(Glenna Rose) wrote:

Does anyone here use a high-wheel cultivator? I've not been able to find
any locally; the closest "in-person" ones that I could locate were 400
miles away, in Spokane, Washington. Unfortunately, that was last spring.
I lost the bookmark and haven't been able to find their page again. :-(

I have found sources on the web but am hesitant to order such an important
tool without actually seeing it. I've been disappointed in the past with
"modern" tools and much prefer to buy older ones (that were actually
manufactured in this country when we still built things like that and
built them well!). I'm supposed to get my grandmother's which has no
handles left (damaged in storage the last 20 years). That would be my
preference, to restore that, but if my youngest half-sister finds out that
I'll be picking it up, she'll take it home though she would never use it.
(She's a piece of work!) Not having seen it for years, I'm not sure if
all the attachments are there any longer (she has lived with my mother for
about 20 years and is now in a nursing home, something I'm not at all
pleased about but I had no say).

Since I really do want a good cultivator, it seemed prudent to locate one
that I can rely on in the case that I cannot get that one or it doesn't
have all its attachments.

Does anyone have one, use one or have comments on them?

After viewing at least two dozen web sites, it seems that Red Hill
General Store has the best selection. They offer Earthway and Beaver with
attachments for Ames (puzzling since that doesn't seem to be a brand they
offer) Prices range from $70 to $120 depending on the height and brand
(and supplier), before shipping costs. Another question I will have is
what height seems to work best. I doubt there is a manufacturer's name on
Grandma's since she bought it well before 1950 so that would be no help.

Glenna

We have an old high wheel cultivator that has not moved out of its
corner of the shed for years. We've found that a simple Dutch hoe is
far easier to use and can be controlled much better when working near
plants in a row.
The ones we have are not quite like the one shown he
http://www.kenyontools.com/products/...den/34-424.htm but, the
operation is the same.

Ross.