Cultivator for weed control

[Mearntain]

When you say easier to stay in a row than using a cultivator, what do you mean? Is it hard to keep cultivators tracking straight? Or are you just talking about the steering part of keeping the cultivator straight?

 

[TerryR]

A "proper" cultivator mounts in front of the operator so you can see it, and has the tools set to within a couple of inches of the row. To do that you need a traditional row-crop tractor, like this:




I've never seen a cultivator that mounts that way on a utility tractor. With the tools only behind the operator they will have to be set much wider and I expect it will still be difficult to stay straight enough to keep it out of the rows. Any slack in the 3-point hitch will add to the problem.

 

[kebo]

i see quite a few cultivators on cl.

Yep, I just sold one Friday on CL for $250. :thumbsup: However, it had been repainted, had mostly new hardware on it, and had 4 brand new 8" sweeps on it. Looked really good too.




However, that one was the exception. Most used cultivators are priced in the $175-$200 range, around here anyway. New sweeps can be ordered at good prices from AgriSupply (use google). Cultivators are not considered to be primary tillage tools, but they are still very useful for working over last years garden or food plot, wait two weeks for the weeds to die out, then run back over it with the disc harrow. It's how I do my food plots every year and it works well.

 

[daRedbone]

Yes: you can remove any of the cultivators.I added "peanut" shares to mine and it works well.
I purchased them from AgriSupply;Had to modify a little.

I have that same attachment. I want to set it up like yours. How wide are those peanut shares? Where did you find that hiller setup? Thanks.

 

[kebo]

I have that same attachment. I want to set it up like yours. How wide are those peanut shares? Where did you find that hiller setup? Thanks.

Agrisupply has a large selection. See the link.


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[daRedbone]

Agrisupply has a large selection. See the link.


Search Results | Agri Supply(R)

That's some pretty good prices. Thanks.