ronaldbeal
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My dad called it a corn cutter... does not look like any I can find. Just curious what it is. No markings of any kind.
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My dad called it a corn cutter... does not look like any I can find. Just curious what it is. No markings of any kind.
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ronaldbeal
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What would the wheel thing in the middle do?
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Is that wheel thing in the middle attached? Or is the spring tine thing just set down over it?
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A picture from the other side would probably help. From this angle it looks like something pretty light duty that would hang from the four points and cover a pretty good area. My first thought is I could see that thing hanging from the belly of an old tractor raking something sandy like a beach or an arena. Is there a drawbar or some other attachment point on the other side?
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Cultivator that someone put down on top of a stalk chopper.
Another similar chopper:
www.bigiron.com
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Another similar chopper:
Antique Rolling Stalk Chopper
Antique Rolling Stalk Chopper, 6' Width, Flips Over To Use Or Flip Over To Move On Skids, Pull Type
Bruce
workinonit
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That's what we would have used to chop cotton.
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Looks like someone combined an antique stalk cutter with a spring tine tiller...
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Where? I just don't see them attached to each other. If that wheeled thing below rotated, it would catch the spring tines.
I think bcp has the right idea in post 6.
I'd try lifting the spring tine frame up with something and see if the wheeled thing stays on the ground.
I think bcp has the right idea in post 6.
I'd try lifting the spring tine frame up with something and see if the wheeled thing stays on the ground.
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tacticalturnip
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Could it be a mid-mounted cultivator of some sort?
workinonit
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Those two items don't go together. Doubt that's an antique either.
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It’s definitely antique. The square bolt heads and nuts are a tell-tale for age. It does look like the cultivator part could be lifted off the cutter underneath. Have you tried rigging to the four lift points and seeing if it will lift off? Some gentle persuasion might help clear up whether it is actually attached or just hanging on because it’s tangled up.
Rockbadchild
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they are definitely two item you see the twine going right in the middle of the wheel of the chopper and as far as antique what define antique ? 100 year old ? its old for sure, not sure what kind of attachment it is is, horse driven ? definitely not 3 point attach...
workinonit
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What defines antique in farm equipment I guess is what I'm not certain of. That thing was probably manufactured in my lifetime and I'm not quite ready to call that antique at this point.
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ronaldbeal
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Update... After feedback from you all, I went out and moved things around. Yes, it is two separate things.
Makes the explanations
make more sense.
Updated pic attached
Makes the explanations
Updated pic attached
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Yay! Bonus antique!! 
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Two separate implements, but maybe they were used together. A stalk rake and a stalk chopper. Maybe used in tandem. One under the belly of the tractor and one towed. Our old JD 530 has a hydraulic lift for a belly cultivator and also a three point. It used to be common to run two implements at the same time. And we got the JD from a small 40 acre corn farmer originally.
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Hopefully they are worth a lot of money.
My father had the implement on top, and I've thought about bringing it hope to use for a rock rake. The problem is that, like the two spring tooth harrows on the property and the old Oliver plow, everything is severely rusted from setting outside for 70 years.
My father had the implement on top, and I've thought about bringing it hope to use for a rock rake. The problem is that, like the two spring tooth harrows on the property and the old Oliver plow, everything is severely rusted from setting outside for 70 years.
Hendey T&G
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I'd call it a spring tooth harrow.
