Cheap cultipacker

[Agrantina]

I finished my home made cultipacker today. It痴 the best I could do with out spend a lot on 途eal cultipacker wheels. It is made of 10inch pipe ｽ thick. 5ft long. I didn稚 see the need for an axel all the way thru the pipe (cost savings). I capped both ends of the pipe with plate steel and welded gas pipe to the ends for a mini axel. Framed the thing in with 2x2 tubing and that痴 it. I used pillow bearings 1.75 dia. I figured one day when I can actually afford real cult wheels I can simply unbolt the pipe roller and bolt and axel with wheels! Tried to build the frame heavy and strong for that reason. O.k cost..
10 diameter ｽ 5ft pipe- scrap and local gas pipe shop $50
Bearings $40.00
Metal $78.00
Bolts and category 1 pins $26.00
My labor and folks laughing at me priceless to me!
Total $195.00 of my hard earned money.:thumbsup:

 

[Johndeere3720]

nice job. :thumbsup: have you got to try it out yet?

 

[Agrantina]

not yet- on the dirt that is. rolled the yard just to test it out. It was about 500lbs so didn't want to roll the grass around the house to flat... Hope to use it next weekend

 

[Big Bri]

Great job, Looks good. Tell us how it works.

 

[texasjohn]

Welcome.
Looks very well designed and well made.
Great job!

 

[Ford tractor]

Well, it sure does look nice.

 

[bullbreaker]

Hey Andy
:thumbsup:

Looks like you did a super job ! Gotta ask ya,is it going to cover your rear wheels?Or is that the proto-type before you go into mass-production?

Wish you all well.Be heading to Winchester/Tullahoma in a month.

Boone

 

[funwithahoe]

Looks better than anything you would buy at Tractor Supply! Time for the Kubota orange paint!

 

[sweettractors]

Good job! That looks like a well built machine. When put into a field with soil that has been worked with a disc harrow or rototiller, you will have high and low spots. The solid smooth roller will hit the highs and skip the lows. That is just my opinion, let us know how the seed germinate. Ken Sweet

 

[bullbreaker]

Looks better than anything you would buy at Tractor Supply! Time for the Kubota orange paint.



Careful or you will have some TSC loyalist coming after you swinging yellow "rusty" Chinese steel. :laughing:
Boone


(just kidding ! don't want them coming after me either)

 

[sweettractors]

Looks better than anything you would buy at Tractor Supply! Time for the Kubota orange paint!

Green paint would make it worth more Ken Sweet

 

[bullbreaker]

Green paint would make it worth more Ken Sweet

Agree ! :laughing:

Boone


(Hey Mr.Ken don't wanna get off track here, but just a reminder don't forget to put "OLD MAUDE" in tractor review section ! )

 

[Agrantina]

It does need a coat of paint. I thinking orange on the frame and Green on the roller that's in the dirt. just kidding. I have talked to a few freinds that have fab shops and I going to have some 1inch angle bent heel out to go around the roller, 2- 20ft pieces angel I cut and take to them bent for $1.00 a piece. These gives the groves for water- only thing is with the one peice roller I will need to make sure field is level- like Mr. Sweet is takling about..

B-breaker, the 5ft roller does cover my L3240 tires. Our food plots are way way back in the woods and anything wider than 6ft I can't get down the road- or trail I guess is a better description

 

[sweettractors]

It does need a coat of paint. I thinking orange on the frame and Green on the roller that's in the dirt. just kidding. I have talked to a few freinds that have fab shops and I going to have some 1inch angle bent heel out to go around the roller, 2- 20ft pieces angel I cut and take to them bent for $1.00 a piece. These gives the groves for water- only thing is with the one peice roller I will need to make sure field is level- like Mr. Sweet is takling about..

B-breaker, the 5ft roller does cover my L3240 tires. Our food plots are way way back in the woods and anything wider than 6ft I can't get down the road- or trail I guess is a better description

I wish I knew you were fabing this up. I have a extra set of 10 inch diameter cultipacker wheels on a 1 3/4 axle, 8 ft long for $150. Ken Sweet

 

[Agrantina]

well it turned out like everything esle I make. Starts simple and I add more and more. I will keep those in mind.