Valpadama Spader

muntjac · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2007, 22:29 »

you dont need money mate ,, just geta willow wand n tie a safety pin to some cotton n go sit by the garden pond , you wont believe how happy you will be then

shaun · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2007, 22:34 »

its to cold for that now its near freezing hear :roll:
how did you know ive got gnomes ?

Bigbadfrankie · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2007, 22:36 »

noshed will know but rotavator is in a group of words known as "phillam" or something they spell the same front to back

muntjac · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2007, 22:41 »

its a palindrome chaps

muntjac · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2007, 22:42 »

i heard about ya new suit the wifey made ya

said ya looks loverly in green so ya do

noshed · « **Reply #20 on:** September 18, 2007, 17:45 »

But the palindrome of Bolton would be notlob.

DD. · « **Reply #21 on:** September 18, 2007, 18:34 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

its a palindrome chaps

Is that an annual or perennial, what special care does it need?

steve r · « **Reply #22 on:** September 18, 2007, 18:47 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

not sure if this is the model your talking about but this is the rotohoe that came from the development of the Valpadama

Possibly an older version. The machine we used was brand spankin new in " 84" looks like the Ferrari but the blades were spade shaped on curved arms and as explained it has to be operated backwards as the motion of the blades tended to push the front up.It was a two wheeled tractor with a spader atachment ,about a 5 foot width and a slow action.

shaun · « **Reply #23 on:** September 18, 2007, 19:21 »

sounds intresting steve 5' wide must have been quite a big thing,was it a walk behind or a sit on type?

steve r · « **Reply #24 on:** September 18, 2007, 21:27 »

It was a walk behind industrial machine.The great thing is that it doesn't smash the soil up but turns it over leaving quite a course finish but on a second pass you could bring the soil down to a fine tilth to a depth of about 2 to 2.5 feet.
5 feet is from memory but being a man it could have been nearer 4.
Before we bought this machine we used to use a Honda twin 6 rotovator but switched simply because of the damage repair work we had to do to maintain soil condition.