What is this... Has anyone ever seen this?

[Nollsgame]

I got this in a trade the other day and I have no idea what it was used for. Has anyone ever seen this attachment before?

 

[Daren Todd]

It's an aerator for your yard. Got a smaller version for my riding mower if it has curved blades it's also a dethatcher

 

[Rob]

I think some sort of safety guard would be a good idea, those tines look very non-user friendly

 

[skeets]

Yeah that thing looks plain evil,,,I kinda like it though

 

[ipz2222]

A Roman enemy torture wheel???

 

[Nollsgame]

It's an aerator for your yard. Got a smaller version for my riding mower if it has curved blades it's also a dethatcher

That is what the guy told me when I got it, but it seems old and I wasn't sure they would make something like this to aerate way back then. I looks pretty old. He said it was 15 ft wide but he cut it down to 3- 5ft sections.

 

[Nollsgame]

That is what the guy told me when I got it, but it seems old and I wasn't sure they would make something like this to aerate way back then. I looks pretty old. He said it was 15 ft wide but he cut it down to 3- 5ft sections.

Someone just told me it was a rotary hoe. I found a video of one on youtube.

 

[ctmike]

I'd say it's a slicer aerator. It looks like you can add weight to the top for better penetration.

 

[Daren Todd]

Gramp had one bout 12 foot wide. Used to call it a gopher grinder. Used to tow it around the hay field in the spring to loosen up the ground some before he fertilized

 

[Nollsgame]

Gramp had one bout 12 foot wide. Used to call it a gopher grinder. Used to tow it around the hay field in the spring to loosen up the ground some before he fertilized

I like the "Gopher Grinder"...

 

[85Hokie]

I like the "Gopher Grinder"...

I like the gopher grinder too!

Seems like it needs some more weight to be real effective, I have made airaters in the past , some 5 feet wide, and 80 plus spikes, rolls great yet too heavy to pick up! And I had a plug in the side to add water. ON soft ground worked like a charm! On hard soil - forget it - it would run on the top surface.

 

[D2Cat]

It's a rotary hoe. Used to bust up dirt clods after plowing a field. They work excellent for braking up manure piles after cattle have grazed a field. No additional weight required. Put three gangs together and do a field in a hurry.

 

[Csxman66]

Oh yea, it a john deere lovers torture devise. Got one I my basement!!!

 

[Moo]

Clearly, this is the IRS's new "cough up the money or else" tool.