J Burns wrote:
On 9/27/11 3:18 AM, J Burns wrote:
On 9/25/11 1:22 AM, Steve W. wrote:
J Burns wrote:


It is a human powered item not an attachment. There is a company that
makes a NEW version of the same tool. They work well (I know of a few
Amish farms with them) But they are not something I want to push around
much.


I wish I knew where to find photos of 1930s Planet Jr tractors and
implements.


I haven't found any photos of a wheel hoe with a similar attachment.

Here's a similar attachment on an unidentified Planet Jr tractor. The
four-point hitch looks the same. Rob's mystery item would allow more
choice about where to put the blades and might allow things other than
chisels to be attached.
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/5498352...72855/name/n_a

I've learned more. Planet Jr teeth would fit other brands. The tractor
in the photo may have been a Howard tiller, from England.

It is a Planet Jr. push wheel hoe. NOT an attachment for ANY powered
equipment. Simple as that.
The various teeth shown in the pictures I posted all bolt in place on
the frame Rob posted. You remove one item and attach another as needed.

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Steve W.

On 9/27/11 10:47 AM, Steve W. wrote:
J Burns wrote:
On 9/27/11 3:18 AM, J Burns wrote:
On 9/25/11 1:22 AM, Steve W. wrote:
J Burns wrote:


It is a human powered item not an attachment. There is a company that
makes a NEW version of the same tool. They work well (I know of a few
Amish farms with them) But they are not something I want to push around
much.


I wish I knew where to find photos of 1930s Planet Jr tractors and
implements.


I haven't found any photos of a wheel hoe with a similar attachment.

Here's a similar attachment on an unidentified Planet Jr tractor. The
four-point hitch looks the same. Rob's mystery item would allow more
choice about where to put the blades and might allow things other than
chisels to be attached.
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/5498352...72855/name/n_a

I've learned more. Planet Jr teeth would fit other brands. The tractor
in the photo may have been a Howard tiller, from England.

It is a Planet Jr. push wheel hoe. NOT an attachment for ANY powered
equipment. Simple as that.
The various teeth shown in the pictures I posted all bolt in place on
the frame Rob posted. You remove one item and attach another as needed.

Do you have any particular model in mind? I checked with a group of
Planet Jr collectors. Two said it might have come from a No. 4 push
hoe/rake/cultivator/seeder.

I found several photos of No. 4s, assembled and disassembled. I found
the description and drawing in the 1897 Sears Catalog. The distinctive
feature was that the tool bar could be unbolted and replaced with the
seeder. Thus, the frame ended a couple of inches behind the wheel. On
Rob's item, the tool bar is not detachable. It can't be a No. 4.

(I found out why some No. 4s were drawn with only one wheel arm. The
second arm bolted on. Rob's doesn't have a place to bolt an arm.)

The owner of an antique garden tractor group told me Planet Jr made
hardware to attach to various brands of tractors. He couldn't identify
what tractor Rob's hardware was made for.