Plot master?
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I've wondered the same thing so looking forward to hearing experienced opinions.
I've got a disk that does a decent job for an ATV .
I would guess it all has to do with your soil. I tried just a disc on my Forman 500 around here with no luck. I had it adjusted so the back tires were barely touching the ground and rode around in circles for a long time and still had grass on top mostly. Too much rock around here.
BSK
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Depends on your ground. Decent soil, they work OK, but not great breaking new ground. That's for much heavier equipment. Concrete hard rocky ridge-tops? It won't last more than a few days.
Had one for 4-5 years & it did just okay. I bought it to do a few plots that were hard to access with equipment. Only way to break ground first time each year was to go over it 5-6 times, they are just not heavy enough to be very effective. Cultipacker was pretty wimpy as well.Where it was handy was for plot rework. If had plot failure due to drought or worms I could use it behind tractor to quickly replant by myself in front of rain, as ground had already worked one time. Never used it behind ATV, always on small tractor.
Bought it used here on TnDeer & sold it here as well.
Bought it used here on TnDeer & sold it here as well.
I'd love to have a cultipacker around the 4-5 ft range. The plotmaster would be too much for what I need.
BSK
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I'll probably buy one of the ATV pull-behind flip-over types by next spring. They're not as heavy as the three-point hitch tractor cultipackers, but I've heard they work fine for food plotting.
You need some weight and I have my wheels not even touching the ground .
Are you going solid or the type you fill with sand or water?
Tried it with me and a 200lb friend on the back. Just too hard of ground where I tried it.
BSK
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This type:
I won't be using it to cultipack tilled ground, just to "shake" seed down through mowed duff.
That would work for me. But I was also looking at this one.
https://packermaxx.com/products/atv-cultipacker
It has an optional wheel kit also.
BSK
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I have seen videos of those being used, and I really like them.
This is something similar to what I have . But mine only has disks . It cuts decently but to get deeper you need a tractor or tiller .
BSK
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If I were cultipacking tilled ground, I would want a big, heavy three-point hitch version. But I'm just looking for something that will increase seed to soil contact when broadcast seed into mowed and sprayed areas.
I have a tractor and Tiller so I need it for the same. Just don't want.anything that is to heavy or wide. Would be using it at home and at the club.
Breaking new ground with atv is really hard on the atv.
BSK
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You should see what it does to a truck pulling a disk!
