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A-C 1036_B-10
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 Posted - 04/26/2014 : 20:45:51
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Well I went to a farm auction today about 5 minutes away from my house. The auction flyer had several farm implements listed but then there was one that caught my eye. It was listed as a cultivator for a lawn tractor. So since I wasn't doing anything else today I decided I would go down there and check it out. I more or less was expecting a Brinly cultivator which I already had but decided that if it went cheap I would buy it and sell it to somebody else or maybe use it to trade with. When I got there however what I saw totally stunned me. It was an almost new looking Homelite spring tooth harrow for the Homelite running board tractors. As soon as I realized what it was I said I had to have it. So I waited about half the day buying a few small items until they came up to the harrow. They started the bid out at fifty and nobody bid and so they kept going down until they got to $25 and that's when I bid.They went on for about another minute or so with no other bids so I won it for $25. It's tines are like new and still have the points on them. The only thing it is missing is the lift rod which should be easy enough to fabricate. Overall I was really happy with my purchase today and just thought I would share it with y'all.here are some pictures of when I got it home.
It still has the original serial number tag as seen in the last picture. It is model number 1600177 and it is serial number 000141. |
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Edited by - A-C 1036_B-10 on 04/26/2014 20:47:22 |
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oldron
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2014 : 21:40:01
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| That was a buy! |
 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!' |
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B-16_IC
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2014 : 23:02:30
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First off, that was quite a bargain! Second, I have never seen a cultivator labeled Homelite anywhere live or internet, it's gotta be rare. You did real there! |
Life is all about paying. Pay attention, or pay the consequences, the choice is yours. Rich |
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B112
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2014 : 23:29:26
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| Nice find, not only a good buy, buy saved a good attachment for our hobby! |
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 04/27/2014 : 09:08:34
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| Great find! Wow a Homelite! That's pretty darn close to free. Hope your soil allows you to use it. I had to leave my spring tooth harrow up with my brother as it was an anchor in my heavy soil. It works like a champ in his sandy loam. The tool bar based implements are awesome. |
  Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
Edited by - skunkhome on 04/27/2014 09:15:04 |
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Cvans
USA
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Posted - 04/27/2014 : 18:10:39
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| Nice save! It sure does like it's hardly been used. |
East Central South Dakota
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 04/27/2014 : 20:20:41
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| That harrow has an AC based number on it. Was produced between 1969 and 1974 while AC was building the Homelite tractors in SC. Sorry, I could not read the builder tag on my iPhone. |
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
Edited by - skunkhome on 04/27/2014 20:22:13 |
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A-C 1036_B-10
USA
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Posted - 04/27/2014 : 20:31:35
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| Thanks for the information Phil. That's interesting to know that it has an AC based number on it. I can try to get a better picture of the builder tag tomorrow so it will be easier to read. |
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 04/27/2014 : 22:13:09
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| The tag is fine.... I was hampered by my crummy iphone. I have been forced to update my OS to keep using my apps and now the dang thing is just about useless. |
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
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Posted - 04/28/2014 : 11:47:25
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Very cool find! A spring tooth harrow is a great find, much less in Homelite badging. I can't say I've seen one before either!
I agree, the toolbar implements are great...I finally had a chance to use my spring tooth harrow last year, and it worked amazingly well. I was quite suprised, as I was a bit unsure what to expect. |
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A-C 1036_B-10
USA
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Posted - 04/28/2014 : 19:11:26
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| Thanks! This is my first toolbar implement and I'm hoping to try it out on some ground soon. I had never seen a Homelite harrow until I saw this one and when I saw it I had to make it mine. |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
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Posted - 04/28/2014 : 19:37:31
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| When you go to mount it, shim out your drawbar on the tractor vs hacking the implement hitch. You have a rare bird there! |
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A-C 1036_B-10
USA
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Posted - 04/28/2014 : 20:01:07
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Thanks I will be sure and do that. I sure don't want to mess up the harrow. It's kind of odd that I found it because there aren't really any Homelite machines around here other than chainsaws and weed eaters which are very common ( I have one of each) .I can't even really think of who would sell Homelite equipment unless they were a dealership all on there own. |
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7010b1
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2014 : 14:05:46
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| that was a good buy on your harrow. i think i paid close to $100.00 for mine. i do like it a lot. |
spark up your life with a E3 plug..
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b1, earlys, big, b12, b110's, 712, 7010, 1316h, homelite T15 and T16, two 410's, over all 20+ of them |
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A-C 1036_B-10
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2014 : 22:46:34
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| Thanks! Yeah I think I got a good deal on it and I'm hearing some good things about these toolbar implements and I can't wait to try out this one. |
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7010b1
USA
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Posted - 05/29/2014 : 10:04:22
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heres a few pic of the one i have. i just hope to find some more spring teeth i always thought it needed one in the middle like you have.
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spark up your life with a E3 plug..
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b1, earlys, big, b12, b110's, 712, 7010, 1316h, homelite T15 and T16, two 410's, over all 20+ of them |
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