Brinly Cultivator accessories??

[cheesedawg82]

Ok folks, I've managed to accumulate 2 brinly cultivators. One has all 7 factory original sweeps and shovels, the spreader bars, and the locks. I plan to use these both behind my 106.

I intend to use one cultivator frame with 6 sweeps to control the weeds in my broccoli-cauliflower and corn rows by driving the tractor over the plants (no center sweep). Any tips/tricks would be appreciated. How deep should I set the sweeps, about an inch, deeper if it doesn't cover everything? Should I use floating straps on my hitch or no? The float button in my armstrong lift is broke, it does not float in its current condition. Where do I want my weight, and how much weight am I gonna want? I was thinking about 20 lbs on the cultivator itself and no weight on the wheels.

I'm curious if anyone tried replacing the shovel on a brinly stake with a really wide one and had luck using it in a Brinly Cultivator by itself to dig potatoes, or should I just buck up and buy a real potato plow?

I'm also wondering if anyone has a lead on a kit to add a pair of discs to make a row bedder/potato hiller, or something that they may have made.

(Note the difference in potato plow depth if I hill the potatoes. Will a single cultivator sweep dig hilled potatoes different than a crop that has not been hilled?)

How about an injector sweep and any sort of side dress fertilizer feeder, either something like one commonly seen on a Farmall 140 or a converted spreader? I want one and have a few ideas dancing around, but haven't accumulated the right junk just yet. (I asked Santa for an an Earth Way 1001b seeder and 1600 Fert-A-Ply attachment for Christmas and I'd promptly adapt it to a sleeve hitch, ideas over $250 are welcome but not likely to beat that combo for me, personally).

My ultimate goal here is to teach the kids (and maybe some adults) how to farm with a tractor. I'm not trying to win any trophies, and I am trying to cut every corner I can safely and reliably cut.