aerators

vanderbadger

does anyone use a aerator and do you think its a good job?
this device
looks very good as I guess its works as roller and aerator if thats not too much of a contradiction
http://alstrong.ie/?page_id=9
probably costs a bomb though

restive

I use an aerator, but i would love to have one of the alstrong ones. It looks like it would do two jobs in one. Mine is a bridgeway and i use it to relieve compaction in the ground. I bought it as a result of a soil test analysis. Really fond of it but I wish i got a wider one.

Yes the one in the picture looks expensive.

Fermec

I Went to a Demo day Where they had one of these, You Need over 12Ohp to Pull it & Lots of Speed, I Wasnt Convinced tho!, I Reckon Sub Soiling Or Ripping the Ground Would Do a Much Better Job, My Contractor Who is Also a Large Tillage Farmer told me No Point doing any of that Kinda Work until the Fall of the Year, . Ideally after a Long Dry Spell, Here.s Hoping.;)

mahoney_j

That is an expensive machine allright,Costs around 14 k.Got a guy in around this time last year with it,It dosnt really work as a roller and did a field i reseeded the previous july and it kicked up a lot of stones.Im told it is meant to be the business after silage providing weather is dry and then follow it with watery slurry

FixItAginTomora

Can't see how these are any good at all when compared to a "Ripper", "Pan-buster" or the like. I can't see how it loosens up the pan enough thou, like even on a light tractor i cant see how it would loosen the pan after travelling on it (compared to other machines)
Rolling makes a field look beautiful "from the road" and your animals have a lovely smooth surface to lie on The issue is the over compaction of ground! Funny I got good results using the simple chain harrow, takes out all the old dead material, moss etc and will break up clumps of dirt, dont help with compaction thou, I acknowledge that.

vanderbadger

FixItAginTomora wrote: »

Can't see how these are any good at all when compared to a "Ripper", "Pan-buster" or the like. I can't see how it loosens up the pan enough thou, like even on a light tractor i cant see how it would loosen the pan after travelling on it (compared to other machines)
Rolling makes a field look beautiful "from the road" and your animals have a lovely smooth surface to lie on The issue is the over compaction of ground! Funny I got good results using the simple chain harrow, takes out all the old dead material, moss etc and will break up clumps of dirt, dont help with compaction thou, I acknowledge that.

would would a pan buster work in really stony ground, i know some of them have auto reset but i know our ground you could hardly drive fence post without hitting a stone

satstheway

Can you pull a mole plough or pan buster in a shallow soil with mortar underneath and fairly large stones

weekendfarmer

Powerfull machine from Alstrong engineering based in ballinasloe

I know it Needs a big machine to pull it ... but how much does it cost ??? the wont give a price over the phone


Check out it working on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBNr040rrNw
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2_TuaPrCTw