A Durable Solution to a Rocky Situation

Nearly every farm has a machine (and or person)dedicated to picking rocks, whether it be a pull-type rock picker, a homemade self-propelled rock picker, or a rock bucket mounted on a front loader or skid steer. Rock picking is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and finding someone who has the time or is willing to do the job can be challenging.

Yet, not picking rocks can hurt the whole operation. Rocks can cause severe damage to everything from tillage tools to planters to tractors and combines. That damage leads to downtime, which is something no one can afford. One way that farmers are trying to overcome rocky field conditions is through strip-tilling. The idea is not to turn all the soil and leave as many rocks in the ground as possible.

The SoilWarrior has all but eliminated the need for that extra pass, let alone the need for a rock picker as a part of spring planting. The parallel linkage allows the row-unit to pass up and over the obstacle hidden in the ground with over 12 inches of vertical travel. 

Every SoilWarrior row-unit is dependable enough to maintain consistent down pressure in harsh conditions, whether it is a stony knoll or a compacted headland. A farm near Oakfield, NY was able to run the SoilWarrior with the X row-unit with the deep cog over the headlands just after being dug due to replacing underground water pipes. The row-unit air pressures were increased a little bit and proceeded to make a nice seedbed amidst the rocks that were brought to the surface from the pipework.

The SoilWarrior is durable enough to take the beating in our adverse soil conditions that other tillage equipment cannot handle. New to the SoilWarrior row unit lineup is the SoilWarrior Edge row unit. They can be easily adjusted to run with a single tillage coulter, a single coulter and shank/knife or three tillage coulters. The shank/knife set-up can have an auto-reset for those rocky situations. 

The SoilWarrior is always up to the challenge and will perform in the tough conditions, giving the farmer their desired results. 

See the SoilWarrior row units in action on your farm.