rolling basket harrow / crumbler

rkc9700 · May 14, 2016

has any one used a crumbler, '/ rolling basket finishing tool? how did you like it and what kind of job do they do? looking at a 30ft underferth crumbler, it has the leveling bar in front too.

Adirondack case guy · May 14, 2016

There are lots of Ungerfurth Perfectas in use here, and lots of their roller baskets have been mounted on the backs of field cultivators. They are a very good finishing/soil grooming tool.
Loren

fixerupper · May 14, 2016

My dream is to have one on the back of my field cultivator some day. We have blacker more cloddy soil here but the guys with baskets make that cloddy soil look smooth. Does having baskets pay off? I don't have an answer. The trash whippers on my planter are set to knock off the top of the ridges left by the worn leveler teeth I have now so the planter still puts the seed in at a very consistent depth, but darn, those fields that are worked using baskets sure do look nice. We have some rocks in this area but I have never heard any complaints about baskets not holding up to rocks.

JD Seller · May 14, 2016

They work well and leave a level/firm seed bed. The actual firming of the soil seems to help as much as the leveling and clod breaking. We have the trouble in some soils that they are fluffy and the planter/drill opener sink in the ground too deep. Then you get a heavy rain and the seed is planter too deep or the ground is uneven for a grain table to really do a good job.

Our Sunflower finishers have a rolling basket with a three bar harrow behind the basket for the final leveling. They work well.

The only disadvantage of a pull type rolling basket is field ends/turns. They make the entire tillage tool much longer. In smaller fields they can be a pain to use.

Spudm · May 14, 2016

You need a minimum of 10 horsepower per foot of tool for it to work correctly in the field is what I have been told.

showcrop · May 14, 2016

A friend had one that came on the back of a Brillion Land Commander that he bought some twenty years ago. He used it very little and left it off, then sold it I guess. I always thought that they should do a really good job if mounted slightly at an angle so that the action is mainly rolling but with just a little side scuff to it, to help it to break clods and smooth more.

rkc9700 · May 14, 2016

this one is a pull type one , not mounted on any tool

Mark-Mi · May 14, 2016

Many a Underferth pull type rolling baskets pulled behind a s tine or field cultivator here in SE mi. They do a good job.

504 · May 14, 2016

You should only buy Yetter brand,they help keep a roof over my head

jon f mn · May 15, 2016

Around us they quit the baskets and went to solid packers. We have a lot of wet sticky ground and the baskets fill up with mud and cause trouble.

hrRoss · May 16, 2016

i use a dmi 30' crumbler behind my soil finisher for 10 yrs. really like it for firming up sead bed, if it gums up with mud, you shouldnt be out there or you should leave it raised up till its dryer. looks like a garden when you get done

jicaseman89 · May 16, 2016

we pulled 7section melore drags but got to be dangerous with ma or pa out there so we price out a rolling basket ouch! we found a 35 summers coil packer for $15000 went and looked it over parked in the weeeds drug it out found 3 bearing out the rest questionable pulled it home for $8500 thinking great more bearings to replace 3 years still havent had to replace any so $8500 plus 3 new bearings couple hoses thats it we really like it .
for bad clumpy soil we run a 45 foot summers land roller ahead of the planter lots of people round here doing that now
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