Tire Harrow

[jen judkins]

Can someone send me a photo of or a link to plans for a tire harrow. I have the tires…just triing to figure out how to rig them together. Carl I know you have one…if you have time to take a pic. I also understand that Les Barden has plans for one as well, but cannot find it. Help, please.

[Carl Russell]

Take 3 heavy truck (16″-17″ min.) tires, cut them in half like a bagel, using a saz-all. Lay them out 3-2-3 and bolt them together every where a tire meets another. In the middle of the outer tires in the front 3 place eye bolts to attach clevises, and chain. I put a piece of 1 1/2″ pipe as a spreader into the loop of chain, making a letter “A”, so that the chain won’t just fold the tires up when pulling.

Good to go.

If I get a pic of mine ‘ll post it.

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[J-L]

I make mine in a similar way as Carl. I use old semi truck tires and only go with two rows though and put either a good stout pole or a piece of pipe in the front with the chain coming off the ends to a loop where your clevise will hook to your cart. Make sure your tires are offset, I’ve seen drags made with the tires directly behind eachother and they don’t break up manure very good.
I use smaller chain to bolt the tires together and then to the pole across the front. Just give enough room between them all to let the tires move around and not clog too easy. If they’re made right I think they work as good as any of the metal ones. Especially if you can time it right with moisture to break it up really good.

[Carl Russell]

Good thing I went to take pictures, I wasn’t very accurate.

Carl

[jen judkins]

Extremely helpful, Carl. Thank you for taking the time for photos…

[jen judkins]

I finally built my tire harrow… I know some of you don’t like the idea of dragging rubber across my fields but it feels green to me. The tires were free and would have ended up in a dump somewhere…polluting someones else’s soils and water. The hardware cost me less than 20 bucks. Can’t beat that.

[OldKat]

@jenjudkins 16420 wrote:

I finally built my tire harrow… I know some of you don’t like the idea of dragging rubber across my fields but it feels green to me. The tires were free and would have ended up in a dump somewhere…polluting someones else’s soils and water. The hardware cost me less than 20 bucks. Can’t beat that.

I am glad you brought this up, because I knew I had seen one of these somewhere … just couldn’t recall where I had seen it. I am about to build one, too.

Question: When you cut the tires down the tread, did you try to make it into two even halves or did you off set it a little so that one side was “thicker” than the other?

Like your dog. Had one that looked nearly identical when I was in college. Best dog I ever had.

[jen judkins]

OldKat, I got the tires from a tire dealer who split the tires to prevent them from being used. As far as I can tell they are split down the middle. I pulled them from a pile of split tires a mile high.

Max, is the dog. Rescue…young…getting close to the best dog I ever had…we’ll see how that turns out, lol!

[Ed Thayer]

Nice job Jen,

I wish I had built one of these before shelling out the big money for my chain harrow.

Who am I kidding, I just would have spent the money on some other horse toy:)

[Gabe Ayers]

I have read that the wearing of rubber releases cadmium. Probably not a big deal, since we are all surrounded by roads that are the source of tire wearing regularly.

Sorry Jen, just figured I’d add that thought again since there may be new readers that didn’t see it last time.

That drag will not do as good of a job as your chain harrow. The chain harrow has several adjustments and multiple uses. I guess you could turn the tire harrow over and get a different contact situation.

It is about pasture dragging time, great thing to break/train/condition horses with. Right behind that, spread some manure.

Cool to make your own tools too.

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[Robert MoonShadow]

Jason’s comments made me wonder…which side do you usually put goundward? The cut side? Also, Jen – how much would you estimate that weighs, total?

[jen judkins]

@Robert MoonShadow 16535 wrote:

Also, Jen – how much would you estimate that weighs, total?

I’d say it probably weighs 200 lbs or so, give or take. I can flip it over without much effort…its just awkward. I can drag it short distances too on the flat, but it feels like hard work and I wouldn’t drag it more than a few yards without getting the big boy involved;)

[Theloggerswife]

Great fabrication Jen!!! I can see Reno out there dragging your pasture and all the neighbors stopping to watch what you are up to NOW!

[jen judkins]

@Theloggerswife 16539 wrote:

I can see Reno out there dragging your pasture and all the neighbors stopping to watch what you are up to NOW!

What do you say I just strap the thing to him while he is out grazing! Kind of like that robot vacuum thingy…he gets exercise, and the crap gets busted up without me lifting a finger 😀

Totally kidding…

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