Cultipacker?

• Packers & Finishers

Donovan from Wisocnsin

They aren't worth a tinker's da*n for anything else except following that plow. I've tried. Repeatedly. Just doesn't work.

But, oh mama! Makin' a seedbed behind the plow and ahead of the planter is where they take the prize.

Allan

around here, a cultipacker is either the roller (single or double) or the cultipacker/seeder. Sometimes just called a Brillion, although that's a brand name, and they make a bunch of stuff, not just cultipackers. Much more accurate/even rate of seeding than just about anything else, and a higher germanation rate for small seed than using the grass seed box on a grain drill. Those small seeds only like to be in about 1/2". I just got a new 12' last month- it replaced a 10' that my Grandpa bought nearly 30 years ago. Old one still worked, but was getting to be less reliable, and now I can tandem hitch the cultipacker with my grain drill (both 12'). New, they are over $1000/foot, even before you add options.

• Brillion equip.

They are wonderful tools, for planting grass seed.

Mine has been on the road so much, people borrowing it, that I have thought about putting a license plate on it.

We use it in SE MN for small grains only.The field has to be fall plowed for best results.Run through with a feild cultivator(digger) with harrow/mulcher,drag if needed,drill in the grain,broadcast the alfalfa(if desired)at same time,run culti-packer through.

Good implement to have,no dislikes here.(except the occasional bearing fail)

Gathered information from the web about preparing a seedbed for planting Cheyenne Bermuda grass seed.

Used a disk harrow to till soil and kill a few weeds that did not get sprayed.

After about 2 or 3 passes with the disk harrow, I came back with a tire drag pulled behind the tractor to help fill holes, level and smooth the surface.

Used the cultipacker to firm the seedbed before planting small-seeded Cheyenne Bermuda.

Spread the seed with a Herd broadcast spreader.

Used the cultipacker again to "pack" the small-seeded Cheyenne Bermuda to obtain sufficient seed to soil contact.

Although my cultipacker is older than Methuselah, it worked just fine.

Hope this helps.

The seeder boxes are both functional, but controlling the drop rate would have been impossible and very wasteful in its current condition.

I totally rebuilt the Herd broadcast spreader and got the decals from Herd.

One decal gave the flow/drop rates and settings.

The Brillion Sure Stand Seeder was bought primarily for its cultipacking ability.

Thanks for asking.

We did alot of research on the web before we bought our balers.

The Krone is a fixed chamber baler; there are no belts.

Any hay that is picked up and fed into the fixed chamber gets wrapped.

We walked the meadow after baling and there was not enough hay left on the ground to make half a small square bale.

I got a late, third cutting in November on this meadow.

The grass was only 6-8" tall, but the fixed-chamber baler picked it up and wrapped it.

The only grass left on the ground was what the JD 640 rake missed.

Thanks for asking.

Got tired of working on tractors and equipment out in the "elements".

Right now the "awning" is covering a JD #16 Tilting trailer, JD 640 hay rake (pictured in post below), 6 JD tractors (48A,39B,40B,46A,51M,52A),2 Krone balers, and a Ford 2810 tractor.

We have problems when the wind "kicks up" and sometimes lifts the "awning".

We are located in NE Texas on my grandfather's farm.

We bale hay for my favorite wife"s horses.

What she doesn"t use we usually give to our neighbor.

We usually get 3 cuttings each season.

Thanks for asking.

Splittin' hairs. Believe me, that heavy sucker is a packer. :>)

Allan

These go for $150-250 here, often need to cut your own wood bearings & good to go.

--->Paul

Allan

Allan

I"ve never used that style of packer before, but I do like your 3-P"s rule. I do have a few questions for you. Could you explain your Plow, Pack & Plant process a bit better. When and what are you plowing. (Late fall/spring/summer; corn/wheat stubble etc.) How much after you plow do you pack the ground and prepare the seedbed. What do you normally plant following this process?

The reason I"m asking these questions are because I bought 60 acres that has been in my family for almost 100 years now, and I"m going to start farming it next year and I am interested in ideas that will save both time and money.

Thank you in advance for any information you share with me.

HobbyFarmer71

Donovan from Wisconsin

Allan

Lift before ya start your turn and the bearings will last ya a lifetime.

You're gonna love the thing. Instant seedbed from plowed ground.

Allan