Name: Dejarme, Alyssa Jill M.

Yr/Cr: III-BSAE
Instructor: Engr. Ryan Calvo Date: March 2, 2020

General Field Cultivator

Cultivators stir and pulverize the soil, either before planting (to aerate the soil and
prepare a smooth, loose seedbed) or after the crop has begun growing (to kill weeds—
controlled disturbance of the topsoil close to the crop plants kills the surrounding weeds
by uprooting them, burying their leaves to disrupt their photosynthesis, or a combination
of both.

Components/Different Operating Units:

Main frame - part of the field cultivator that holds the transverse toolbars and gauge
wheels together
Gauge Wheel - auxiliary component of the field cultivator that helps maintain uniform
depth of cultivation and eliminate the need to set the tension with the three-point hitch
every time you set a cultivator down
Shovel - spade-shaped, V-pointed soil working tool, which is used for various
plowstocks, cultivators, grain drills, and soil scarifies.
Tine - a prong or sharp point, such as that on a fork or antler.
Primary Tillage - tillage which constitutes the initial major soil-working operation,
normally designed
to reduce soil strength, cover plant materials, and rearrange aggregates
Secondary tillage - any group of different tillage operation, following primary tillage,
which are designed
Name: Dejarme, Alyssa Jill M. Yr/Cr: III-BSAE
Instructor: Engr. Ryan Calvo Date: March 2, 2020

to create refined soil conditions before the seed is planted

Shank - structural member primarily used for attaching a tillage
tool to a beam
Spike - type of shovel used in hard soil conditions and for
deeper penetration
Sweep - type of shovel which is wing-
shaped

Classification
According to type of driving tractor steering
handle
Two-wheel tractor driven engine

Type of field cultivator wherein a two-wheel

tractor is used to drive the soil tool (Fig. 4).
field cultivator
Four-wheel tractor driven

Type of field cultivator wherein a four-wheel

tractor is used to drive the soil tool

 According to type of mounting

Rear mounted

Type of field cultivator wherein the implement is mounted behind the tractor.

Drawn type cultivator

Type of field cultivator wherein main

frame is mounted far behind the
tractor. Guide wheels are necessary
for transport

Three-point hitch mounted

Name: Dejarme, Alyssa Jill M. Yr/Cr: III-BSAE
Instructor: Engr. Ryan Calvo Date: March 2, 2020

Type of field cultivator wherein main frame is mounted to the rear of the tractor using
the three-point hitch linkages

Front mounted

Type of field cultivator wherein main frame is mounted on the front of the tractor. For a
four-wheel driven type, hydraulic cylinders are required for lowering or lifting of the
implement. Gauge wheels are used for adjusting the depth for a twowheel driven type.

Front mounted cultivator (four-wheel

hydraulic
cylinder tractor driven).

engin
e Front mounted cultivator (two-
field
wheel tractor driven).
cultivator

 According to type of shank

“C”- shaped shank or C-shank “S”or “K”- tine shank

Name: Dejarme, Alyssa Jill M. Yr/Cr: III-BSAE
Instructor: Engr. Ryan Calvo Date: March 2, 2020

shank
protection
mechanism shank

shank shovel

shovel

S-tine shank.

C-shank.