Devastators save tire wear on my primary tillage tractors
Categories: Stalk Roller
Next year, Mike Cline will be running Yetter 5000 Stalk Devastators™ on all three of his John Deere S680 12-row combines. They’ll cover 6,500 corn-on-corn acres, successfully knocking down stubble and preventing tire damage. "We really started seeing problems with premature tire damage—after only a year or two, our primary tillage tractors needed new tires," Mike said. "The stalks are stiffer today, and we are combining a little early so the corn is greener.
"My Case IH dealer recommended the Devastators to me last year. We used them on two combines and they worked really great. The stalks lay down nicely; I got out and checked, and they were broken in a few places, so they stayed down. That helped with breakdown—the residue flowed easier when we made our tillage pass with the disc ripper, and we also had more breakdown over the winter.
"The Devastators installed really easily—after the first roller was on, we got both combines done in less than an hour and a half. I was worried they would be hard to get on the header carts, but that was easy, too—much better than other ski-style rollers I have tried."