Lilliston cultivator

Anonymous-0 · Feb 23, 2012

Any of you guys ever used a Lilliston cultivator? What do you like what don't you like? How fast can you go in 1 inch corn growing in heavy clay vs sand loam?

I've heard about guys running 5mph with them without an issue. I've been using a Noble Ro-runner for the first cultivating (5 shank, danish time gangs). Needless to say it is WAY too slow. I almost get hypnotized from watching the plants go past the wheels combined with the soft purr of the of the Perkins in MF180. I actually fell asleep once cultivating beans, came to when I slipped off the seat.

ejr-IA. · Feb 23, 2012

I have had one or years.It is all in the setting and what attachments it has like row gangs,tent shields,full fender shields,rear shovels,number of spiders per row.The cultivator is made to throw away or too the row their are many combonations.Yes with the right setting you can cultivate at a good speed in small plants.They don't like wet soil will ball up and drag.When you lay by I have run 6mph or faster.You have to be a good driver not much room for error.I still have one but most around here they are phased out,Notill and sprayers.

2090 · Feb 23, 2012

Speed is determined by how you set the spiders-yes they can easily be reversed for small crops. Helps to have a ripper in front of each row unit-don't use a wide shovel there either-just something to break up heavy ground, then they won't slab. Stabilizer discs help the driving also- either one large in the middle or two small on the ends.

gene bender · Feb 23, 2012

Your ground speed would be determined a bunch on soil conditions wet,dry,well tilled,cloddy,crust and so forth.

thurlow · Feb 23, 2012

They were all-the-rage 'here' about 40 years ago and we had one; a fad that quickly came and went. Under the RIGHT conditions, they worked great, but weren't nearly as versatile as a traditional cultivator. I can't remember what happened to ours (4-row rear mount); it may be sitting in the weeds behind the shop.

JDseller · Feb 24, 2012

There is only about two days a year they work right. LOL If the ground is too: Wet, hard, trashy,etc. They will not work right. If you have a sandy loam ground they work fine but in hard clay they will not go in the ground. I also had trouble with they plugging up with corn stalks even in plowed ground. Owned one a few years but went back to a regular cultivator with rolling shields.

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