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Cultipacker and re-seeding questions

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Randy-IA

08-05-2005 16:50:44




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Hi , Two different questions . Aside from the last post I know where I can get a 12' - 15 ' straight but with 2 side gangs ( I don't know the correct terminoligy for the pieces ) for very little ( it's old and cast iron ) . The problem is some of the star shaped wheels in between the round ones are loose and don't appear to have anything supporting them like a hub or a bearing . Do these just get clamped in between the round ones or are they supposed to float like that ? It doesn't look like the cast is broken . Seems if they float they would fill with dirt pretty quick since they are hollow . So short of having a picture to show does anyone have / want to venture any guesses about the condition of this thing ? Also-
After the next cutting I'm borrowing a disc to fix the washouts and want to re-seed that area . I could get the Brillion seeder from the coop but instead I thought I'd broadcast it , then light disk and run the cultipacker over it , unless it's thought to be broken . I guess from the previous post that putting alfalfa back in where there used to be alfalfa won't work for a while . There is hardly any in this part of the field anyway ( for some reason the alfalfa seed didn't take in this part of the field when it was seeded last year ) . The previous 15 years it had row crops on it so maybe the rain washed just the alfalfa seed away or the pre-emergent herbicide that the neighbor applied washed in and took out just the alfalfa ? I don't know . So my question is ; Can I seed with just bluegrass , orchard , timothy and perenial(sp) rye and overseed with alfalfa next spring ? This is what I have in the rest of the field and it's doing OK . Remember this is to feed my wifes 5 horses not to make a living on . Thanks for any input ....Randy

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Nebraska Cowman

08-07-2005 05:07:23




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 Re: Cultipacker and re-seeding questions in reply to Randy-IA, 08-05-2005 16:50:44  
I'd rent the seader. You'll get enough better stand to be worth it.



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Paul in NY

08-06-2005 12:55:06




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 Re: Cultipacker and re-seeding questions in reply to Randy-IA, 08-05-2005 16:50:44  
Randy -
alfalfa won't grow if the ground is low, wet or heavy clay - it likes well-drained, deep soils since it has a deep tap root. Wet or clay soils move in the winter and break the roots, we can only grow alfalfa on the old gravel pit or railroad bed. Try a hay mix heavy on timothy, maybe a little fescue. Avoid alsike clover, it's toxic to horses. Up here orchardgrass matures way too early to make good hay. If the cultipaker rolls without falling apart it should work fine.

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Allan in NE

08-05-2005 17:24:30




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 Re: Cultipacker and re-seeding questions in reply to Randy-IA, 08-05-2005 16:50:44  
Hi Randy,

Those wheels just "float" on the axle. There should be some sort of "clamp" outboard of each outside wheel compressing the whole set tight together. The axle will set in bearings and the whole shootin' match turns as a unit.

What you don't want is a bearing locked up stopping the axle from turning, whereby the wheels tend to spin on the axle. This wobbles out the centers on those cast iron wheels in a hurry.

Allan

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Tim(nj)

08-06-2005 12:19:15




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 Re: Cultipacker and re-seeding questions in reply to Allan in NE, 08-05-2005 17:24:30  
Terminology here for that is a "sprocket packer", and the extra wings are called "pups". The spockets should have some float between the wheels, but shouldn"t be loose enough that they slam around. As Allen said, there"s usually a U-bolt holding a clamp on each end of the axle that you have to move occasionally to keep everything together.



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Tim(nj)

08-06-2005 12:20:46




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 Spockets? in reply to Tim(nj), 08-06-2005 12:19:15  
Live long and prosper! Oops, LOL.



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Allan in NE

08-05-2005 17:21:30




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 Re: Cultipacker and re-seeding questions in reply to Randy-IA, 08-05-2005 16:50:44  
Hi Randy,

Those wheels just "float" on the axle. There should be some sort of "clamp" outboard of each outside wheel compressing the whole set tight together. The axle will set in bearings and the whole shootin' match turns as a unit.

What you don't want is a bearing locked up stopping the axle from turning, whereby the wheels tend to spin on the axle. This wobbles out the centers on those cast iron wheels in a hurry.

Allan

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