--- title: "ETS Rolling Baskets: Field Tested, Customer Approved" description: ETS introduces rolling baskets to its line of zone tillage products. image: https://www.soilwarrior.com/hubfs/Rolling_Baskets-197094-edited.jpg --- [![Soil Warrior | Environmental Tillage Systems](https://www.soilwarrior.com/hubfs/june-2019-theme/site-logo.svg) ](https://www.soilwarrior.com/) Search this site on Google Submit Defending the Land Blog June 25, 2015 # ETS Rolling Baskets: Field Tested, Customer Approved Jason Reis’s advice to the Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS) engineers was simple: “Don’t screw it up.” This past spring Reis, who farms near Lime Springs, Iowa, was among the first farmers to test ETS prototype rolling baskets mounted on the back of his [SoilWarrior](https://www.soilwarrior.com/blog/getting-to-know-the-tough-and-versatile-soilwarrior). Rolling baskets are sturdy metal wheels with blades attached behind the coulters and covering the width of the tilled strip, providing a finishing touch to the soil. “I told them ‘don’t change it, they run great,’” Reis said. “It leaves a beautiful bed for the seeds to go in.” Reis has used a SoilWarrior for his strip-till cultivation ever since he started the practice in 2008. This past fall he performed deep zone-tillage and applied fertilizer, then used the SoilWarrior with the rolling baskets to perform shallow tillage and refresh his strips before planting this spring. He used the rolling baskets for both corn and soybean acres, including prepping ground to plant corn on corn. Even ground with heavy residue was no match for the SoilWarrior and rolling baskets. ![Rolling_Baskets-197094-edited](https://www.soilwarrior.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rolling_Baskets-197094-edited.jpg?width=874&name=Rolling_Baskets-197094-edited.jpg) ETS Senior Engineer Scott Opsahl says a number of customers had put together rolling baskets for their SoilWarrior made with components from other manufacturers. The problem was they didn’t last long because they weren’t engineered to the same exacting standards as the SoilWarrior. ETS staff took the farmer feedback to heart and engineered their own rolling baskets, which were field tested for the first time this spring. “The request really came from farmers in the field for something to break up the clods that formed due to weather or soil conditions,” Opsahl says. The final result doesn’t disappoint. Using robust steel, hardened steel bushings, and high quality bearings, ETS has a rolling basket worthy of the SoilWarrior name. The rugged assembly is durable enough to handle nearly any soil condition as it weighs in at a stout 100 pounds per assembly. “The rolling baskets break up clods to make an even better planting zone,” says Jeff Bogaards, ETS Regional Sales Manager. “It’s almost like having another piece of tillage equipment in the field.” Breaking down the chunks allows water and air to better penetrate the soil and make a quality seed bed. Under wet or dry conditions, the rolling baskets make for better beds. They’re also universally sized, so they’ll fit any SoilWarrior row unit. ![Rolling_Baskets_Zones](https://www.soilwarrior.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rolling_Baskets_Zones.jpg?width=799&name=Rolling_Baskets_Zones.jpg) “The rolling baskets really shine behind the single coulter SoilWarrior because they can help close the zone,” Bogaards says. “If farmers get into the fields early or it’s damp and cold when it’s time to get started, the rolling baskets help warm the soil. If it’s dry and farmers can’t get the zones to seal, the rolling baskets will shine there, too.” “Every user has a different need and experience,” Opsahl adds. “Some farmers use rolling baskets in the spring to finish the seed bed, others use it in the fall when they apply anhydrous to seal the zone.” Feedback from farmers like Reis is important to ensure the SoilWarrior and ETS products continue to be innovative and help growers solve challenges. “The SoilWarrior runs and runs and I don’t have any trouble with it,” Reis says. “It’s about the only thing on the farm I can say that about.”   --- ###### For more info on product and pricing, email [info@soilwarrior.com](mailto:info@soilwarrior.com) or call 507-332-2231. ![ETS_Rolling_Basket_Quick_Facts](https://www.soilwarrior.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ETS_Rolling_Basket_Quick_Facts.png?width=995&name=ETS_Rolling_Basket_Quick_Facts.png) ## View Posts by Tag [SoilWarrior System](https://www.soilwarrior.com/blog/topic/soilwarrior-system) --- ## Comment ## Related Posts [ Read full post: ZoneNinja, The Newest Innovation From the Creators of the SoilWarrior ](https://www.soilwarrior.com/blog/zoneninja-newest-innovation) June 25, 2015 ### [ZoneNinja, The Newest Innovation From the Creators of the SoilWarrior](https://www.soilwarrior.com/blog/zoneninja-newest-innovation) Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), the creator of the SoilWarrior, announces the launch of the all new ZoneNinjaTM, a dual-purpose tool that can... 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