Spray Shields Made Out Of Rubber Belting

Spray Shields Made Out of Rubber Belting PLANTERS Planters 16-5-24 When Jeff Thomas first got concerned about herbicide drift when band spraying with his ridge-till planter, he outfitted his planter with metal hoods. The problem with metal hoods, says the Edinburg, Ill., farmer is that if they hit anything they get bent out of shape. To solve the problem, he got the idea of using old grain elevator belting to make flexible shields. "Belting easily outlasts metal hoods since it flexes when it contacts the soil and returns to its original shape," says Thomas, who mounts the shields on his ridge planter which he put together using a Deere 7200 planter fitted with Buffalo ridging attachments. It has wide sweeps which shear off the tops of the old ridges so beans can be planted with good soil contact. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jeff Thomas, Ediburg, Ill. 62531 (ph 217 623-4468).

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