Donate a field cultivator when the acres or the practice changed

Where these come from

Farms that went to no-till or strip-till and no longer make a cultivator pass. The tool still works and has nothing to do.

Operations that reduced acres and need less working width, and estates dispersing a full tillage line.

Farms that upgraded to a newer cultivator with better leveling and finishing attachments.

Folded, on a step-deck

It folds for transport and goes on a step-deck or drop-deck. Giving Center arranges and covers it.

Tell us the working width, whether it folds properly and whether the transport tires hold air. A cultivator that will not fold is an over-dimension load.

Tillage and planting equipment is where grouping matters most. A plow, a disc and a cultivator on one trip costs a fraction of three separate pickups, and a matched tillage set often sells better together. List everything you have on one form.

What decides what one brings

• Working width. The 30 to 50-foot range is the core market on modern machines.
• Shank condition and sweep wear. Consumables, and a newer set of sweeps is visible value. Broken shanks matter more.
• Rear finishing attachment. A rolling basket, spike harrow or coil tine harrow on the back is expected on a modern machine and adds.
• Frame and fold condition. Bent frame sections, worn fold pivots and dead cylinders.
• Leveling and depth control. Hydraulic depth control and a level-lift system are worth naming.

Makes we accept

Buyers filter by brand and width.

• Most common: John Deere 980, 2210 and 2230, Case IH Tigermate 200 and Tiger-Mate 255, Wil-Rich Excel and QX2, Sunflower 5035 and 5055, Great Plains, Landoll, DMI, Krause.
• Also seen: Kent Series V, Glencoe Soil Saver, International 4600 and 4700, Kongskilde, Bigham Brothers, Orthman, Summers, Flexi-Coil.
• Finishing attachments: Summers, Remlinger, Unverferth, Yetter, Degelman harrows and baskets.

Manufacturer names appear here so you can find your own machine. No manufacturer sponsors, endorses or is affiliated with this program.

The paperwork, and what you can deduct

Farm equipment is not titled. Ownership is established with the purchase invoice, a bill of sale, a farm asset record, or a lien release if it was financed. Find the serial plate and photograph it. If the machine is part of an estate or a farm partnership, whoever signs needs authority to sign for it.

Giving Center sells the implement and your deduction is the gross sale proceeds on Form 1098-C. A large modern cultivator with finishing attachments clears $5,000 fairly readily, which brings the qualified appraisal requirement and Form 8283 Section B at your expense. Implements in this class commonly sell between $500 and $5,000, where Form 8283 Section A applies and no appraisal is required. Older or heavily worn examples fall under $500, where the deduction is the lesser of fair market value or $500 and we send a written acknowledgment rather than a Form 1098-C. If you donate several implements together each is itemized, and similar items are grouped for the IRS reporting thresholds.

Most farm equipment is a depreciated business asset, which makes a conversation with your accountant worth having before the pickup. Farm business property follows different rules than a personal donation.