Roller Makes Center Pivot Roadways

Roller Makes Center Pivot Roadways IRRIGATION Miscellaneous Terry Jacob has converted a road packer into a field roller that turns center pivot fields from messy to neat Pulled behind a levee-terracing plow the roller with its hydraulic hitch makes flat paths in fields for pivot wheels “The levee plow pulls the dirt up in a crown with the roller to pack the track down ” says Jacob “The hydraulic hitch keeps the roller tracking the plow even as I get into the inner and tighter turning circles Without the swing hitch the roller would be trailing to the side and off the crown ” Jacob uses the plow and roller to maintain access roads to the pivot itself He points out that getting to the pivot for servicing becomes more and more of a problem as the season wears on “During the irrigation season fuel suppliers or diesel or electric mechanics depending on the pivot can get back to the center and get out even when the field is being watered ” says Jacob “Before I made packed service roads I had to pull the fuel truck out many times That’s no longer a problem ” Jacob does ditch and road maintenance for several local townships as well as for his own farm and others He uses the levee plow to pull gravel and sand back toward the center of roads where it can be smoothened out by his grader in a second pass He also uses the roller with the plow for fields that don’t have center pivots He sets the plow shallow to pull up enough dirt for a road just wide enough for a semi “Field roads like the service road to a pivot are great at harvest ” says Jacob “They are an ideal place to park semis for load-out It gets them off township or state roads and into the field where they can be easily loaded by the grain cart or combine ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup TDJ MagAttach Terry Jacob 9317 S W 72nd Sedgwick Kan 67135 ph 316 393-7731; ruth1110@kanokla net

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