, and the side walks, and walkways for the elementary school kids. With all that's going on these days it feels good to take a little time and do for others. And I got to spend a little time outside. That's a bonus for me. Got a little work done on the tractor the last couple days. Started the front bumper, and got the basic cultivator frame cut out and mocked up. Still a lot to do, but I have all winter. AH