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Cultipack alternative?
#2236318
09/25/17 01:45 AM
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Was listening to some guys talk about food plots and one mentioned wanting to buy a cultipacker but they were pricey when he found one. One of the old guys there told him said hell your driving a cultipacker , pack em with the tractor.
Never really thought about that before myself. It wouldnt be feasible on larger plots but it wouldnt take long on lanes or small plots to go over with the tractor tires.
Worth trying it, or would the tractor compact it too much?
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/25/17 05:00 AM
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Anything with tires can be a cultipacker yes, but it takes a lot of passes to cover an entire field with tire tracks. Yeah, Wasnt sure if it would be too compacted or not by tractor weight. Seems like most culitpackers ive seen a weight listed on were 750-1100 # Thanks.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/25/17 05:42 AM
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I've always cultipacked with the tractor ...it works great and you don't have to swap attachments
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/25/17 06:31 AM
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The main thing when discing is not to disc too deep. A couple inches is plenty. Drag a roll of chainlink over it. That smoothes it real good. Yeah, this guy was discussing planting clover is what brought up cultipacking. Most clubs disc the clover in too deep.This guy was talking about going back and top dressing with clover after the disk guy had left. Wether to hope the rain washed it in, or to cultipack it.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/25/17 09:57 AM
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Smooth the plot with a harrow drag after disking then spread the seed. Drag one more time and it will cover the seed nicely.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/26/17 03:11 AM
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Smooth the plot with a harrow drag after disking then spread the seed. Drag one more time and it will cover the seed nicely. This is what we do
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/26/17 03:16 AM
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You can make a cultipacker out of corrugated pipe.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/26/17 05:41 AM
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Smooth the plot with a harrow drag after disking then spread the seed. Drag one more time and it will cover the seed nicely. What kind of drag harrow are you using? Is it a homemade or one of the heavy chained drag harrows? Pics would be nice if you have any.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/26/17 12:12 PM
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Smooth the plot with a harrow drag after disking then spread the seed. Drag one more time and it will cover the seed nicely. What kind of drag harrow are you using? Is it a homemade or one of the heavy chained drag harrows? Pics would be nice if you have any.
Last edited by jlbuc10; 09/26/17 12:13 PM.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/26/17 03:59 PM
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I use 5 tires chained in a triangle formation pulled behind an atv. Works great and you can drag it down the road between plots without tearing it up. Before we built it we did just run over some of the smaller lanes with the atv. Lot easier with the drag.
Last edited by dBmV; 09/26/17 04:01 PM.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/26/17 04:49 PM
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Havent thought about it too much before wether to cultipack or not. With the way most hunting club food plots are with sticks, root balls, wads of bush hogged waist high grass and weeds from the cutting the week before, dragging is good but it will not pack seeds into good contact with soil, which a Cultipacker does. Since clover seeds are very small but require good contact to germinate. Disking in or heavy dragging is more likely to cover these seeds too deep.
I myself have just done the light disk or some type of 4 wheeler drag to cover. But ive also seen a lot of seed left on top that didnt germinate, (no good contact?) or know of clover plots that were planted and disked in but never came up. (too deep?)
I planted 2 spots today and tried it 2 ways on each plot. On all i lightly disked the seed mix in, then topped it with clover. I then packed half of each plot with the tractor. Will watch it and see if can tell any difference in it.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/27/17 04:23 PM
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We use a section harrow to cover our seed. Does a very good job.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/27/17 11:41 PM
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We use a section harrow to cover our seed. Does a very good job. Old pull type section harrows were a farmer's favorite tool when I was growing up. Talk about busting clods and smoothing a field, they worked wonders. I haven't seen one in decades.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/28/17 12:44 AM
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After using my rototiller to till the plot & after seed & fertilizer, I take the pto out of gear & "walk" the tiller across the plot. It acts like a mini sheep's foot. It's packs & covers great.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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09/29/17 02:26 PM
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We use a section harrow to cover our seed. Does a very good job. Old pull type section harrows were a farmer's favorite tool when I was growing up. Talk about busting clods and smoothing a field, they worked wonders. I haven't seen one in decades. Ours is the 3 point hitch variety.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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10/05/17 04:21 PM
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We use a section harrow to cover our seed. Does a very good job. Old pull type section harrows were a farmer's favorite tool when I was growing up. Talk about busting clods and smoothing a field, they worked wonders. I haven't seen one in decades. Ours is the 3 point hitch variety. They are hard to find.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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10/05/17 05:32 PM
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I think I can build one about 6-8 ft wide using OTR truck tires for under $200.
I did test strips on the fields i planted the other day. The sides that were packed by the tractor had much more coming up in those areas than did the sides that were just lightly disked in. Gave them probably a good weeks head start if not more over the non packed side.
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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10/09/17 05:20 AM
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We use a section harrow to cover our seed. Does a very good job. Old pull type section harrows were a farmer's favorite tool when I was growing up. Talk about busting clods and smoothing a field, they worked wonders. I haven't seen one in decades. Ours is the 3 point hitch variety. They are hard to find. Huh? You can buy them anytime. A quick Google search offers lots of choices.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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10/11/17 12:11 PM
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For smaller plots I took three landscape 4x4's, changed them about 8" apart and bolted angle metal across them to keep them from rolling. Then took another piece of chain and made a hookup for the ATV. Works pretty dang good, light enough to haul.
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Re: Cultipack alternative?
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10/15/17 04:47 AM
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Smooth the plot with a harrow drag after disking then spread the seed. Drag one more time and it will cover the seed nicely. What kind of drag harrow are you using? Is it a homemade or one of the heavy chained drag harrows? Pics would be nice if you have any. these things work awesome you can break the soil with the spikes then flip it over to cover and smooth the one ive used weighed about 100 pounds
Last edited by GKelly; 10/15/17 04:48 AM.
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