Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the river--

big tee · May 10, 2016

Not Credence Clearwater Revival but Son was rolling his freshly planted beans. He just got done with one field and was folding up and moving to another. I know nothing about rolling beans but my buddy owns the roller and says it is he cats meow. I read articles in farm magazines and results vary. We live in N.E. Iowa and we have lots of rocks--Not only does it look like it will be easier combining the flattened ground, we won't have to worry about rocks--picked a lot of them dam+ things up the last 60 yrs. I was sitting on the edge of the field and threw one the size of a cantaloupe in front of it--poof it was in the ground--looks good to me.----------Tee

sd pete · May 10, 2016

The flex heads work so much nicer in rolled fields

centash · May 10, 2016

Plus, it smacks the stalks down in no til beans after corn, making less wear on the knife at harvest. Pretty well universal around here. Ben

oc-18guy · May 10, 2016

they are great and work excellent on hay ground too.

David G · May 10, 2016

I really do not get it, you till up the ground, then flatten and compact it.

Have you not heard of no till?

brutus49DC · May 10, 2016

no till isn't the complete answer for all area's, the down side to rollers is that the dirt blow's easier and the corn leaves and husks end up in the fence lines and road ditches, I wonder if Brillion doesn't have a better idea than the drum rollers, I'm waiting to see what happens after a 4" down pour, looks like it would be like pouring a pitcher of water on a kitchen table, I don't roll ground except with an old Western roller when seeding alfalfa.

tim s · May 11, 2016

I like the roller,, but does that 8630 have a Kinze kit N-14 in it??

fixerupper · May 11, 2016

Last year I rolled the stalks before no till planting beans but the planter kicked too many rocks back up. Made for nice planting though. It is surprising how much a roller pushes the tractor around. You need a big tractor not for horsepower but for the sheer mass and weight of the tractor to act as the anchor in front of the roller. Some guys roll after the beans are up and in the first trifoliate, claiming the damage to the beans makes them bush more with a resulting better yield. I'm too chicken to try it.

big tee · May 11, 2016

That or a 855--not sure.---Tee

oldtanker · May 11, 2016

(quoted from post at 20:27:30 05/10/16) I really do not get it, you till up the ground, then flatten and compact it.

Have you not heard of no till?

The guys that went to no till here noticed a significant reduction in yields after the 2nd year. Only guy here no tilling now is a new guy starting on his 3rd year. Time will tell with him. Another thing making a comeback here is mow board plowing. When I first retired everyone was chisel plowing. They still do but they get better yields if every 3-4 years they mow board. Different soil types general different results.

Rick

WI Dan · May 11, 2016

I've seen more of those rollers this year than any other. Maybe just the bean rotation year. Last year was almost all corn.

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