Ventrac's NEW Cultivator-Putting it to WORK!!!
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- I had a great opportunity to test the Ventrac Soil Cultivator on a work site FILLED with rocks and debris! Watch me put it to WORK and see some great closeup views! I had a good after action report at the end of the video and talk about my first impressions
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00:00 New Cultivator Attachment!
01:15 Putting it to Work!!!
05:17 Testing on Rocks!
05:45 Prepping with Power Rake
08:55 Multiple Passes
15:11 Grading with Power Rake
15:53 Ventrac Parade!!!
17:17 After Action Review! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Love your channel and content! I'm a fan of the Ventrac, love the instant satisfaction it provides once completed! Thanks for sharing and need more!
Thanks again, Aaron. I really appreciate that
The soil cultivator has become a necessity for any lawn installation. Good to see it put to work! reach out to us if you ever have any operational questions!
Thanks! The area I tested this was fairly benign in terms of rocks which is why I tossed some larger ones in there. Most of my customers have extremely rocky soil. Even my own property is VERY rocky and I'm just not ready to commit to buying one and finding floor space to keep it until I know for sure it would do well in most rocky soil conditions in this area
Awesome product
yeah those ven tracs here canada are bit exspinsive there about $80,000 for the cab unit with every attachments with it but there great units
I look forward to getting more experience with this one
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Great video! Thanks!
Thanks for being a good channel follower!
Love it!
Thanks so much!
Loved your video - I think you nailed it in your final comment re using the three implements in order. Keep up the good work. Cheers. from Grassmaster in OZ
Thank you. Yes, after gaining some practical experience with this new attachment, I definitely think the trio of Cultivator, Power Rake and Primary Seeder are a great combination
Thanks for the video. Good work
Thanks, John!
Great video, great information and I can't wait to see the primary seeder work. Hopefully you can do all 3 in one video that would be great to see how they all 3 work together. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks! I'm looking forward to showcasing the trio in a real world scenario!
Great video your the best at diagnosing these attachments out
Thanks. I have a LOT of Ventrac experience :)
Ventrac are the BEST! Great video
Thanks Aaron! I definitely agree with you!
@@bluecordprecisiongrading2504 I have recently watched alot of the Ventrac and I have falling totally in love with it!
@@aaronburford5701 Ventrac is an amazing machine, plus I do a lot of awesome stuff with it on video
good video, covered alot of exactly what i am looking to get into doing. the issue with the rocks at several inches deep you covered i have had better experience with garden tillers on my deere with 3"-6" on the first pass. right off the bat i could clearly see the harley rake does a better job because it was doing exactly what you needed it to do. i have seen the difference even years prior on dirt monkeys channel with the bobcat skidloaders.
for seeding the cultivators are hard to beat for deep root penetration growth.... even with the harley rake you don't get that deep root penetration for grass for over a decade or 2 in minnesota and it shows up on every lawn where the bare spots are, the grass just gave out mostly on any kind of a slope either at the crest or where there are slope changes in the banking of hills. alot of it is due to clay volume in the dirt. i've had to watch and take alot of classes on PGA golf course turf maintenance to understand the fixes and solutions and long term care.
with all that rock in the soil after the final grade leveling has been done by the excavation-hardscape company has finished what needs to happen, can't really be done due to that rock; which is 10-12' deep tine aeration and core plug aeration inorder to get a sand soil mix deeper down to break up that clay'ish soil. that rock is going to destroy alot of $10-$25 tines and the best penetration machines are vertical tine 'stomper impact' as i call it for the straight down straight up action 4-5 tines at a time block 'foot' action.
i believe ventracs aeravator is your best option before or after the harley rake is what i'm curious to see the results on.
i think this ventrac cultivator is only for garden soil the way it seems designed to work. they need to test this attachment in ireland with a guy whose channel is 'way out west' on his garden.
Thanks for the input. For seeding, I would normally use the EA600 Aera-Vator which does an amazing job loosening the graded soil to drop the seed in below the surface. I also have the new Ventrac Primary Seeder and did some testing alongside the Aera-Vator last fall
Small Lawns…ok. It’s small so it can get into the smaller properties. But it seems slow and inconsistent, needing multiple passes to achieve a proper seedbed. It did eat those rocks tho! I’m more familiar with larger scale field work, but as a guy that’s doing primarily lawns with multiple implements, sure…I guess this would work, with that power rake you used. I am keen to see your seeder at work too!
There is much larger equipment out there, but the capability and versatility of the Ventrac are really extraordinary
Let's try this on my golfcourse!
I've done consulting for golf courses and yes, whether they have a Ventrac or not, they know what they are and they love them!
Those rocks are going to eventually bubble to the top if you live in climates that have freezing and thawing. Its a real pain. Got to get them below frost level. Best to get a rock picker and clean them out before working soil.
The issue is that this can bury grapefruit sized rocks but only cultivate 5 inches down. That rock will be just below the surface. That and the soil it does cultivate is not suitable on any sloped surface and the loose soil will easily wash away. It's a great attachment for level areas but I still don't like leaving a grading job with that much loose soil on the surface. If I do find a way to incorporate the Cultivator into my attachment lineup, I've already said that it must be followed up by grading with the Power Rake
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Thanks, Carl!
Do you think a Steiner 430 with the gas kubota engine could run the power rake or cultivator?
That's a question for a Steiner guy 😀
Why were they running the dual wheels? It seemed to be a hindrance.
I don't think they were a hindrance at all, but that's just me
Funny thing that isn't it? My seat sensor was giving my tons of issues and now it "works" perfectly. 😉
The one on Gertrude hasn't given me ANY trouble for a LONG time! haha!!!
Why didn't you use a power rake to get the trash out in the beginning?
I did use it and is seen in this video for a comparison of the finish results. I like the look of the finish result the Power Rake is capable of. The Cultivator is good at making loose soil and burying debris, but leaves the soil vulnerable to erosion until the grass becomes established
I still don’t see really what the point of this machine is. It seems like this and the power rake are performing very close to the same thing. I feel like it would be such a waste of money to have to buy both of these attachments to do a job. I want to buy a power rake for my ventrac to start doing grading for new job sites. Is this really a necessary machine to have with it?
The Cultivator and Power Rake perform very different things. The Cultivator buries debris while creating a loose layer of topsoil over it. The Power Rake brings debris to the surface and an experienced operater can use the Power Rake to move and displace soil to adjust and level a grade. The Cultivator cannot do that
@@bluecordprecisiongrading2504 do you think some of the larger rock/debris that you may be covering up will possibly be exposed at some point? Seems it would be better to go ahead and remove any of the larger things for later on down the road?
@@zerocoordination You will never get to the bottom of the rocks, ever. At least this way, the rocks are few inches down with the Cultivator and covered with nice, powdered soil. The Power Rake does a GREAT job of cleaning and polishing the surface but doesn't really leave a soft layer of soil behind. It's all about how you want to go about it. Like I said, Cultivator first, then graded and polished with the Power Rake and followed by the seeder would be my choice
@@bluecordprecisiongrading2504 ok good to know. Thank you. Question on that new seeder. I have the aeravator with the seed box on it. Is there a benefit to the new seeder over what I have and use for most of my yards??
@@zerocoordination I've not yet used the new seeder but what I CAN say is that it will be better to use on soft cultivated soil while the Aera-Vator is best in loosening and seeding hardened soil
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