D6-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, October 19,1985
BUSINESS NE
‘Hoop setter 9 unveiled
A new Model 95 Wire Hoop Setter combined with the new
Model 96 Plastic Tunnel Layer by Mechanical Transplanter
turns a back breaking job into an easily once over the field
operation. Only one person is needed to feed the wires into a
holding station. The unit then sets the wires uniformly and
the layer stretches the six inch tunnel plastic over the hoops.
Sperry skid steer owner
keeps busy picking rocks
BLAISDE, ND - Bernie Wirtz
lives on his skid-steer loader eight
to ten hours a day. He’s a custom
operator providing specialized
loader service about 50 miles in
every direction except straight up
and down from his operations base
here.
Actually, he provides the service
in the up and down direction. In the
spring it’s rock clearing. Later in
the summer it’s cleaning cattle
yards and barns. In between times
he moves dirt and does landscape
work. Usually, he’s booked weeks
in advance.
“On summer fallow land a
commercial rock picker can
compete with me,” observes
Wirtz. “But on clearing land being
broken for the first time, I have the
advantage. I can start on one side
and clear the area where the rock
picker has to circle around the
field. I can kill the picker in
competition.
“There is still some virgin land
in this part of North Dakota,” says
Wirtz. “And breaking the land
really boils out the rocks.”
“We had our bucket built for the
job,” Wirtz explains. “We used 1-
inch oil-field sucker rod. It’s high-
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A skid-steer loader is ideal for rock clearance if you fit it
with an open-grid “basket” bucket. The custom made bucket
is shaped from 1-inch oil-field sucker rod The rods are
spaced 3 Vz inches apart to let dirt sift out when rocks are
picked up for removal. This custom operator's machine also
cleans barns and feed yards on contract using the sucker-rod
bucket.
tensile steel and smooth. We
shaped the rod in the profile of the
bucket and placed the bars
inches apart with a cutting edge at
the front and a regular Sperry New
Holland loader backing plate at the
back to mount on the loader boom.
This gives us an open basket
design we can just shake to
separate the dirt from the rocks.
We even use this bucket for han
dling manure.
“We stockpile the rocks or load
them into trucks or rock picker
dumps to haul them to larger piles.
The good visibility of the skid
loader helps us keep from running
over rocks and punching them into
the soft ground like a conventional
rock picker. The end result is a
cleaner field.
“I tackled the first rock clearing
job just a year ago,” says Wirtz.
This year I’ve already cleared 550
acres. And a couple of jobs are on
hold until I get caught up with the
manure handling. I use a large
truck-mounted spreader with the
loader for contract cleaning. Right
now I’m booked 17 jobs ahead. I’m
not sure when I can get to those
rocks. Excuse me, but I’ve got to
get going.”
Deutz develops tough ‘diesels
MILWAUKEE - Deutz-Allis has
introduced a “tough” new line of
compact diesel tractors with more
performance features and greater
versatility while maintaining
extremely competitive prices.
The new 5220 and 5230 tractors
come in two-wheel drive and four
wheel drive models with choice of
ag or turf tireV
Both models feature powerful,
three-cylinder water-cooled
Toyosha diesel engines. In the 5220,
this durable, hard-working engine
has 26 engine hp* and 21 PTO hp.**
The 5230 delivers 31 engine hp* and
26 PTO hp.**
The fully synchronized tran
smission has 12 forward and three
reverse speeds to handle a wide
range of jobs Speeds range from
0.4 to 10.7 mph on ag tires: 0.3 to 9.5
mph on turf tires.
The live 540 PTO is standard on
all 5220 and 5230 models, allowing
the operator to engage implements
at full engine-driven PTO power
even while the tractor tran
smission is disengaged.
A variety of implements can be
attached to both models with the
Category I three-point hitch.
Where tillage work is required, the
draft control that comes standard
with the Category I three-point
hitch on the 5230 is ideal.
Every model comes with
multiple wet disc brakes and
differential lock was standard
equipment.
Along with the superior per
formance built into the 5220 and
5230 compact diesels, Deutz-Allis
offers a wide array of implement
attachments.
