Cultipacker wheels from Agri Supply

[Oldstuff]

I have been doing plots for wildlife since 2004 and the cultipacker is a great tool. When mine was made by a local that makes them I selected to get a tow behind at the recommendation of a friend that has a 3 point and a tow behind cultipacker. This one is 6 foot working area. It was made from the wheels of a really big old packer on a new 2 by 2 inch square tubing frame. Has a 1 3/4 solid axle shaft and has greasable ball bearing blocks. The shaft does flex with the contour of the ground.

 

[Buty]

This is what I was thinking about building. I have the top 4" pipe so I was thinking of using that and fill with sand for extra weight. The receiver tube would be for adding a hitch for pulling.

 

[Buty]

I bought my cultipacker wheels there I'm building a 6 foot packer to use on my food plot. I guess I went overboard on the frame I uses 2x2x1/4 tube and the whole thing is heavy!. I going to weld a 3 pt. Hitch instead of a bar.

Please send pics when you get a chance. Thanks.

 

[jack707]

 

[Buty]

Looking good!

 

[jack707]

Thanks! This project is not done yet I still have to weld a bar across the front so I can weld my 3pt.hitch on to the tube.ill post another pic. When I'm done.

 

[kebo]

Just thought I would add some pic's of my cultipacker. It's a home made job as well, but I had nothing to do with building it. I was watching CL for a long time and finally saw this one just north of charlotte, so I went and got it for the reasonable price of $350. Or at least, I thought it was reasonable. This one is different from most because it has the four rippers in front of the wheels. Believe it or not, that works pretty well as they are set to be just below the wheels. This way, they only dig down no more than an inch or so, which really just scuffs up the dirt and covers up the seed very lightly, and then the wheels pack it down. One of the pic's was just after packing the seed down, the last pic is after the seed came up, but before the deer started hitting it hard.


Bringing the cultipacker home:





On the back of the tractor, this one actually measures 5 1/2 ft from wheel to wheel:





After packing it down:




Last years food plot (same food plot as above):

 

[Buty]

Kebo, that's a really nice score!