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[kebo]

Good find Mr Haney. I kinda like the idea of the shanks before the packer. With all the wieght you can really get those rippers in the ground and then level things up with the packer (for some jobs anyway). Not sure about brand or hubs..... Please post some pics if you get it apart. (Me? I think I'd use it a bit first to see how it works as it is.)

BTW.....I have a Dunham packer.....and I'd bet my "loose wheels" rotate about 80% on the shaft.....and the shaft rotates the other 20% or so. The shaft could be rigid (non rotating) and everything would work OK.

You're just a Mr. Haney wannabe lol!! :laughing: I do plan on using it as is, without the rippers, to see how it does packing down our food plots. If I get a chance this weekend, I will try to pull off one of the end caps and see what it looks like under there. I am curious myself, now. If I do, I'll be sure and take a couple more pic's.

To kneedeep's comment, I think there is a very good chance that the front part of the frame that holds the rippers, and the top link frame was originally a box blade. The rear of the frame is angle iron, and the sides were made from some heavy barstock. I don't think it's going to bend anytime soon!!

 

[kebo]

Finally got to use my "new to me" cultipacker today, and I LIKE IT!!! :thumbsup: This thing works great to smooth out a plot that you just disc'ed up with the harrow. I was planning to just take the rippers off it before using it, but decided what the heck, I'll try it like it is. The rippers actually seem to help out, they are set to just barely dig in and it helps throw out a little bit of dirt to cover the seed lightly before the packing wheels pack it all down. I am pleased with the way it works, definitely worth the $325 I paid for it. :thumbsup: Here is a picture of one small plot on the gasline at my hunt club. Sorry for the bad pic it was taken with my cell camera since I didn't have my good camera with me.





Here's one that shows the nice, uniform ripples that the packing wheels leave behind.





And for those of you who were wondering what it looked like inside the end housings, here is a couple picks that show it. While backing the tractor onto my trailer to head to the hunt club, the end of the cultipacker caught the sidewall of the trailer and popped off one of the two bolts that holds the end plate in place. So, I had to improvise with a tie wrap to hold it in place while I was using it today. While loading it back onto the trailer to head back home, I managed to pop off the the other bolt. Got to clean out the dirt now, and replace the two bolts. It looks like it could be a bearing in there, but if it is, it's not a snug pressed fit on the axle. Also, the housing that holds this all in place has an octagonal hole. You have to look close to see it. I can't tell if the axle itself rotates any or not as you can't get anything on it to try and see if it will turn.









Definitely a home made job.

 

[Don87]

Finally got to use my "new to me" cultipacker today, and I LIKE IT!!! :thumbsup: This thing works great to smooth out a plot that you just disc'ed up with the harrow. I was planning to just take the rippers off it before using it, but decided what the heck, I'll try it like it is. The rippers actually seem to help out, they are set to just barely dig in and it helps throw out a little bit of dirt to cover the seed lightly before the packing wheels pack it all down. I am pleased with the way it works, definitely worth the $325 I paid for it. :thumbsup: Here is a picture of one small plot on the gasline at my hunt club. Sorry for the bad pic it was taken with my cell camera since I didn't have my good camera with me.


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Here's one that shows the nice, uniform ripples that the packing wheels leave behind.

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And for those of you who were wondering what it looked like inside the end housings, here is a couple picks that show it. While backing the tractor onto my trailer to head to the hunt club, the end of the cultipacker caught the sidewall of the trailer and popped off one of the two bolts that holds the end plate in place. So, I had to improvise with a tie wrap to hold it in place while I was using it today. While loading it back onto the trailer to head back home, I managed to pop off the the other bolt. Got to clean out the dirt now, and replace the two bolts. It looks like it could be a bearing in there, but if it is, it's not a snug pressed fit on the axle. Also, the housing that holds this all in place has an octagonal hole. You have to look close to see it. I can't tell if the axle itself rotates any or not as you can't get anything on it to try and see if it will turn.


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Definitely a home made job.

I'm glad you left the teeth on it to try it out. John deere made a cultipacker that had spring harrow teeth on it and it works well according to my BIL. I managed to find teeth for him at a very reasonably price, from a junkyard in Minnesota I think.