Before I refurb it, what is it?

[all4jpn]

I got this plow rake drag cultivator (friend gave it to me..he has had it 35 years, and got it from an elderly man before that)....it appears quite old..i don't see any markings other than the numbers 1116 on a few pieces...so...

exactly what is it called?...

any idea on age or manufacturer?



never seen a fancy chain like this...

[J-Mech]

It isn't a cultivator or a plow..... It's just an old drag harrow. Nothing special. Several companies made them. They used to use them behind drag disks, or moldboard plows. The wider the equipment, the more sections. When they started making bigger harrows people started pulling them behind garden tractors or four-wheelers. However, they are VERY handy. I have one that I made into a 3-point mounted. I use it to tear up baseball diamonds in the spring, and level yard/ gardens.

[zippy1]

Yup, but we call them a fine tooth drag, or finish drag, all the same just different locations know them as something else.
We use the single sections for our food plots behind the ATV. Nice to have around

[R Bedell]

In my day, it was called a "spike toothed" drag. That is just one section. Several Manufacturers made them (ie: IH, JD, etc). The sections were usually 4' in width, so the drags were in multiples of 4 (ie: 8, 12, or 16 foot). There was a main front beam that had some sort of pulling tongue attached. These drags went back to the '60's. You don't see them made anymore, just at auctions from equipment of yester-year. I would love to have one myself.

[Grampie]

Around these parts their known as a spike toothed harrow. Just had a 4"x4" board across the front to join two harrows side by side and a piece of chain to the harness on a horse. You move the lever to flatten out the spikes to transport across highways, driveways, and yards till you got to the field. the teamster would ride standing on the 4x4 and hanging onto the reins. I've scraped many sets of these over the years. Their not a very pleasant thing to trip over in the weeds and fall on top of.

[Grampie]

Forgot about the chain, it's just a cross link off a tire chain, nothing special.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Grampie

Their not a very pleasant thing to trip over in the weeds and fall on top of.

I've done that too! ..... And no, it's not pleasant

[fhadderton]

It's a section harrow. They were used to smooth fields, and work great. I have two of them, hooking both together is tricky but it can be done. Most people run a chain from the corners and make a loop in the center to loop over a ball hitch. We still use them to smooth rodeo arenas all the time, they work great for busting up dirt clods and leaving the ground powder smooth. If you need to replace teeth on it railroad spikes work the best that's a trick my dad showed me, he used to pull them back when they planted wheat every winter, when he was young , he said they would hook four together and pull behind an old Ferguson . The hardest thing to figure out is the angle to run the spikes but once you get it down they really do a great job!

[fhadderton]

And from the look of yours it's probably a John Deere no clue on age but it's definitely old

[all4jpn]

had.....whats the deere give-away?might have to rethink the color scheme