Spike harrow

Spike harrow

The spike harrow or drag is a tillage implement for agriculture. It breaks up clods of soil that result from other tillage equipment such as the disk harrow or plough. This leaves the field in a suitable condition for planting. The implement has 5 to 16 bars with mounted steel spikes or teeth. The spike harrow is now usually mounted at the back of other tillage equipment, but is often a separate implement pulled by a tractor (or horse).

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* [http://www.martensmfg.com "Martens Harrows"] Spike harrows
* [http://www.pepinharrows.com "Pepin Harrows"] Spike Coil tine Harrows
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Harrows] Examples of harrows


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