Tractor ripper attachment - GIF

[Altair]

Tractor ripper attachment.




Previously:

Moldboard plowing a field - GIF
Extra wide 24-row plow - GIF
Vibratory cable plow - GIF
Excavator soil aerator attachment - GIF
Soil tillage system - GIF

[BuffaloJohn]

That is not really a ripper, it looks like a tiller with a soil former after the tiller...

[Frank S]

That is not really a ripper, it looks like a tiller with a soil former after the tiller...

Yep, as noted by the dirt being tossed out at the front. But what would require furrows that deep and close together

[BuffaloJohn]

Yep, as noted by the dirt being tossed out at the front. But what would require furrows that deep and close together

Cound be a number of different things:
drainage pipes
heating pipes
flood irrigation
nursery stock
onions
bulb flowers (tulips)
root stock flowers (iris)
potato
rice

I looked this up and it would be called a bed former and here is a potato example:
https://www.agriexpo.online/prod/spu...98-153538.html

yes, that is the SpudNik equipment company

[hemmjo]

The video at that link is bit mind boggling showing that HUGE potato field!!!!

[Frank S]

Cound be a number of different things:
drainage pipes
heating pipes
flood irrigation
nursery stock
onions
bulb flowers (tulips)
root stock flowers (iris)
potato
rice

I looked this up and it would be called a bed former and here is a potato example:
https://www.agriexpo.online/prod/spu...98-153538.html

yes, that is the SpudNik equipment company

I'm quite familiar with raised row bedders, never seen one place the rows that close together or cut vertical side furrows. but things change in the AG industry every week it seems, and not always for the better. This spring a near-by neighboring cotton farmer bought a new John Deere tractor, don't know the series of it since it has never made it to the fields past our place. But I saw the dealer's service truck go past almost daily from last February through late May