small field cultivator

[deere755]

Anyone own a small field cultivator for a compact tractor. I am considering buying one for wildlife plots. The area for our wildlife plots is very hard to get to with larger equipment. I saw one on e-bay last spring and wished I would have bought it now. What is a fair price for one? And where else could one be found other than E-Bay?

 

[ChuckinNH]

Here is one source:

Leinbach Machinery Catalog

 

[Foodplot]

Used ones in reasonable shape sell at auctions here for around $100 for a 7-shank. Locally, the product shown in the Lienbach catalog is known as a 'tiller'. I have one that I use in a large garden, works great. The tips are replaceable, so you can use chisel points in harder ground, sweeps to cultivate softer soil. I have a 7-shank, about 6' wide, that pulls well behind a Kubota L3400.

Anyone own a small field cultivator for a compact tractor. I am considering buying one for wildlife plots. The area for our wildlife plots is very hard to get to with larger equipment. I saw one on e-bay last spring and wished I would have bought it now. What is a fair price for one? And where else could one be found other than E-Bay?

 

[GV40U]

I recommend the field cultivator as an all purpose tillage tool. I have a 7 shank field cultivator that I use with a L3430 HST (27 PTO HP). In our really heavy clay soil I've had to remove a couple of shanks to pull through heavy sod in an old pasture on the first pass without overworking the tractor. After that it is a great tool to work the ground. I'm not a fan of rototillers in our soil as I think they destroy soil structure and make too many "fines" as well as compacting a soil layer below that which has been tilled. With that said, I rented a rototiller to chew up the sod after I loosened it with the field cultivator so it would flow freely between the shanks as I continued to work the field prior to planting. In any field/garden that has been previously worked, it is a slam-dunk to prepare a seed bed or control weeds with the cultivator and even a new one costs less than 1/3 of the least expensive rototiller.

I have both chisel points and sweeps, the latter I use for shallow cultivation between tree rows. For small acreages, it really can take the place of a plow, a disk and a rototiller for ground that has been worked at least once, but make sure your tractor can pull it in your soil. My tractor is at the low end of having enough power to pull the 7 shank unit in unworked sod. The shanks are easily removed (4 bolts, if I remember correctly) or moved to accomodate different row widths or spacings so it can be used as a row cultivator as well as an open field cultivator.

 

[deere755]

I recommend the field cultivator as an all purpose tillage tool. I have a 7 shank field cultivator that I use with a L3430 HST (27 PTO HP). In our really heavy clay soil I've had to remove a couple of shanks to pull through heavy sod in an old pasture on the first pass without overworking the tractor. After that it is a great tool to work the ground. I'm not a fan of rototillers in our soil as I think they destroy soil structure and make too many "fines" as well as compacting a soil layer below that which has been tilled. With that said, I rented a rototiller to chew up the sod after I loosened it with the field cultivator so it would flow freely between the shanks as I continued to work the field prior to planting. In any field/garden that has been previously worked, it is a slam-dunk to prepare a seed bed or control weeds with the cultivator and even a new one costs less than 1/3 of the least expensive rototiller.

I have both chisel points and sweeps, the latter I use for shallow cultivation between tree rows. For small acreages, it really can take the place of a plow, a disk and a rototiller for ground that has been worked at least once, but make sure your tractor can pull it in your soil. My tractor is at the low end of having enough power to pull the 7 shank unit in unworked sod. The shanks are easily removed (4 bolts, if I remember correctly) or moved to accomodate different row widths or spacings so it can be used as a row cultivator as well as an open field cultivator.

Do you have any pictures of your cultivator?

 

[dirtworksequip]

I think there is a Deere two row cultivator on eBay right now up for sale.

Sincerely, Dirt

 

[RalphVa]

Attached is an old JD M soil ripper with 7 shanks, converted to 3ph for my 4010. The 4010 pulls it full depth.

Ralph

 

[mike194]

I have one just like this:

Cultivators - Buhler Industries Inc.

it does not break up virgin soil at all, just bounces over the sod. but if the ground has been previosly broken up it works great.

 

[GV40U]

Do you have any pictures of your cultivator?

Deere755 my cultivator is like the one in the Leinbach photo posted by ChuckinNH. It is similar in size and weight to the model CA7 in the Leinbach information. Hope this helps,

 

[RalphVa]

Think even rototillers are tough in unbroken soil. Best bets in unbroken ground are either a rotary plow, alla like on a Gravely, big discs or mold board type plow.

Ralph