Hey from Tulsa. Love this implement. We do things a little differently in our ice cream silt loam soil growing strawberries and watermelon. We use hydraulic closing discs and find that we have to readjust them from day to day depending on the moisture content of the soil. Very little adjustment is necessary inside any single day, as long as the soil profile remains consistent. The manual discs would work just as well. Anything is better than our last bedder, which required a wrench to adjust and was a nightmare. Tool-less is the way, and Rain Flo is by far the best at this. We also don't run ours level from front to back and find we get better rear compression with the mouth of the implement higher than the rear discharge. That would likely change in different soils. We're using about 400 pounds of weight on the pan, in the form of solid half blocks made from concrete. Nice video. Hope your operation keeps working as well as it appears to! How many hp do you find you need? The manufacturer recommends at least 80, but I'm convinced more is better since we're building beds that are 9 inches tall with 5 foot plastic. Also, dang you for being a straighter driver than me. 😂 Subscribed!
I appreciate your comment! Our tractor is oversized for it but it works well. It's a 165hp 1586 international. We run at least 100 extra pounds but need more for next year
Hey from Tulsa. Love this implement. We do things a little differently in our ice cream silt loam soil growing strawberries and watermelon. We use hydraulic closing discs and find that we have to readjust them from day to day depending on the moisture content of the soil. Very little adjustment is necessary inside any single day, as long as the soil profile remains consistent. The manual discs would work just as well. Anything is better than our last bedder, which required a wrench to adjust and was a nightmare. Tool-less is the way, and Rain Flo is by far the best at this.
We also don't run ours level from front to back and find we get better rear compression with the mouth of the implement higher than the rear discharge. That would likely change in different soils. We're using about 400 pounds of weight on the pan, in the form of solid half blocks made from concrete. Nice video. Hope your operation keeps working as well as it appears to!
How many hp do you find you need? The manufacturer recommends at least 80, but I'm convinced more is better since we're building beds that are 9 inches tall with 5 foot plastic.
Also, dang you for being a straighter driver than me. 😂
Subscribed!
I appreciate your comment! Our tractor is oversized for it but it works well. It's a 165hp 1586 international.
We run at least 100 extra pounds but need more for next year