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Hard-packed, tough stalk stubble, heavy clays, and high residue can make field
preparation a real challenge. Of course, you can tackle tough soils with a variety of tools, covering the same
ground again and again. Or you can get the Reel Till - the combination tillage tool that tames tough soils
in a single pass.
Four Tools In One
McFarlane Manufacturing, maker of America's Finest Field
Finishers, engineered the Reel Till for tough soil conditions. The unique design is actually four tools
in one:
• a coulter for soil and residue cutting
• a spiral reel stalk chopper with five hardened-steel blades for even
distribution of loosened residue
• a 5-bar flexible
spike-tooth harrow for stirring, firming, and leveling the soil
• a feathering board for
smoothing the entire seedbed - leaving you fields ready to plant
Together, these four tools do what
no single tool can do - turn hard-packed, stalk-stubble soil into a perfect seedbed in a single pass. It
saves preparation time and lets you plant sooner.
Here's how it works.
Coulters loosen the first few
inches of soil and cut residue.
This enables the spiral reel, with its five hardened-steel blades, to
cut and loosen the residue in the opposite direction and distribute it evenly on the surface.
The
flexible 5-bar spike-tooth harrow stirs, firms, and levels the soil turned by the coulter and reel - leaving
behind a finely ground, yet firm seedbed. This helps dry topsoil for earlier planting while also sealing in moisture
at lower levels.
The feathering board puts the finishing touch on the whole process. It smoothes the
entire seedbed - leaving your fields ready to plant.
In spring, the Reel Till loosens the top few
inches of soil so it warms up and dries out faster. Using the Reel Till helps get crops into the field sooner.
Moreover, soil won't compact. It remains loose and level.
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