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Leesburg, Ohio | Yes, some seem to get their panties in a wad because of the term "no-till ripper".
It IS an oxymoron, but its just a name that has been widely accepted for a ripper that lifts and fractures, but does not tumble/mix the soil profile.
Does anyone really think that those of us who use one really think we are not doing any tillage?? Of course we are!!! But this tool fits an application where we want to fracture the profile a bit, but where we do not want to totally "plow" and lose the structure that is there, or where we need a bit of tillage for whatever reason, but have areas prone to washouts, and we want to keep surface residue in place.
To those who say it is impossible to have something called a "no-till ripper", I say "Get over it!" It is a name that has been widely accepted.
Now to help answer the OP's question: We have a DMI/Case 2500, and like what is does for us. There are many other brands in our neighborhood, and all the others disturb the soil more than the 2500.
We do not generally plant after using ours without some form of light surface tillage, but the 2500 CAN be set up to do that, with what they call "tucker wheels" running behind the shanks, to roll the slight berm they create back down.
If you want to plant with no other pass after the ripper, the 2500 is the only one that will allow that, IMHO. | |
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No-till rippers
