Center Pivot "Rut Filler"

Center Pivot "Rut Filler" 27-3-10 A new "rut filler" fills deep ruts with pea gravel or small crushed rock. The machine, which is available for purchase or rent, is designed to be pulled by any tractor with at least 130 hp. It consists of a wagon with sloping sides that rides on dual wheels all the way around. There's a hydraulically-operated, 16-in. wide door at the bottom center bottom part of the wagon, with a steel compactor plate underneath and behind it. There are also a pair of steel skids on each side of the door that are positioned about 10 in. off the ground in transport position. A pair of hydraulic cylinders are used to raise or lower the entire wagon as needed. To fill a rut you lower the wagon so the skids just touch the ground, then open the door and drive forward. The rig fills the tracks perfectly full, as fast as you can drive around the field. The box holds about 10 tons of rock. "It does a nice, neat job. The operator has total control over the material at all times," says Jace Agee, A.G. Products, Inc., Alamo, Nevada. "Other belly-dump machines on the market don't have any control over how the material is spread. The hydraulically-operated door on our machine allows you to drive up to a pivot and shut the door, then raise the machine and turn around and drive over to the next track without making a mess. If you want, you can even overfill the track which can help prevent erosion on sidehills. It also works great for filling ruts on roads that lead out to the center pivot, and for filling gullies in fields. "We've been renting out a prototype model for about six years, charging about $100 per day, and our customers keep asking us to come back year after year." Agee also recently built a 10-wheeler semi tractor trailer rut filler with a capacity of 22 yards. It works on the same principle as the other machine but is much larger and can travel at highway speeds. "It lets me haul material in from a long distance and also spread it with the same machine, without having to move the material twice," says Agee. "It eliminates the need to haul material in and stockpile it." Agee charges $80 per hour for work with the bigger machine. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, A.G. Products, Inc., HCR 61, Box 52, Alamo, Nevada 89001 (ph 866 226-0463 or 775 729-2620; fax 775 729-2621; website: www.hayhandler.com).

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