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AC7060IL 
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 Topic: AC 1300 with rolling baskets
Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 10:53am |
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My 24' AC 1300 field cultivator is equipped with 6" shovels & mounted tine harrow. Depending on the primary tillage &/or year, it can leave 4-5" clods even after two passes. I'm thinking of removing the harrow and mounting a set of rolling baskets. Has anyone done the same? If so, which rolling basket brand would you recommend?
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John D
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Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 11:11am |
This is what we had on our field cultivator and thought it worked good (used after soil saver, and NH3 on bean stubble). 
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Tbone95
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Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 12:39pm |
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Spring tines, if that's what you mean, are virtually useless in my humble opinion. The spikes shown in John D's setup will help with leveling and finishing, but I don't believe will address clods like you want.
Dirt clods or clumps of sod?
For dirt clods, I pull an Unverferth rolling basket behind my FC, and I really love it. Baby's butt smooth fields. But it won't do much on sod clumps.
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Allis dave
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Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 2:43pm |
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I don't have much use for a spring tooth harrow. all it does is bunch up and drag trash. The spike tooth like in the picture does a nice job leveling and helps a little with clods. If you really want to break of clods you need a rolling basket. That's why you see so many guys pulling them behind finishers now.
If you have really bad clods even the rolling basket will leave a lot. That's usually when the ground was worked to wet or couldn't sit after chiseling.
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ryan(IN)
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Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 3:17pm |
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We pulled a Unverferth rolling harrow behind our 1300 and now on our 1400. The problem with adding the baskets to the cultivator is weight. Those baskets are heavy and can stress frames that are not built for the weight.
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ryan
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