Thanks for the video about the testing of the Hoss Wheel Hoe. I watched and kept thinking those handles were so long that I probably wouldn't be able to manage something like that. But, I went to their website: https://hosstools.com/wheel-ho... and they have a Jr. version with shorter handles that would work well for youth and women! Nice!
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Are the handles adjustable? A lower angle would help push the tool with a more direct angle. I have a couple of really old ones. One has 3 cultivator tines and has retired to being a yard ornament, and the other has a single bottom plow. We used the plow to make a furrow, planted potatoes in it, then went the other way along the row and covered them! Easy!
Looks like a well built tool. I have one of the high wheel old timers. My father bought it used at a farm auction in 1917. The handles are about the only parts that ever wear out. Solved that by putting metal handles on it 1955. Wheel hoes are very versatile tools. I use the turn plow ( wing cultivator shovel is a good sub when they wear out) most often. May switch to a small shovel for laying off rows. Rarely use the 5 tooth cultivator as attested by the fact that it is still usable after a 100 years. That turn plow tho is great for listing and laying by and I plant a lot of small vegetables like beets carrots etc on lists. I have listers for the Farmall 100, But I no longer plant sufficient quantity to justify setting them up. It is also great for hilling pototoes and any other crop that needs dirt thrown to the plant. A bit of advice tho. They work with little effort if you use them like a hoe. Push forward engaging the soil, pull it back step forward and take another bite.Trying to push it for continuos furrow wil wear you to a frazzle. Rocking action like you would with a gooseneck or stirrup hoe.
Seems like it would work so much better if it was a pulling tool instead of a pusher. Pulling will keep it straight and you can use all the force you want and you plow over your footprints as you go. You just can't see where you're going I guess.
