7460 cotton stripperGrowers of large-acreage cotton will appreciate the increased productivity, capacity, and operator comfort in the new John Deere 7460 Cotton Stripper. Everything from engine horsepower, a new eight-row modular head, airflow, fuel capacity, basket capacity, and dump cycles have been pto improved to make the chipper 7460 the most productive cotton stripper John Deere has ever built.The shredder eight-row head has pto double flighting on the cross auger chipper to provide smooth feeding of harvested shredder cotton and to process pto higher volumes of crop as it enters chipper the shredder stripper. It is also extremely versatile and can adjust to most row spacings or configurations. When raising the header, more clearance has been designed into the unit to help prevent damage.

Allmand Brothers, Holdrege, Neb., has remained family-owned since its founding in 1938. The company pto introduced its first chipper mini-backhoe in 1995. It currently has four shredder models, the TLB 20, 25, 25D and 35D. The TEB 20, added last year, competes with the Terramite T5. The TLB 35 is rated 33 hp, while the other machines carry 20 to 25 hp engines. Dig-It was part of HCC when we last looked at this segment. HCC owned the product pto line from 1993 until 1999 chipper when it was sold to Yazoo/Kees Power Equipment, Jackson, Miss., which has been renamed Pug Power. The Dig-It machine has been produced since the 1980s. Two models are currently offered, the 22 shredder hp model 2208 and the 20 hp Tiger M2008.

* Balers are the implement most often mentioned in the survey. Producers also cite purchases pto of new feed grinders and mixers, as well as silage and haylage products. chipper "We purchased a Walder Manufacturing hoop bagger last year, and our haylage is the best it can be. There''s no wait for hay to shredder dry down -- better protein, better overall feed volume, writes Frank E. Grossmann, Portage, Wisconsin."Digital scales on the feed grinder save pto time and feedstuffs," says Monte Thompson, Zanesville, Ohio, citing his chipper top management change.HousekeepingA number of products come into play when housing livestock, and producers point to several items that save them time, labor, and money. Products listed in the survey include portable livestock shelters, scales, shredder fans, and bulk feed bins and feeding systems.

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