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Dean(IA) 
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 Topic: A-C Hoe-Tredder
Posted: 15 Mar 2020 at 10:09pm |
A hoe-tredder was or is a machine used in wheat country to push
stubble down into the soil to help prevent soil erosion. I have never seen one and , in fact, I had not even heard of one. Does anyone
have any experience using one or know about the machine> Thanks,
Dean 
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:00am |
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Never seen or heard of one.
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Rhoadesy_65
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:53am |
Looks like a rotary hoe that gets used sometimes in our area when we get too much rain right after planting. Breaks the crust so that the plant doesn't use too much energy trying to break through to the surface.
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 5:48pm |
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Wheels are backwards of any rotary hoe I have owned. I googled this. They were used in the 1930-40's to combat the dust bowl problems the farmers had after plowing up the plains. It looks like most of them were used west of the Missouri\missippippi river in Nebraska, the Dakota's, Oka, Texas and on west. Article was over 40 pages long, so a lot of info. I did not look at every page and did not see any pictures of it.
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 5:58pm |
Tom, just put the hitch on the other end. I don't think you would want to try and rotary hoe with the gangs set at an angle either, unless you were going to replant 
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DiyDave
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 6:17pm |
Looks just like the pic, in C.H. Wendell's book, I think they were made into the late 60's, but I never seen any, either...
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Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 6:24pm |
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That rottary hoe set up would take out the whole crop !
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 12:28am |
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Everyone seems to think this is a rotary hoe. The header clearly states Hoe- tredder. Two entirely different beast. It like comparing a disc to a culti packer. Not trying to be smart just pointing out the obvious. Buy Wendell’s book AC made all kinds of equipment that didn’t become main stream. Peace to all.
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Dean(IA)
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Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 9:57pm |
Exchanged emails with Darryl Krause about hoe-tredders. He said that almost no wheat was grown in western Washington, but he gave me some leads in eastern Washington and Oregon. The common name was a Skew-Tredder, because the gangs were at an angle
like an offset disc. The machine worked great on everything except green grass.
Some farmers used the tredder in front of a chisel plow and said it worked great.
The Calkins Swew Tredder is still sold by J E Love Co. which any of you older fellows are familiar with.
The A-C tredder wheels were 18 inches in diameter with 11 teeth and were spaced 5 inches apart. Each wheel weighed 34 pounds. A-C hoe-tredders covered just under 8 feet in width and weighed 1285 pounds. (Information about the A-C hoe-tredder is from Allis-Chalmers Farm Equipment 1914-1985 by Norm Swinford)
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