These tools meet various tillage needs

Lemken just released the Rubin 10 disk to replace the popular Rubin 9. The newly designed model touts full surface coverage at a three-inch working depth with larger, 25-inch hard- surfaced DuraMaxx disks to provide 30% longer service life. Adjustable impact and leveling harrows allow for optimal residue incorporation and a level surface after disking. Lemken developed a symmetrical blade arrangement that assures straight tracking under all field conditions. Retail prices for the 23-foot unit starts at $65,000. Learn more online at lemken.com.

The Pro-Till 17 from Degelman brings all the high-speed tillage and heavy residue shredding capabilities of the Pro-Till cultivator lineup, but in a smaller version and a lighter weight. Pro-Till can be pulled fast through the field, up to speeds of 10 miles per hour and more, using a combination of independent disk arms, with small diameter, shallow disks and a motion-dampening rubber suspension and sturdy frame to handle all kinds of rough residue situations. You can get more information at degelman.com, or call 701-636-1876.

Great Plains is now offering Kverneland’s Packomat. This plow and packer combination creates the perfect seedbed. A traditional packer is towed by a plow, now it is a part of the plow. The Packomat is mounted via a packer arm which creates a weight transfer from the plow to the Packomat, ensuring it has the right field pressure. More than 2,755 pounds of pressure is regulated by a turnbuckle or an optional hydraulic cylinder. The Packomat’s transport width is adjustable to match the tractor’s width. For more on the Packomat, contact Great Plains, Salina, Kan., at 785-823-3276 or visit greatplainsmfg.com.

The Versatile Fury is a high-speed, compact disk capable of running at speeds of 8 to 12 mph or covering up to 70 acres per hour. It is a one-pass residue management tillage tool that will cut, chop, size and mix residue with the soil to speed up residue breakdown. It can work in dry or wet conditions at 2.5-to-5-inch depths. The entire machine will fold to a 12-foot narrow transport width. For more information contact Versatile at versatile-ag.com for a dealer near you.

Any fan of the television show "Forged in Fire" will tell you how you quench the metal determines its strength. The folks at Agri-Implements are combining Boron bar stock with fire and water to create a strong disk. These 36-inch discs are formed and quenched at the same time to eliminate deformities. They are then powder coated. Available in smooth, notched or fluted, Boron disks are available from Agri-Implements, Ashville, Ala., 205-594-7396.

You can buy Yetter Strip-till freshener row units or buy a toolbar with the units on it. What’s new is that you can now control downforce on-the-go from the cab. Yetter spokespersons say it’s the first time for pneumatic downforce control on a strip-till freshener unit. The downforce on each row unit can be controlled independently of other units. Contact Yetter, Colchester, Ill., at 800-447-5777 or visit yetterco.com.

You’ve heard about the Speedtiller tool from K-line Ag before. It’s now available with BKT flotation tires. Spokespersons say these tires provide better flotation in softer conditions and enable the operator to achieve more accurate depth control. Existing Speedtiller tools can be retrofitted. There’s also a shallow concavity blade option designed to cut through residue in wetter conditions. Learn more from K-Line Ag, Cavalier, N.D., 800-445-6882, or visit k-lineag.com.