A 60-inch, deep deck mid-mount
mower with anti-scalp design is
available for all models. Or,
choose 60-inch and 72-mch rear
mounted mowers for 5220 and 5230.
All mowers are compatible with
for seed bed conditioning
JACKSON, MS - AMCO
Products, Portable Elevator
Division, has introduced three new
series of do-alls and seedbed
conditioners for one-pass reduced
tillage operations in preparing
fields for planting. In sizes from 13
feet to 26 feet, these “SUPER
TILL” models are designed to save
time, fuel, and labor by per
forming several tillage operations
at the same time.
Farmers wishing to economize
their operations will have a choice
Brubaker receives
agronomy
certification
MADISON, Wise. - Michael W.
Brubaker, agronomist and
proprietor for Brubaker
Agronomic Consulting Service,
Lancaster, ‘has been named
Certified Professional Agronomist,
according to Jean M. MacCubbin,
director/coordinator of the
American Society of Agronomy,
Crops and Soils (ARCPACSI.
To become certified, candidates
must meet rigorous academic,
ethical, character and professional
experience standards
Brubaker, 28, earned a B.S
degree in Agionomy in 1981 from
West Virginia University He and
his wife, Cindj and daughter
Aly son live in Litit/
the Deutz-Allis 435 front-end
loader. This model features quick
cycling and can lift either 60-inch
or 48-inch buckets filled to capacity
to a 96-inch lift height at hinge pin.
Besides the 60-inch and 48-mch
buckets, there are a variety of
other attachments, including
manure fork buckets, pallet forks
and an optional grill guard.
For tilling large areas or
preparing seedbeds, the durable
48-mch rotary tiller comes with
hydraulically controlled lift, heavy
seven-gauge steel housing, endless
roller chain drive, and hardened
steel replaceable tines.
The 62-inch snow thrower, with
front or rear mounting, fits all 5220
and 5230 models. High-speed
AMCO markets new tools
of three basic series and twelve
models from which to choose. The
STO series is designed to work on
bedded or ridged fields. This pull
type do-all features a five-bladed
spiral reel for chopping residue,
pulverizing clods and in
corporating chemicals in the bed.
The reel is followed by five in
dependent rows of heavy spike
tooth harrows for additional in
corporation and pulverizing ac
tion.
Two series are available with
either “Live Leaf” heavy duty
field cultivator shanks with five
year warranty or S-Tine Danish
shanks with three-year warranty.
The ST2 series offers a choice of
either shank on two rows mounted
Mechanical Transplanter of Holland. Ml has introduced a
new Float Wheel Hitch Assembly for its Model 4000 and 6000
Metering transplanters. This floating wheel firms the soil
directly ahead of each unit, thus allowing the unit to plant at a
uniform depth in all types of field conditions. The hitch also
allows each unit to float independently to give the optimum
performance and spacings.
The tough new diesel tractors from Deutz-Allis.
New hitch
impeller and large-diameter auger
remove even heavy, wet snow with
ease. Adjustable skid shoes skim
over gravel, and the discharge
chute is easy to adjust.
Similarly, the 60 or 72-inch dozer
blades are easy to attach and
remove, and fit both the 5220 and
5230 models. And they are
available with hydrostatic or
manual angle adjust.
A new single-lever hydraulic
control permits use of twoi
hydraulic functions, like load lift
and dump, for faster cycle time
and reduced effort This, too, is
available on all models.
They’re backed with a 2-
year/1,500 hour engine and power
train warranty.
forward of the spiral reel. The ST3
offers the shank choice on three
rows mounted forward of the reel.
Both shank models offer the
greatest trash flow clearance
available on the market. All
shanks are mounted on 3" frame
members.
All models feature “UNI-RAIL”
tubular main frames with integral
construction for frame strength
with up to 60 times greater torsion
resistance than some competitive
models. SUPER-TILL main
frames are fully adjustable for fine
tuning performance to achieve
desired field results.
The new SUPER-TILLS offer the
greatest advancement in seedbed
conditioner designs in many years.
introduced