Machinery

Tillage tools now give producers the ability to vary tillage settings based on changing soil types, field conditions, conservation practices, and topography.

Every year, there’s lots of Interesting Iron-worthy stuff that crosses the auction block or sells through a dealer that Ryan Roossinck never gets to write about.

Joseph Kasak found a solution when would forget to turn off the heater or lights in the shop when leaving. To solve the problem, he purchased a blank outlet plate and drilled six small holes to insert LED lights. After mounting the lights, he attached one leg of each of the six indicators together and connected those wires to the neutral bar on the electrical panel in the shop.

When planting in fields that have been no-tilled, Mark Hamlin found it difficult to clearly see where the marker disc had left its mark. He drilled properly placed and spaced holes on the existing disc, so he could bolt sickle sections onto the disc.

Verlyn Jons removed the sprayer boom from my three-point sprayer. After making a simple bracket as a quick attach, he mounted it to the bale spear on my frontend loader. He now has a sprayer boom that is more visible in front of him and makes it much easier to adjust the height.

When spraying crops, Norman Gross needs to fill a 3,200-gallon tank. Since a large volume of water has to be pumped into the tank, he uses two livestock tank shutoff floats that allow up to 60 gallons a minute to be pumped into the tank while preventing overfill.