I built me an ATV cultipacker

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Stinky_Hooker

The "rack" on top was for added rigidity but also to use if I want to add weight. Total it weighs about 350-400lbs but I can always throw sacks of seed/fertilizer on there or ratchet strap a log or weights to the top as I do with my disc.

Weld up a tank made to fit the weight rack. Put in a 1" fill and a large (2-3") drain pipe. This way you can vary the weight of the rig by the amount of water you add to the tank, and when you are done just drain the water. No more lifting or removing heavy sacks or whatever to add or subtract weight.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Thanks for the kind words guys.


Destroyer, Ive got two plastic drums for just such a situation. A 30 and a 55 gallon. Going to try it as is but take the 30 in case. If I need it I can use my pump setup I use for spraying to fill it in the creek. This was two weeks ago at the hunting property spraying herbicide.

[willy]

Nice job on that StinkMan

[damnedifido]

Not much of a farmer so I will ask. What is the purpose of a cultipacker?

[Stinky_Hooker]

Basically it makes a nice firm seed bed, helps with erosion and soil to seed contact. I spray my fields with glyphosphate (roundup) about 3 weeks before planting. Come back planting day and disc, spread fertilizer, seed (wheat oats, rye, winter peas, etc) ... then cultipack. After that spread your clover and walk away.

[ssiredfish]

Originally Posted by Stinky_Hooker

Basically it makes a nice firm seed bed, helps with erosion and soil to seed contact. I spray my fields with glyphosphate (roundup) about 3 weeks before planting. Come back planting day and disc, spread fertilizer, seed (wheat oats, rye, winter peas, etc) ... then cultipack. After that spread your clover and walk away.

......and hope for rain

[Stinky_Hooker]

Yep. I ALWAYS plant by the weather and not the calender when it comes to food plots. Hit it perfect this year like years past, front coming in and it got a soaking the next day then another about a week later. Last year I had beautiful plots for the opening of bow season, when alot of folks are just getting seed in the ground around here.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Clethodim. Some clover specifically white will tolerate low dosages of 2-4D in my experience also. i have a mix of Durana and Crimson. I top mow mine when it goes to seed early summer and it keeps on making. Sometimes without replanting for a few years. Depending on weather conditions obviously.

[ssiredfish]

Originally Posted by Stinky_Hooker

Clethodim. Some clover specifically white will tolerate low dosages of 2-4D in my experience also. i have a mix of Durana and Crimson. I top mow mine when it goes to seed early summer and it keeps on making. Sometimes without replanting for a few years. Depending on weather conditions obviously.

Awesome man I'll check into that. That Imperial did really well for us so I think Im gonna stick with it....

[Destroyer]

Oi, I'm not a farmer, so sometimes you guys are speaking a foreign language. I understand all the chatter about the various chemicals and such, but exactly why are you planting clover in the first place?