Low Cost Herbicide Windshield

Low cost herbicide windshield PICKUPS Accessories 10-6-23 Farmer-inventor Arlan Hagena, Lennox, S. Dak., who started out with the idea of designing fertilizer "windshields" to fit his own Deere planter now sells the shields for 40% less than Deere. "When I bought my new Deere 7000 Max Emerge in 1982, I didn't buy the dry herbicide windshields Deere offered because of the price. I realized, however, that because of the wind, much of the dry herbicide band was blown away from the corn row," says Hagena. Hagena's windshield, which he dubbed the "Bandit", is made of nylon-reinforced vinyl fabric which he says is heavier than Deere's fabric. The Windshields can be purchased complete with mounting brackets to fit Kinze or Deere 7000 and 7100 planters or the fabric alone can be purchased to replace worn-out originals. Bandits are packaged in two-row kits that sell for $30 ($33 with clips which aren't needed if the planter's already equipped with a granular herbicide diffuser.) Replacement fabric alone sells for $8 a piece. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arlan R. Hagena, Haco, R.R. 3, Box 77, Lennox, S. Dak. 57039 (ph 605 647-5789).

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