tiller/cultipacker question?
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 451
tiller/cultipacker question?
this is anodd question, but if it works out would be my prefered method.
a lot of our properties are very spread out, some are 2 hours driving from our furthest areas. would it be smart to just use a truck to pull this around to till and cultipackbyhooking up to the ball of my truck. i have a 97 ford ranger v6 with 4-wheel drive. would this just destroy my transmission, or do you think it is light duity? some proposed food plot locations are 3 acres, and all soil tests have came back perfect to plant.
do you think this is a good idea?
the link below would take you to the tiller/cultipacker i have in mind.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0056041523356a&navCount=6&podI d=0056041&parentId=cat603039&masterpathid= &navAction=push&cmCat=MainCatcat20712-cat603039&catalogCode=IK&rid=&parentTy pe=index&indexId=cat603039&hasJS=true
a lot of our properties are very spread out, some are 2 hours driving from our furthest areas. would it be smart to just use a truck to pull this around to till and cultipackbyhooking up to the ball of my truck. i have a 97 ford ranger v6 with 4-wheel drive. would this just destroy my transmission, or do you think it is light duity? some proposed food plot locations are 3 acres, and all soil tests have came back perfect to plant.
do you think this is a good idea?
the link below would take you to the tiller/cultipacker i have in mind.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0056041523356a&navCount=6&podI d=0056041&parentId=cat603039&masterpathid= &navAction=push&cmCat=MainCatcat20712-cat603039&catalogCode=IK&rid=&parentTy pe=index&indexId=cat603039&hasJS=true
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cambridge Ohio USA
Posts: 744
RE: tiller/cultipacker question?
That thing is extremely overpriced. Plus, pulling it with your truck you'd very likely destroy it. It's hard to go slow enough witha truck, and those "foot plot" implements are often underbuilt in the first place. Not all, but many are. Attend some farm auctions and you'll get the proper equipment, for much less money. Not matter what you use, it's my opinion that pulling with your truck isn't a good way to go. It'll work, but you'll tear stuff up.
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Miami, Oklahoma
Posts: 422
RE: tiller/cultipacker question?
ORIGINAL: vmartin
we will be planting clover, turnups, brasillas, and some other seed blends.
ORIGINAL: USFWC
What were you planning on planting that you needed to cultipack?
What were you planning on planting that you needed to cultipack?
#8
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 451
RE: tiller/cultipacker question?
thanks for all the help.
i have been looking on purple wave auctionin kc and manhattan for a tractor and some impliments.
are there any substitutes that can be used. i hear a bed spring can be used to level it.
i have been looking on purple wave auctionin kc and manhattan for a tractor and some impliments.
are there any substitutes that can be used. i hear a bed spring can be used to level it.
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
You would have to use a tractor and disc to break the ground up anyway with that thing and I agree it is overpriced. I would look for a chain link spike drag to level the ground after discing and then spread the seeds and drag again to lightly cover them.