Gonna Be A Long Day

I'm startin' to think I'm my own worst enemy.

After searchin' high and low for the past two years, I finally found the packer I wanted (similair to this one). The horsey people like to use these things to dress their ridin' areanas, so they are kinda hard to find in this country anymore.

Anyhow, the gizmo came in on the semi late last night. Gotta go buy some used tires right off the bat before I can even drag the silly thing off the truck.

Then, I gotta tow the jasper 'bout a million miles out into the country where the real work starts. Have to swap those two sets of roller assemblies end for end.

Don't know why the dealers orginally set 'em up backwards like this with the crowfeet on the front? Hmmmmm m, I'm sweatin' already and I haven't even finished my first cup o coffee. :>(

Allan

You know that rig you just bought, looks to me like the rollers thats on the front would do a better job in lumpy soil then the rear ones..... ..I would try it like it is, you may be suprised.... Don S.W. Ohio

Yes, I know what you're saying. But, I'm just going by past experience.

Even if I would happen to get the packer within 2 hours behind the plow and even with the smooth ones on the front, they would start to ball up with mud.

Maybe it is just the soil here, dunno. I sure agree tho, those crowsfeet are really meant to tear things up.

Allan

Just can't imagine anyone not using these things and why they lost favor (probably fuel costs again)?

Allan

Maybe it is the soil type here, dunno.

But if those smooth rollers are on the back, they are always running in damp soil which the spring teeth/diamond points have kicked up. They gum up and wear the cleaner knives like crazy. If they are up front, they are running in "dryer" soil all the time and just run cleaner and don't "ball up".

But the big benefit of having them set up with the smoothes on the front is that the smoothes are way heavier and they tend to "push" the soil and "level" the land like nobody's business. They work kinda like a leveling bar on the old harrow.

I think these packers are probably my favorite implement. Takes a total nightmare and converts it to a perfect seedbed in one pass.

Pretty sure they were designed fer dummies like me. :>)

Allan

Different field, different game. Need the packer for 65 acres of this hooey. :>)

Yes, you're right. Wife is hot on the trail of a saddle breed cuttin' horse. Had no idea those things were that expensive! Groan! :>(

Allan

Iam 69 years old, born and raised on a dairy farm....I have never seen a rougher plowed field as your picture..... glad I didn't have to drive my farmall M over that....Is that unusuall conditions even for you?

Don S.W. Ohio

Too derned dry and 35 year old sod to boot. But really, I want it that way.

Fall plowin' is gamblin' with wind erosion out here in the plains.

Allan

Back in the day, for seed bed prep we ran 'em like this (sheeps foot roll in the front) to better bust up chunked soil. We also usually chained a 12' length of 8" schedule 80 steel pipe at the rear for final smoothing. It worked great!

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Is that the a$$ end of a Stackcruiser I see the photo background??

This one in the picture is settin' on a lot up in Oregon somewhere. Only picture I could find of a Dunham Lehr.

Can't wait to hook the 686 on 'er next year. This rascal should produce a little black smoke! :>)

Allan

Should have put this on the implement board. Sorry!

Allan

and we dont use ours much anymore but like they say if you have a problem... it will fix it. :)
and they dont take that much power either = I dont know where all that came from.