Ready for use when needed
Categories: Fertilizer Application
When the need arises for a particular tool, Allan Brooks likes to know he has it available in his toolbox. That's the way he feels about his Yetter 2910 Heavy-Duty Coulters. The coulters, mounted on a 16-foot toolbar, are ready for use when needed. He knows he can rely on the heavy-duty coulters when he needs to cut through especially tough residue.
"We needed a tool to target aggressive residue situations," Allan said. "We're using no-till techniques, so we want to retain the residue, and yet we still had the need to attack and size it.
"We knew from our past experience operating Yetter coulters for years that we wanted to go with another Yetter coulter for these situations."
Allan has about 2,000 acres on which he raises sweet corn, snap beans, soybeans, processing peas, and barley as a cover crop. Some of the vegetables are double crops, so Allan works roughly 2,300 to 2,400 acres each year.
Allan's workhorses are Yetter 2995 Series coulters mounted on his John Deere planter, which he uses while applying liquid fertilizer. His especially likes the springs on the Yetter coulters, which can help transfer the weight of the toolbar to the coulter.
"This will be the sixth year with that particular machine," Allan said. "We had a previous planter with Yetter coulters that we traded in. When we bought our new machine, we knew we wanted to go with Yetter coulters again."