Cultipacker Build

Baby Grand · Jun 30, 2014

Have been working on this project on and off for several months. The Plant Manager wants to plant buckwheat in our fallow garden plots and supported my effort to get it done and out of the garage, where it's been taking up far too much space.

Welding main frame complete, axle, pillow block and wheel assembly installed.
Fit up of the hitch structure commences:

Welding the hitch structure commences:

Assembled and inspected:

The Plant Manager approves after sea trials:

countrybumpkin · Jun 30, 2014

nice build, looks great.

Underdog57 · Jul 3, 2014

Nice job, looks very good!! It's always a bonus when the "Plant Manager" approves!!

Big Barn · Jul 3, 2014

Great job!! Not to be picky though, but technically that is a packer. A cultipacker would have two axles,with rollers,with a gang of spring tooth tines centre mounted.
Nice work.

Terry

flusher · Jul 4, 2014

Nice job. When in doubt, build it stout:laughing:

Baby Grand · Jul 4, 2014

Thanks for the kind words!
This weekend should be see it's first real workout, planting some buckwheat.

Big Barn said:
Great job!! Not to be picky though, but technically that is a packer. A cultipacker would have two axles,with rollers,with a gang of spring tooth tines centre mounted.
Nice work.

Terry

So it's just a "packer"? Dang.
Too late to change the title.
But I already learned something today!

Big Barn · Jul 4, 2014

[ So it's just a "packer"? Dang. Too late to change the title. But I already learned something today![/QUOTE]

Don't worry. A cultipacker can be your NEXT project.

They were made by John Deere. In my area the equivalent Brillion Pulvimulcher was more common.

Terry

bushhog bob · Jul 8, 2014

Your original post is correct. It is definitely a cultipacker. Look up cultipacker on the internet of go to Sweet Tractor Equipment. The one with spring teeth is a cultimulcher

Big Barn · Jul 8, 2014

bushhog bob said:
Your original post is correct. It is definitely a cultipacker. Look up cultipacker on the internet of go to Sweet Tractor Equipment. The one with spring teeth is a cultimulcher

This is all true. As far as I know John Deere originally coined the term "cultipacker" and indeed has spring tines. The term has probably become a generic one by now. I have the Brillion version of it (pulvimulcher) as well as the Brillion packer like the excellent project of the OP.

The spring tines would be the "culti" part of the cultipacker. Maybe...?