cultipacker

[Allnightshifter2]

What are advantages/disadvantages to these? I got an eye on one at auction this saturday but never used one. I"ve read a few posts here but still a little confused, I think I got the basics of it but some posts have plow pack plant but some are packing after the planter. This one has a seed box. I usually plant haygrazer which is a small seed so was wondering if could plant with the cultipacker and have a better stand because of the soil to seed contact from packing it in. Looks to be about 10 or 12 feet and good shape from the picture but I havn"t put my hands on it yet. What are these things normally worth? I"m in south central Texas.

Thanks for any insights;
John K

 

[Leroy]

From your description it is not a cultipacker but a Brillion Sure Stand Seeder made specificaly for small seeded grasses that are supposed to be planted about 1/4" deep and they will do just that. Should be 2 sets of rollers and drop the seed between the 2 rollers and seep is properly packer to soil to give soil to seed contact.

 

[Fordfarmer]

Regional terminolgy... To me, what you are talking about IS a cultipacker... The one used before planting would be a cultimulcher or something else... There was a discussion about these on the Using Your Tractor forum a few days ago. Price range is all over for used ones, depending on condition and local demand, and around $1000/foot for new ones. (or more now- I bought mine last spring, and I know there was a price increase shortly after I ordered it) Yes, you should see a better stand with a cultipacker... or use less seed, or both.
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[Ole Shovel]

Sounds to me also like a Brillion seeder setup more for grasses and alfalfa so going to plant more of that might work. You don't really that for planting haygrazer. Should be able to plant it with any good grain drill with press wheel setup on back or with regular row unit planters setup right also. The planter press wheel setup that will work good depends on your soil type, preparation, moisture conditions and wheel or tire type. In my area we once used a cultipacker ahead of the planter to pack beds and bust up clods. We kept the wheels put on alternately with fingers pointed one way and the other and would sometimes also use it again after hard rains to loosen crusted soil to get row crops up intead of using a rotary hoe that dug too much. With cultipacker rings all put on same way you pull it one way to pack and flip hitch over pulling other way to dig.

 

[johns48jdb]

in very loose soil and using a heavy tractor you'll find the wheels don't cover the tractor tracks. use a very small light weight tractor and i never worry about the corners. i go all the way around the field and work my way into the center. once in the center i go back over the coreners that i've left spaces in when turning. leaving these apaces does two thing. you don't throw up a bed with the front wheels and there is less wear and tear on you trying to turn the corners. just turneach corner as sharp as yu can without havng to slow down a lot of making your front wheels dig in and you'll have a better looking job and an easier one to ride on when you mow and rake. i f you run out of seed just cut sstaight across the field to get moe and then come back to where you stopped. you can find where to restart ease that way.

 

[Don-Wi]

We use a pair of old cultipackers (we call them "crushers") behind our drill. Helps to firm up the seedbed behind the drill and smooth out the feild.

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

[Allnightshifter2]

I'm guessing it is the brillion seeder, it does have two sets of steel wheels and seed would drop in between them. I have a jd b 20-7 grain drill,no press wheels, but don't think will have time to go thru it before time to plant, its been sitting for a while I got it on ebay for $350. I've always broadcast then either run over it with a disk 21' or a land plane 10', usually has a good stand but I know some seed gets buried too deep. If it goes cheap enough I may take a chance to see how it will do. I have blackland and right now not much moisture. Thanks for y'alls info, I appreciate it.

John K

 

[James Howell]

The only disadvantage is that you may only use it a couple of times.

We initially used our cultipacker in 2007 to establish our field.

We will use it again this season in "spots" that need to be re-seeded where grass is sparse.

If your grass seed is too small and the application rate is more than you need, you should use another way of "spreading" the seed.

The "gate" on our cultipacker was too wide for the desired application rate so we used a HERD spreader.

Take a look this post on a cultipacker.
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