A good use for old bed springs is to be drug behind an ATV and used as a cultivator and seed bed finishing tool. For the coming planting season I will have to use something else, as I have already worked the life out of the set I have used for a couple years, but figured I would throw this idea out for others.

For a large garden plot I could see a set of bed springs lasting a decade or two. My set has prepared about ten acres of ground. Not bad for something that was laying around when I couldn’t find a good cultivator.

I drag mine at higher speeds with an ATC. While it cannot tackle extreme rough ground it can handle small clods and smooth the ground for planting. I put an old futon mattress on top for added weight. I also considered dragging some logs behind it as well. For added weight I soak the mattress with water before use.

This last fall was really rough on the bed springs. We were still in a drought and I was plowing rock hard ground. I would run across the plowed ground several times with a disk, but there was still plenty of large clods that tore up the bed springs.

A better use would be on a garden plot instead of small field conditions. Below are some pictures that show what can be done by dragging some bed springs.