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SC WI - Sauk City | I'm doing a little research on this idea and wanted to get some opinions. Most disk rippers utilize a staggered shank pattern (which typically make the unit pull easier) for deep tillage and then disks to size/bury residue. Usually the soil profile is left pretty black and loose. On the other hand, running an inline ripper breaks sub-soil compaction well but leaves the surface relatively the same (depending on shank design). The drawback of the inline ripper in heavy residue (especially corn) is the need for a pre or post (or both) pass to handle the residue.
My question is do disk rippers have enough adjustment in the disk gangs to only do minimal surface tillage? Would it be better to have an inline shank configuration and have the ability to do the pre/post surface conditioning in one pass?
TIA
Aaron
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Min-Till Inline ripper design
