cultimulchers

[Anonymous-0]

I'm in the market for a 10' to 12' cultimulcher and there are 2 coming up soon in an auction. One is a 12' Brillion and the other a 10' Dunham Lehr. Both appear to be in good shape and either would likely be acceptable to me. That said, Brillion's are common in my area while Dunham Lehr's are not. Is Dunham Lehr still made? Are parts available for them? Is there any difference in value? And what should these machines sell for?

 

[AG in IN]

(quoted from post at 22:08:41 06/13/13) I'm in the market for a 10' to 12' cultimulcher and there are 2 coming up soon in an auction. One is a 12' Brillion and the other a 10' Dunham Lehr. Both appear to be in good shape and either would likely be acceptable to me. That said, Brillion's are common in my area while Dunham Lehr's are not. Is Dunham Lehr still made? Are parts available for them? Is there any difference in value? And what should these machines sell for?

I think Dunham Lehr was bought by Farmhand, and is now part of the massive AGCO family. Parts prone to wear and failure should still be available. Check with a local dealer to be sure.

Dunham Lehr built the IH/CIH 415 cultimulcher, and it's a heavy, well built machine. Only real negative on that machine is the springs on the hitch to balance the machine break occasionially. Parts availability for the IH 415 is still pretty good from Fiat-CNH.

Brillion built quality cultimulchers as well.

I wouldn't be afraid of either.

Something like a Kewanee might be harder to source parts for. Decent machine, but the framework was a bit on the light side.

AG

 

[Anonymous-0]

go with the brillion. brillion makes the best cultimulchers ever. we have a 15 foot one and our neighbor has a 12 footer. he also has a dunham one. he says the brillion is a much better built model. it is heavy and busts clods up goof

 

[DeltaRed]

As was said,the Brillion is the best....Any more,small mulchers are rare,seems they're gatting scrapped.'Big' farmers dont want them.Horse people love em (arena groomers).If you want/need it,you better buy it.They are too scarse to play the "whats it worth" game.Buy it if you need it.It may be a long time till you find another one....

 

[DeltaRed]

I still have a 10' Brillion.I dont use it much(perfect for the SM),but its NOT for sale,it could not be replaced.

 

[johnwayne360]

I just know they are expensive..Anything ive found online(i know online prices are inflated though) is more money than Id like to spend. Ive been looking for a bigger one..18 ft kewanee $8800. Newer brillion 15 ft $9900..There is a guy from tn or ga advertising on craigslist..says his builds his own with american made parts..I have no idea of the quality though

 

[Weldon K]

Years ago I rented a Dunham from a neighbor. I now have a Brillion. The Dunham had a feature that I thought was better than the Brilion. The two rows of shanks on the Dunham were connected with the hydraulic cylinder wheel lift mechanism. Depth of penetration of the shanks was controlled by the cylinder. Raise the wheels completely up and you got deep penetration of the shanks. As wheels were dropped to raise the rollers from the ground the shanks rotated up from the ground and would dump off any trash that may have accumulated on them. My Brillion has two levers that set the depth control for the shanks. If trash drags up , you have to stop, lift the rollers, back up to dump the trash, then carry the rollers over the trash pile and start again. This would not be a problem in low trash conditions such as clean moldboard plowed ground. Last fall I chiseled some silage corn stubble , then disked , then culti-mulched and running the shanks at a good depth to get the surface finish that I wanted, there were piles of silage stubble that would occasionally drag up.