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NC | easternNC/VA and the models where of both eras. a lot of the wheat straw but not all here is burnt off with fire as we usually have trouble with too much moisture than not enough. all single or double disc openers used here. here there is no advantage to stubble height but i will admit if you are going to plant into standing wheat stubble, behind the stripper gives better seed to soil contact than behind a platform or draper. normal years here see SRW range from 35-110bpa, common average today of say 70-80 farmwise.
when they first showed up, everyone was impressed with their speed and ability to start earlier be it harvest or start of the day. after a couple years that wore off and the reality of their losses became the issue. Ext Agents ran numerous loss checks on them & platforms and it was not unusual to see 2-5bpa losses behind them versus 1-2bpa off the platforms. their field reps replaced the rubber, they sped up & slowed down the rotor. needless to say, here they where a fad that came & went. | |
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Shelbourne stripper head pros/cons
