45-60 hp attachments

[Nater37]

I see where there are lots attachments for smaller tractors @ titan and everything attachments. But I am trying to find a cultivator and planter that are adjustable and that will cover the 78" tracks. I thought that everything attachments might have what I needed but he did not seem to want to talk much, so I could not pick his brain.

 

[oosik]

I know there are many good brands of cultivators( rototillers ) and planters. I would suggest you google each and see what you find. As far as cultivators - Woods, Land Pride, Bush Hog - just to name a very few.

 

[Nater37]

Thanks oosik, I purchased a bushhog 7 foot tiller, shredder, blade, but sweep plows and row planters are hard to find

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

I see where there are lots attachments for smaller tractors @ titan and everything attachments. But I am trying to find a cultivator and planter that are adjustable and that will cover the 78" tracks. I thought that everything attachments might have what I needed but he did not seem to want to talk much, so I could not pick his brain.

for little tractors like yours check out your local Bota/Land Pride dealer.

They have almost everything you can want to cover your narrow 78" width

Drills, planters, rotary tillers, etc.. are all super common in my area.

Land Pride

www.landpride.com

 

[oldnslo]

What kind of crops are you wanting to plant? If row crop like corn there should be 4 row planters available as well as 4 row cultivators. Some possibly most of them should adjust from 30 to 38 inch rows but you would have to verify that.

Most common brand names are John Deere, Case IH, Kinze, and lots of others depending on dealers in your area.

 

[oosik]

Around these parts - if I want something the size to fit my Kubota M6040 - planter, sweep plow, rototiller, etc - it will be a special order from a local dealer. There are plenty of these implements around here but in the 20 to 60 foot width. I don't need these nor a 450 hp tractor to pull them.

 

[jeff9366]

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[mo1]

I see where there are lots attachments for smaller tractors @ titan and everything attachments. But I am trying to find a cultivator and planter that are adjustable and that will cover the 78" tracks. I thought that everything attachments might have what I needed but he did not seem to want to talk much, so I could not pick his brain.

There are multiple types of cultivators but I suspect you are probably talking about a row crop cultivator if you mention also needing a planter. These are bought by number of rows they cover and the spacing between the rows (e.g. a four-row planter with 30" row spacing) rather than overall width. These are run with the tractor's wheels straddling two rows, so the row spacing can't be more than half of the maximum wheel centerline spacing for your tractor, or you won't be able to straddle the rows. Common spacings are 30" and 38", which would work to 60" and 76" centerline spacing. Planters and row crop cultivators bolt to a toolbar so you could run a nonstandard spacing if you need to by unbolting the sweeps or planter boxes, moving them to your desired spacing, and bolting back down.

Usually things like this are bought used as 4-8 row cultivators and planters are widely available on the used market. These were how weed control was done before Roundup Ready crops came out, and were sized for the ag tractors of the day, which would be the size of full-sized utility tractors today. Finding a new one is less common as new planters are huge and little row crop cultivation is still done, and what is done uses 12+ row equipment. The compact tractor equipment vendors selling to suburbanites and horse people don't sell this equipment as those people rarely buy that kind of equipment, they buy rototillers and broadcast seeders for gardens and food plots, they are not row-cropping. Thus, you are going to be looking at something targeted at market farmers (aka truck farmers, which is a small, specialized market) or buying older used equipment from the '60s and '70s.

The issue you would have with used equipment is that your tractor is a compact and has a category 1 3-point. The used row crop cultivators are and planters are generally category 2/3, and certainly anything wider than a four-row would be too heavy to work with your tractor, maybe even a four-row unit would be pushing it. At the very least you would have to weld on category 1 3-point mounts to a used unit.

If you want to buy something that would work out of the box, then I think something like this Yetter setup would work as they make smaller toolbars for category 1 tractors for planters and cultivators in addition to the larger category 3/4 stuff for the ag market. You would buy two toolbars and put planter boxes on one, and cultivator sweeps on the other. I suspect "bring money and lots of it" would probably apply if you went this route. The other option would be to try to find a 1940s-1950s era two-row 3 point mount planter and cultivator for a Ford 8N and the like as those are category 1. Those are out there but often you have to look for them, and they would have been sitting in a fenceline for half a century or more and probably need some work to make usable.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

Probably not what you're looking for but I'm very happy with the Fred Cain 9 shank field cultivator, about the right width, pulls easy on my MX5400, and I'm sure a lesser tractor would do okay too.

Fred Cain 9 Shank 3 Point Field Cultivator

This Field Cultivator is a good attachment to break new ground or to tear up the hard pan in the field. Free Shipping

www.everythingattachments.com

Aerates well, seems to pull the plant matter under well enough, no complaints at all, but I only use it for a small patch and have only had it for one season. Doesn't help me with planting though.