leveling attachment for field cultivator

[browning1]

I have frontier 3pt 6ft field cultivator that i aquired thru a trade and i would like to put a leveling attachment on it. I have a heavy chain mat that i pull right now and it does ok in my clay dirt. Has anyone built or bought a buster bar or rolling baskets for this cultivatos? I would appriate any pics if anyone has any.

 

[jenkinsph]

I have one of these cultivators and would question whether it would have the dirt cut up enough to use a rolling basket. Ground conditions would have to be just right. A bar or comb with aggressive teeth hinged over the frame might help and would not interfere with the 3pt operation.

 

[browning1]

The dirt gets broken up real good with a disc first.I mainly use it as a finishing tool before i row up my garden. All the farmers around me use the unverferth perferta II field cultivator with rolling baskets as a finishing tool so i wouldnt think mine would be any different. The chisel points have been changed to the danish tine type sweeps already so that hopes it to.

 

[jenkinsph]

If the ground is worked up enough then a rolling basket may work for you. I use a land plane grader blade in most of my jobs to get the ground smooth and remove any depressions or cut off mounds. I use a 3ph spike tooth harrow afterwards to cover seeds and to remove any other marks.

If you do build a rolling basket it would be good to see how it works out for you.

 

[jjmarotz]

I built this setup a few yrs back and absolutely love it!!!! Works wonders in my horse corrals when I break it up. The roller basket harrows can be tricky to build but not too bad. Here is the full build thread. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/171995-s-tine-cultivator-build.html


Hope that helps some.

 

[jjmarotz]

First couple pics are from some work I did in one pasture. It didn't do so well on root clumps but the regular drag harrow took care of those. Last pics are from a ball diamond I helped rehab. The diamond was as hard as the city street when I started. Took multiple trips in different directions to break it up but as you can see it busted the clods down nicely.
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