Posted by picassomcp on June 12, 2014 at 08:46:06 from (50.124.216.146):
I have just gathered up the materials to make a home made packer (roller) to use behind the grain drill I use to plant hay. I bought a 15 inch culvert 20 feet long that I will be cutting down then filling with cement. I will be putting a 4 inch pipe through the center prior to filling with cement, then running another pipe through that one to attach a tongue to. I plan to pull this right behind my drill when planting. My drill plants 10 foot wide, however outside to outside of the tires is 13 feet. Do I want my packer to cover the wheel tracks? or just the area that was planted? I'm just getting started with planting hay, I've never done it before, my concern about going 13 feet wide with the packer is that I may not be able to see the last row planted and then won't know where I need to drive to prevent a gap between passes. 10 feet doesn't seem ideal either as it may not pack to the outside of a turn and after the entire field is planted there would be a bunch of tire tracks that would make the field bumpy for cutting hay.
I'm a bit torn here, I'm wondering what you would recommend for width.
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