John Deere 2 Cylinder 200 Series Cultivator

[Navajo350]

Anybody know what the difference is for theses two different shovels, or shovel vs spring tooth on these old two cylinder cultivators. I have a two row John Deere cultivator from the 30’s for my ‘37 A. I have 3 different cultivators with different choices.

Not my tractor obviously, also my cultivators are the round tubes that hang off the frame.

Thanks
Robert

 

[Tx Jim]

While I was employed at local JD dealer from '65-'87 the cultivator shank with spring attached to the rear of shank was utilized by largest majority of farmers in my area. I'll guess C type shank although cheaper with less parts would not be as rigid when used in close proximity to plant stalks/roots.

 

[ET]

I read somewhere that the C type spring teeth will pull roots to the surface better than rigid shanks.

 

[Navajo350]

Interesting, thanks. My oldest cultivater has the rigid sweeps each side of shields, and the spring tooth shovels on the ends of the cultivator.

 

[J.Wondergem]

Interesting, thanks. My oldest cultivater has the rigid sweeps each side of shields, and the spring tooth shovels on the ends of the cultivator.

That's the same way Dad's was when I was a kid. That was on a 1936 B hand lift. All spring tooth but 4.