OMNI Cultipacker

[AX MAN]

6' for $850. Does anyone have any information about dependability and quality of these?

 

[MMagis]

I have no experience myself, but it's pretty hard to tear up a cultipacker. That being said, the Omnis seem awfully light to me compared to traditional pull behind cultipackers, and their three point design doesn't allow the option of adding weight. Even with a 9' tandem McCormick, there are times that I think more weight is helpful.

 

[AX MAN]

I have no experience myself, but it's pretty hard to tear up a cultipacker. That being said, the Omnis seem awfully light to me compared to traditional pull behind cultipackers, and their three point design doesn't allow the option of adding weight. Even with a 9' tandem McCormick, there are times that I think more weight is helpful.

Thank You

 

[clutchcargo]

If weight is a concern we have weight ballast boxes available. :thumbsup:OMNI Mfg

 

[sweettractors]

Our Rebuilt 6 ft Brillion packers weigh in at 800 + pounds. I see on the Omni site that the 6 ft weighs in at 450 pounds. With cultipackers, it ALL about weight. That is what is needed to get the seed in the ground and pulverize the soil. Ken Sweet

 

[clutchcargo]

Ken Sweet

I beg to differ. An 1/8" seed does not require much weight to press it 1/4" into a prepared seed bed. Cultipackers are no longer made for seed bed prep. Discs, drags and tillers perform that duty.

 

[Duffster]

Ken Sweet

I beg to differ. An 1/8" seed does not require much weight to press it 1/4" into a prepared seed bed. Cultipackers are no longer made for seed bed prep. Discs, drags and tillers perform that duty.

What are they made for then?

 

[skipperbrown]

They press seed into the dirt so you have good seed/dirt contact. I have a KK 6' cultipacker and it's more than 450 lb but less than 800. If I recall, it was about $200/ft. If you pull it over a freshly disked field (dragged or not) or rototilled seed bed, it will compress seed into the dirt very well in neat little rows. However, if the ground is hard, it is worthless. I agree that, as with most tillage equipment, weight is your friend. However, we must always compromise with the HP we have and the ability to get it from the home to the field.

 

[Baby Grand]

Seems to me that a sturdy, light cultipacker with some easy provision for adding weight would be ideal. This would minimize material & shipping costs and allow the owner to add just enough weight to get the desired seed/soil contact for the soil conditions of the moment without applying so much weight that it compacts the soil. I have been looking for a used one that I can do some modification to, but they are scarcer than hen's teeth around here. I was thinking that a salvaged water heater tank on the top of the frame would allow for quick and cheap ballasting to fit conditions.
-Jim

 

[MMagis]

Ken Sweet

I beg to differ. An 1/8" seed does not require much weight to press it 1/4" into a prepared seed bed. Cultipackers are no longer made for seed bed prep. Discs, drags and tillers perform that duty.

Cultipackers do the exact same thing today as they did 75 years ago.

 

[sweettractors]

Ken Sweet

I beg to differ. An 1/8" seed does not require much weight to press it 1/4" into a prepared seed bed. Cultipackers are no longer made for seed bed prep. Discs, drags and tillers perform that duty.

Many users do not prepare a seed bed as you describe, (although they probably should) I have lots of customers the sow then cultipack, with no seedbed preparation. While we dont think this the best way to sow seed, some guys just dont have all the tools needed. They report back to me that they love the beautiful stand of vegitation they got behind a Brillion or Dunham cultipacker. A year later, They say they can even see the grass/clover in rows where the V worked the seeds in initally with the heavier weight cultipacker. I am pretty sure that your lighter packers do fine in dark loam or sandy soils. Many of us have knotty clay and small rocks mixed with loam soil and we need the real thing. Weight is also your friend to prevent soil erosion after a rain. Ken Sweet