3-Point Lift

Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper Seedbed Conditioner

There has been only one sure-fire way to get more production per acre. Put more into the acre.

• More fertilizer
• More herbicide
• More minerals
• More moisture
• More work

Until harvest time, you never know if you will get enough additional yield to pay for all the additional inputs. Of course, this isn’t the only risk producers take. But wouldn’t it be nice if there were a way to significantly increase yields without increasing inputs?
Now there is.

It’s the Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper, a new concept in tillage from McFarlane Manufacturing, maker of America’s finest Harrows. In controlled side-by-side tests, McFarlane’s Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper consistently improved yields.

The Root Of The Matter
Strong root structure is essential to a crop’s health, growth, and development. In fact, it’s fair to say “the better the root structure, the better the crop”. Crops grown in fields prepared with the Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper have significantly stronger and more fully developed root structures.

Why?
Because the Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper prepares a superior seedbed. In fact, the Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper is specifically designed to do all the field preparation tasks necessary for peak production. In traditional, minimum, or no-till applications. Usually in a single pass.

Residue Management
The Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper won’t bury valuable topsoil residue. In a single step, the soil is loosened, stirred, firmed, and leveled. Now your crop is ready for planting in the best seedbed you’ve ever made!

The Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper cuts stalks off at ground level, loosens the roots, and levels the field without burying residue.

In spring, the Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper loosens soil so that it warms up and dries out faster. Using the Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper helps get crops into the field sooner. Soil won’t compact. It remains loose, level and firm – ideal for the developing root structures of crops.

Three Tools In One
The Spiral Reel Stalk Chopper is perfectly designed for field preparation. Its five hardened spiral steel blades chop heavy crop stubble at ground level and loosen soil around the root.

Next, the 5-Bar Flexible Spike Tooth Harrow stirs, levels, and firms the loosened soil.

Finally, the trailing spreader board completes the process, feathering residue and leveling plow ridges.

Features:

• Available in 20’, 26’, 30’, 36’ and 40’ widths
• Toolbar is a heavy-wall 7” square tubing
• Hydraulic lift and fold for easy transporting
• 5 blade hardened steel spiral reels for soil loosening and mixing
• Spiral Reels are mounted using triple-lip regreasable bearings
• Heavy-duty 5-Bar flexible spike-tooth harrow for leveling, stirring and firming
• Adjustable feathering board for use in high residue conditions
• Operate at speeds of 7 to 10 mph
• Spring Loaded Option: Large C-spring mounting available for hard and rocky conditions
• Available as a 3-point lift

Now available with heavy 3-bar and single rolling basket