GA Cultipacker Build

[Buty]

Thought I'd share my cultipacker build. Everything was purchased at my recycle center at .25 lbs except for the wheels and bearings. The center square bar was filled with sand to add weight. Estimated at just over 500 lbs.

 

[stuckmotor]

The cultipacker looks great but, what really interests me is your recycle center. Is it part of your local landfill? I don't know what our county does with the scrap iron that's thrown in the bin, I just know they won't let individuals have it.

 

[Buty]

The cultipacker looks great but, what really interests me is your recycle center. Is it part of your local landfill? I don't know what our county does with the scrap iron that's thrown in the bin, I just know they won't let individuals have it.

It's a metal recycle center so they have everything from cans to steel. Sometimes good usable equipment such as implements or, parts of implements. The 3 point attachment on this cultipacker was a K&M ballast box carrier that someone sold for pennies. It looked brand new. All I had to do was to notch it out and weld it to the cross bar for the cultipacker.

 

[Buty]

Planted some buckwheat this morning and just beat the rain. Worked like a charm.

 

[jack707]

Looks good!

 

[Buty]

Looks good!

Like predicted, still doesn't cover the wheel tracks but that's OK. In the videos I've seen, even the ones with the 15" wheels don't seem to cover the tracks.

 

[stuckmotor]

It's a metal recycle center so they have everything from cans to steel. Sometimes good usable equipment such as implements or, parts of implements. The 3 point attachment on this cultipacker was a K&M ballast box carrier that someone sold for pennies. It looked brand new. All I had to do was to notch it out and weld it to the cross bar for the cultipacker.

Thanks for explaining.

 

[kebo]

NICE work on your cultipacker! I like it. I have a home made cultipacker as well, but someone else built it. I bought it off CL for $350, I think it was. It's made a little differently in that it has four rippers in front of the wheels. This actually works well, it tends to lightly cover most of the seed, then the wheels pack it down.

Here are some pic's from a couple years ago of a food plot on a gas line where I hunt at.

 

[Steave]

Hey, glad you got it built and going. That's a nice looking tool and it works good too.

My scrap metal places sell for .30/lb or it was about 6 months ago.

I'm thinking as mentioned already about adding a couple of tines or something on the front of my cultipacker just to break up the tractor tracks but just enough not to move the seeds around very much. Maybe some slim tines maybe 3/8" rod size about 4 on each side?? Just thinking. They shouldn't disturb the seeds enough to notice and may try something for the fall planting.

Are you going to cut your buckwheat down just after it blooms and before it seeds for green manure. I cut mine down then disc or turn it under. I have a spot I need to do about 3 times next summer. When I have a spot that has poor ground that's what I use to build it up. It takes less than 2 months for it to bloom so I can get in 3 plantings sometimes weather permitting. I don't let it go to seed because it can go crazy if it gets away from you.

 

[Buty]

Hey, glad you got it built...Are you going to cut your buckwheat down just after it blooms and before it seeds for green manure. I cut mine down then disc or turn it under. I have a spot I need to do about 3 times next summer. When I have a spot that has poor ground that's what I use to build it up. It takes less than 2 months for it to bloom so I can get in 3 plantings sometimes weather permitting. I don't let it go to seed because it can go crazy if it gets away from you.

It's just pasture area that I'm planting not really garden area. I am crazy enough to plant for the bees and deer so I will just let it bloom for as long as possible. I will till that under and plant some Brassicas there in the fall and the first frost will kill any buckwheat that pops up anyway.