Erik, I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. I enjoyed it and your garden looked great at the end.

Thank you so much for posting all your videos. I grew up using big tractors and have NO experience with small equipment. Your videos are a life saver!!!!

@FarpointFarms

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could help. Spring is here (sort of) so I should be making more tractor videos soon.

Erik, I really like the information that you kick out on your videos. I'm going to subscribe. As a "city-fied" farmer, what you are doing is down sizing your implemented, which is neat! It was said in a previous post but fill the bucket with soil. That will keep the front end down. Keep a growing!

Just bought this did a couple practice runs and am very happy with the purchase this video was what helped me decide thank you for this.

@FarpointFarms

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad my little corner of the internet helped! When I started my channel, it was specifically to provide some much needed info on these garden tractors and the implements they can use. I had to learn it though trial and error, so I'm glad to hear its saved you and a few others the hassle!

@jeffbenjamin6480

6 жыл бұрын

Your channel very much helps please keep up the good work. I am just using a MTD tractor but I weld and fabricate for a living so I beefed it up and my really only 2 worries are engine an trans. Any other implements or ideas would be much appreciated.

@jeffbenjamin6480

6 жыл бұрын

Love your channel keep up the good work. And by the way my wife and I are also cb HAM people so I'm liking that also.

Man I miss my old Craftsman Garden Tractor. Unfortunately the connecting rods in the engine parted ways after 21 years of service...and it was relatively hard service too...mowed 2 acres of pasture grass plus the yard and tons of other chores around the property, until the engine failed it really didn't have any mechanical problems other than normal wear items like belts and oil/filter, plugs, etc. They just don't build them like that anymore wish I could find another one. Mine had the 18HP Twin Cylinder Briggs & Stratton engine. The Kohler model wasn't in stock when I bought mine.

i really love this stuff so happy to see someone else using a GT to farm like i do

@FarpointFarms

6 жыл бұрын

Just about everyday this GT or the Husqvarna are out on the property doing something. Last weekend It was the final weeding of this years garden with the help of the cultivator, and tomorrow I'm going to try and design something to help with the potato harvest. It won't be too long and it will be time to hook the snow plow back up!

@homesteadspirit9209

6 жыл бұрын

Farpoint Farms same! Just cut down the corn stalks in my garden and tomarow is plow day! Im ready to take my deck off and not have to worry with grass...

You have a fantastic plot, the soil looks like it will produce for you. Kind regards Eric Dee

@FarpointFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Living the dream!

Love your videos! I just found your channel!

Great video I can't wait until planting season

@FarpointFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I can not wait for the weather to warm up! I hate winter and miss the nice green of summer

Just curious. Could you add a couple a cinder blocks to the top of the ripper to get deeper?

You can take the middle tine out and use it as a cultivator. All of these implements can be used in different ways . The one I don't have is a planter . Am still looking for one .of the planters .

You will find that if you flip the Hitch adapter where it mounts to the main frame the frame will sit more level and the front and rear tines will dig in closer the same depth. Your sleeve hitch sits low and you need a pin that goes all the way through.

look on Amazon there are all kinds of linear actuators for sale

Will the harrow take the place of the plow?

Wouldn’t a disk harrow work better?

I would pick up the speed more . Like 3rd or 4th gear maybe .

They also have a 3point hitch .

what attachments can I use with a 18hp ride on mower?

@dakotakelly9371

6 жыл бұрын

Dafydd Morris if it has a 4 or 5 lug rear axles you can use a variety of attachments, snow plows, snow blower, dozer blade, cultivator, small loader bucket, ect But if it’s just a normal lawn tractor with 1 center hole then just stick to mower you lawn unless you want to tear up the trans

I’ve really been enjoying your videos and they’ve been helping me tremendously, as I’m venturing into a larger garden. Thank you for posting and sharing. Perhaps you can answer a question that I have regarding the cultivator being used in this video vs the outcome of using disc harrows in other videos….. from your experience, would you recommend purchasing this style of cultivator for the final prep before planting or running 2 disc harrows together instead… or will the outcome be the same? Currently, I don’t have either and planning for upcoming purchases. I’ll be planting sweet corn, sweet taters, collards, tomatoes, etc. Thanks again!

@FarpointFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I use this cultivator more for getting the soil prepped. The disc harrow would be better for making the rows. I use the cultivator much more that the other.. I find it easier to rake the rows after I use the cultivator, the disc harrow works well but for me I prefer to rake. I only do one of 2 rows for each- If I was doing larger plots of corn I think I would use the disc harrow. This works for me but you might have to tweak it for your needs

@michaelwoolums-music6650

2 жыл бұрын

@@FarpointFarms Thanks for the input. 👍

They make a belt driven hydraulic pump with 12 volt clutch that you could retrofit that tractor.

@FarpointFarms

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, I'll look into that.

That looks like a nice size property. Are you using that small machine just for the challenge of making it work? From what I'm seeing in the video I would get one of the L Series Kubota tractors. Don't even bother with the BX or B series. Get an L Series and you will be amazed how much more work you find for it.

Put weight on your implement. Or use your disc with weight on it.

@williamjackson5942

6 жыл бұрын

Farmers do it all the time a couple of concrete blocks on the top of the cultivator frame.

Yeah, I liked the video. I'm not entirely certain at this point what you mean by a linear actuator. By this do you mean the downward force exerted by a hydraulic lift? As on the John Deere X500 series tractors?

@FarpointFarms

2 жыл бұрын

That is correct

@mic982

2 жыл бұрын

@@FarpointFarms I've seen the videos of Brinley cultivators being used with a concrete block for weight (rather awkward I'd think). I'm guessing the force from the hydraulic lift (downward) would preclude the need for that? Good video, by the way - and I like the old Craftsman.

That thing is just scratching the surface. Ive got 60hp MTZ tractor with 7ft cultivator , that is what i call ripping the ground, good Video thought.

@FarpointFarms

5 жыл бұрын

It's all about knowing your limitations with a garden tractor. You can do the same job as a DX series or a L series Kubota, but it's going to take a bit longer. Still we are almost 6 years into farming up here and this thing has done the job!

Farpoint farms could you give me the part number for the sleeve hitch

@FarpointFarms

5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to, but the sticker has worn off.

@joecrumpler

4 жыл бұрын

If you still want one, I have one of the old-style manual sleeve hitches that fits AYP/Husqvarna/Craftsman tractors I will part with.

Put some weights on the cultivator and some small gauge weeds

thanks Eric, it's gold! So how many different types of hitches are there? I thought Craftsman uses the same connectors as Husqvarna? And then John Deere is a different type. Or are they all interchangable? If I buy this one, would it fit Husqvarna and/or a John Deere garden tractor? www.husqvarna.com/us/accessories/riding-mower-rear-mounted-attachments/tractor-sleeve-hitch/585607901/ thanks for quickly comparing that craftsman gt to Husqvarna GT52XLSi (locking differential). Your advice rocks!

@FarpointFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help. As long as the Craftsman tractor starts with model number 917.XXXXX It is a Husqvarna compatible setup. The Deere tractors use a different setup and the sleeve hitch wouldn't work. I hope this helps!

How can they call it a GT if the rear axle wont lock?

@FarpointFarms

6 жыл бұрын

Not all GT's have locking diffs. On the other hand some GT's came with 4wd so I guess people that own those would claim that "Its not a REAL GT if its not four wheel drive" right?

@maxsands3861

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply, I just got an older Craftsman GT thinking it had a posi or locking axle, when I got it home I couldn't find a switch or lever. When I was young all GTs had posi or locker. That's what classified them as a GT I guess times change. Thanks again.

@dakotakelly9371

6 жыл бұрын

Max Sands acually garden tractors are considered “garden tractors” because they have a HD trans. They have 4 or 5 lug rear axles.

Don't h as very a tiller but really don't need one . I have all other implements .

Ok

put some weight on it and it will do better

@FarpointFarms

3 жыл бұрын

I use this mostly with the Johhny Product sleeve hitch and that setup rules!

That was disappointing. Waste of time and fuel.