HP to Pull 12' Cultimulcher

WI Dave

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There's a 12' Brillion cultimulcher for sale a few miles from my place. I've got a Ford 960 with front-end weights and a full set of pie weights. Is it enough tractor for a 12' cultimulcher?
 
You will not pull it. We have a 10 ft. Deere and our 2510 (54 hp) does not like it in loose ground. We get along great with a 3020 (70 hp). Tom
 
Depends on the ground flat or hilly . Also Duals will be a big help you won't sink in on soft ground it takes extra power to always try and pull up out of the tire mark. Also what do you want to use it for? If just as a roller or also the tines for more tillage . As a roller you should be ok and as the tines as before it depends if you buy it and the price is responsible it would be nice to have. Most importantly check the bearings in the roller I have seen a lot of bad ones over the years.
 
I would say that it lacks the chassis weight and tire area to pull it off. Pulling a 12 foot with the shanks set in any amount would take 60 HP IMO.
 
You know, you could pull it in certain circumstances, if it has camelback rollers front and rear, pulls easier, if crows feet in front, harder, if crows feet all around, even harder, if shanks down even harder, but HP doesn't make as much as traction. If you have a 100+ hp tractor with tiny, narrow tires it would not pull that in loose, plowed ground, just spin, but a little like 40hp massey 235 or 135 or whatever those are would handle it in packed tighter soil, with fat tires and teeth in all the way. You will be able to pull it until the ground gets loose and you spin out. I have stopped a 1070 case and a 4430 jd all weighted up, without duals, with 15-16 footers in plowed ground, but also puled these same mulchers through plowed ground with a dualed up 3020 or 970 case. Ground conditions and tractor configuration are all the secrets with these.
 

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