Aerators

roosterman71

Does anyone have one? Or do they use them?
I've a field thats fierce compacted from loading silage last week. Was thinking of getting on of these


Do they do what they say? Is compaction eased and is it good for the land to run one over it every now and again

simx

roosterman71 wrote: »

Does anyone have one? Or do they use them?
I've a field thats fierce compacted from loading silage last week. Was thinking of getting on of these


Do they do what they say? Is compaction eased and is it good for the land to run one over it every now and again

we have one.alot of lads say there waste of time but from my own experience they are good.they are especially good when you spread slurry straight after

FixItAginTomora

Nothin like Slurry to **** up drainage! :eek: Like are you not re-compacting the ground travelling over it again with the tanker, I know it lets slurry in quicker but injector system same principal?
I dunno, with all the bad weather, cant see them particular type of aerators doing any good, the soil is so badly compacted it wouldn't go deep enough/have much effect. Subsoiler or "Shakerator" better job, breaks up or leaves track deeper in actual pan. Ground should be very dry to have any real effect. Look up you tube, so many videos of different Sub-Soilers/Panbusters and the effects.

leoch

i wonder would they be any good for wet heavy ground

oldsmokey

was a teagasc bit of research on them...they were a help , but after a seasons traffic on the field, back to square one..same with subsoiler..

49801

look after your soil in the first place! these are a remedial tool. Would not mind running one over some of our headlands though. Would not want to use one when its too wet to plough either.

Drawinhard!!

if you had one youd use it when its dry and then spread watery slurry after brings seriuous grass. you have to use hem annually . thats the trick no machine can relieve compaction for ever