Towed Cultipacker Vs. 3-Pt. Lift Cultipacker - Advantages / Disadvantages?

[sweettractors]

Ken Sweet, can a double axle 8' Brillion be converted to a three point hitch - if so, picture, please - or have an axle with wheels mounted up top to flip over (too heavy?)

PLUS, where do you get Brillion parts these days?

Thanks.

It is difficult to put a 3 point on a double because of the way they were engineered when built. If you have the Brillion part # we can get the part for you, if it has not been retired? Thanks, Ken

[Missouri Pioneer]

Ken Sweet, what about mounting an axle/wheels on top to flip over? Thanks.

[sweettractors]

Ken Sweet, what about mounting an axle/wheels on top to flip over? Thanks.

I have seen that done, however, the flip over is heavy. Ken Sweet

[sixdogs]

Ken Sweet, can a double axle 8' Brillion be converted to a three point hitch - if so, picture, please - or have an axle with wheels mounted up top to flip over (too heavy?)

PLUS, where do you get Brillion parts these days?

Thanks.

I'm not Ken but I know the answer. See the picture a few posts earlier #28-- and that's how you make it a 3-pt hitch. Cut the hitch off and build as shown. It'll be heavy so be able to lift it..

Brillion parts are available from any dealer--and only any dealer--of their stuff. Go to their website and find something close to your model for the parts numbers. Yours will likely be under "archive". Some places sell over the net and prices vary.

I'm pretty sure Ken Sweet is a dealer and better to do biz with someone like him that we already know.

Just my two cents.

[jeff9366]

I am going to the Sunbelt Ag. Expo in Moultrie, Georgia October 16-17-18, 2012. I will be there one of the three days.

At top of my shopping list is a CULTIPACKER.

I am in North Florida. Sandy-Loam, only rocks soft limerock.

My tractor is a Kubota B3300SU 33-hp / 1,800 pounds.

O P - F O L L O W U P --> J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3

I did attend the Sunbelt Ag. Expo in October. I sought all Cultipackers and Rollers in the show. Of the Cultipackers those from Brillion and Everything Attachements were interesting.

Brillion displayed huge Cultipackers, which Brillion chooses to market as "Pulverizers", for ag tractors. However, the salesman did discuss Brillion's compact tractor PP models in 5'-6'-7'-8' widths, in 3-Pt. or pull type. He put a Brillion catalog in my hand. The Brillion PP model, five feet wide, cost $2000-$2200 from a Florida dealer, depending on roller wheels selected.

Everything Attachments displayed ETA 7' width / 3-Pt. Cultipacker. Looked solid. The 5' width, delivered to Florida, is $1400 / residential delivery.

The 5' Brillion and 5' ETA equipments each weigh approximately 700 pounds. (Actual weight shown on freight manifest 722 pounds including pallet.)

After mulling over thread comments for three months I decided I wanted a 5' X 3-Pt. Lift Cultipacker from Everything Attachments. A Brillion, the "classic" brand in Cultipackers, would have been nice but $600-800 + Florida Sales Tax premium? For rolling dirt? Would dirt appreciate the difference?

Yellow Freight delivered 5' ETA Cultipacker today. I told the driver I had hoped Santa would bring the Cultipacker at Christmas.... but better late than never. He told me Santa Claus brought him a shining new Harley-Davidson for Christmas; SO THERE, CULTIPACKER MAN.

Another post after I roll around the world.

[jeff9366]

A few pictures from today, February 16, 2013.