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Southwest, Ohio | Anybody running one ? What do u like and dislike ? Any info
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Northeast Nebraska and Candelaria Philippines | They take ALOT of power.... did a good job for us. Used it on HEL soybean stubble. |
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SE Nebraska | IMO an absolutely awesome machine. Just got home from running one in irrig. cornstalks and I am amazed at how much one pass with a turbotill can do. If you buy one I would suggest getting the rolling basket attatchment. It does a lot of crumbling up the soil and leaves a great seedbed. You also can be running when it is too wet for normal tillage. Only thing I dislike is the price tag I sure wish I could afford one. |
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E.C. MI | Got one for sale if interested. 22', phoenix crumblers and rolling baskets. In Michigan. 810 841 3311 Like new.
Edited by twinrowboy 4/4/2009 06:57
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Central Kansas | What exactly does a "TuboTill" do? Never been around one but looks lt it slices the stalks and pokes some of the residue in the ground, plus brings some soil to the top so in essence, it would be classified as a "minimum tillage tool" and NOT work for the diehard "No-Till person"?
Tell me the useful advantages of the TT. Thanks
Edited by trakman 4/4/2009 07:58
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Fairbury, NE (Southeast) | Ran one a little, you are right, basically cuts up the stalks with a little mixing in the soil. If people could get it in their head that standing stalks are not a bad thing.....Great Plains would be out a lot of sales. Sure they dry the ground out temporarily, but if you have a mat of material on the ground, after the first rain it will take much longer to dry out than with standing stalks. Don't see too many of em around here. Funny thing is you can do 80% of the same thing by running a disk 1/2 inch in the ground. |
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Central Kansas | Thats what I was wondering....looks like a light finish disk "tickeling" the ground would kinda do the same thing. |
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| I agree with dt 4020 and trakman. From what i have seen, they really seem to pack the ground down. Why spend $40000 to $60000 on this tool when if you just want to chop stalks, spend $35000 on a good disc and just run it shallow. Just my 2 cents. |
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Serena Il, Center of the Universe | Anyone run one before striptilling in the fall? I wonder if it would throw some dirt on the stalks and help them break down better over the winter? |
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Central IL. | That is exactly what I have been doing with one. I also run it in the fall on corn stalks where I am going to plant beans. Spray a burn down in the spring and plant. The stalks break down alot over the winter just mixing a little bit a dirt with them. |
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Seneca Kansas 66538 | Actually a turbo till is another tool in your toolbox. The turbo till type of tools will mulch heavy corn residue in the fall and leave you will a table top smooth seedbed. It can be used in the spring also before planting to help open up and dry out soil. We use one on really heavy corn residue and it will as said leave you with a very nice level seedbed which you cannot achieve with a disk. The turbo till tool can be ran as fast as you can pull it unlike a disk which if pulled fast will ridge your soil profile excessively. Turbo tills arent for everyone, especially if you have nice rolling well draining soils. We find in flat profiles that dont drain perfectly, the turbo till will help get things rolling in the spring. Reduces residue cover and also warms the soil drastically in the spring. Today I was going over some ground with the turbo till that I had worked last fall with a disk because of some ruts left from the combines and its leaving it nice and smooth. The tool as I said is another tool in your toolbox and has its own uses. You just have to decide if its a tool that you need or want in your toolbox. |
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Seaford, Delaware | See my post above!
Alan |
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