Good Morning All,
I have been browsing the interweb for some time now getting ideas for building a cultipacker to use on our few acres of food plots at the property. I got quite a few ideas from this site as well as others. My original intention was to build this nice quality showpiece with my amateur welding skill set. However this weekend I was over at my folks house and we were discussing the build and ideas. Well the redneck ingenuity of my Step Dad sparked off a good and cheap idea. He had an old piece of 2.375" downhole tubing and a piece of 2x2 angle laying around, which he was sure we could whip up a frame out of. Well he was right. Due to the recent installation of a pacemaker for my Step Dad, the welding was left up to me with my very limited practice. I think we are making good progress though and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the welds hold up. The welds are ugly, but I think they will do the trick.
We built it a little oversized, so I think it might end up looking funny with the 9.5" wheels, but as long as it gets the job done that's all that matters. It's 6' wide x 2' deep with a 4' tongue.
All that is left really is some flat stock to make a hitch, the cultipacker wheels that I will be ordering from Agrisupply, the bearings, and an axle. After we get it all together, Mom wants to pretty it up by knocking all the rust off and painting it Kubota Orange.
Can someone point me in the right direction to get some quality pillow block bearings?? I have been trying to find a source, but not having much luck. I either find the cheap bearings from Agrisupply/Northern Tool or ultra expensive. If the ones from Agrisupply or Northern will work fine then I will go that route, just read were some had issues with them. I don't mind paying for quality, but don't really want to drop a couple hundred bucks on bearings either.
I have been browsing the interweb for some time now getting ideas for building a cultipacker to use on our few acres of food plots at the property. I got quite a few ideas from this site as well as others. My original intention was to build this nice quality showpiece with my amateur welding skill set. However this weekend I was over at my folks house and we were discussing the build and ideas. Well the redneck ingenuity of my Step Dad sparked off a good and cheap idea. He had an old piece of 2.375" downhole tubing and a piece of 2x2 angle laying around, which he was sure we could whip up a frame out of. Well he was right. Due to the recent installation of a pacemaker for my Step Dad, the welding was left up to me with my very limited practice. I think we are making good progress though and I am keeping my fingers crossed that the welds hold up. The welds are ugly, but I think they will do the trick.
We built it a little oversized, so I think it might end up looking funny with the 9.5" wheels, but as long as it gets the job done that's all that matters. It's 6' wide x 2' deep with a 4' tongue.
All that is left really is some flat stock to make a hitch, the cultipacker wheels that I will be ordering from Agrisupply, the bearings, and an axle. After we get it all together, Mom wants to pretty it up by knocking all the rust off and painting it Kubota Orange.
Can someone point me in the right direction to get some quality pillow block bearings?? I have been trying to find a source, but not having much luck. I either find the cheap bearings from Agrisupply/Northern Tool or ultra expensive. If the ones from Agrisupply or Northern will work fine then I will go that route, just read were some had issues with them. I don't mind paying for quality, but don't really want to drop a couple hundred bucks on bearings either.