Tool Makes It Easy To Pull Stalk Rollers

Tool Makes It Easy To Pull Stalk Rollers COMBINES Accessories 21-2-34 If you've ever spent hours hammering or cutting worn stalk rollers off a Deere corn header, you'll like this new hydraulic tool that pops them off in minutes. D & R's "Stalk Roller Puller" works on all Deere heads except for 1997 models with the bolt-on knife option. It was invented by Shawboro, N.C., farmer Harvey Roberts and machinist David Dunavant. The problem with Deere heads is that stalk rollers are an integral part of the row unit, bolting directly onto the roller shaft out of the gear drive. The design makes removal to weld on new flighting difficult and you can even damage the gear box or bearing doing so. "Each one can take as much as an hour to remove with conventional means," notes Dunavant. The Stalk Roller Puller consists of a 10-ton porta-power jack in a special holder. It operates a 12-in. by 2-in. hydraulic cylinder with a 1 1/2-in. dia. ram that pushes on a rod between two extractor hooks. The rod pushes on the end of the stalk roller while the hooks pull it off. Standard painted model sells for $175, nickel plated for $225 excluding portapower jack. Add $20 S&H. Do-it-yourself plans are also available. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dunavant's Welding & Steel Inc., P.O. Box 54, Shawboro, N.C. 27973 (ph 919 338-6533).

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