Patent ID: 7549483
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A method of clearing a plurality of irrigation furrows and transverse irrigation ditches formed in a field, comprising the following steps: providing a towing implement; providing a rotatable wheel with a central shaft, said wheel comprising a plurality of furrow-opening elongated blades supported in a substantially parallel relationship to the central shaft and transversely to a path of travel of the implement; providing each of said blades with opposing end portions that extend at a substantially acute angle in relation to a longitudinal axis of a respective blade; providing a ditch clearing member carried by distant edges of said elongated blades; securing said wheel behind the towing implement; imparting rotation on said wheel and causing at least one of the blades to move across the bottom of a furrow, thereby moving obstructing material from the bottom of the furrow to a side of an adjacent row, while causing said ditch clearing member to move along a transverse irrigation ditch and compact displaced soil and debris in the ditch.