Tractor drawn agricultural hoe - has ball-joint and adjustable direction control for lateral movement of hoe discs

摘要

The steering control for an agricultural hoe, which is tractor drawn, includes a ball joint connected to the tractor front axle and also connected to a longitudinal frame with a movable connector having a lateral direction seeking disc. The tractor (1) has a standard P.T.O. (2) which has a parallelogram linkage (3) connected to a frame beam (4) to which hoeing discs (5) are connected. Through rotary joints (7,8) the discs are laterally movable. The operator, simply by steering to right or left can correct the lateral position of the hoeing discs.