5000 Stalk Devastator™ Stalk Roller Attachment

Better seedbed with Stalk Devastator

Like many farmers, Dave Hunt has been plagued with stubble damage to his tires. He has faced this challenge with a new tool at his side—the Yetter 5000 Stalk Devastator™.

With the Devastator mounted on his eight-row corn head, Dave rolled and crushed 1,500 acres of strip-till cornstalks. "We felt like it was a good improvement over the traditional stalk stompers," said Dave. "It prepared a better seedbed for our strip-till corn-on-corn. It left the field looking very good."

He also felt it effectively preserved the residue cover: "We didn’t have any problems with stalks blowing, and we heard that can be a problem with some competitive products. It is a very well-made product."

Devastator clears the way for spring planting

David Dimmich and his son, Zachary, purchased a Yetter 5000 Stalk Devastator™ for use during fall harvest on their farm in Indiana, about 100 miles south of Chicago. They plant no-till soybeans after corn and had frequently experienced problems with tire damage from standing stalks after harvest. The stalks also make it difficult to plant no-till soybeans the following spring.

"We didn’t want to buy equipment that would chop up the stalks and allow them to blow during winter and wash into low areas," said David. "We wanted something to condition the fields, but not cut or tear out the stalks. In that regard, we were elated with the Devastator’s performance."

David reports that the Stalk Devastator took very little time to prepare for transport. They made a few minor adjustments to mount it on their John Deere 1293 corn head, but now the Stalk Devastator fits very well.

David and Zachary received many comments from other farmers in the surrounding area who liked what they saw. "We’ll need to wait for the spring planting to say for sure, but the stalks were rolled down tightly without being dislodged, which we hope will make for less tire damage and easier planting next spring."

Stalk Devastator leaves fields in impressive condition

Jim Ries used a chopping corn head for several years and was not impressed with the performance. Jim found that the chopping corn head required high maintenance and in-season costs, which led to downtime for repairs.

For the fall of 2014, Jim purchased the Yetter 5000 Stalk Devastator™ for his John Deere 612 12-row 30" conventional corn head. Impressed by the condition of the field after harvest and that the stalks did not blow around like they did when he used the chopping corn head, Jim is pleased with the Yetter setup compared to his previous setup.

Devastator is the answer to tough corn stalks

"It’s the best purchase we made this year," said Matt Blankenship of Pioneer Seed & Blankenship Farms, referring to the Yetter 5000 Stalk Devastator™. "Today’s corn stalks are so much tougher, but the Devastator was the answer I was looking for to plant into corn stalks."

Matt had previous experience with several types of stalk stompers on his approximately 2,200 acres of corn, but this equipment never lasted more than one season before issues or problems arouse. "I was on the market for something better," he said. When he first contacted Yetter, they didn’t have a Devastator that would fit his Geringhoff folding 12-row corn head, but Matt’s sales representative worked with him to help figure out a solution.

Matt also appreciates that the Devastator saves him money. "Tractor tires are so expensive. A couple years ago, I no-tilled soybeans into standing corn stalks and ruined a set of tires. With the Devastator, stubble damage on my tires is non-existent. The stalks are so bent over so there’s no way they could hurt the tires. The Devastator has worked so well it’s hard to believe anything could be better."

Yetter now offers Devastator models for 6-, 8-, and 12-row Geringhoff, Drago, Claas/Lexion, and AGCO/Gleaner/Challenger/Massey-Ferguson.

Devastators save tire wear on my primary tillage tractors

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."

It did a really nice job of laying the stalks over, crushing them, and starting the decay process

For harvest, Mike France used the 5000 Stalk Devastator™ attached to his corn head to knock over and crush corn stalks, testing its effectiveness for Yetter. "When Yetter came at the end of the harvest to take it off, I told them I wanted it back!" said Mike.

For his 2,200 acres of strip-till corn, Mike had previously used stalk stompers on his corn head to save the rear tires on his combine, but they only knocked down some of the rows, leaving others to damage his tires. The Stalk Devastator, however, knocked down all the rows. "It did a really nice job of laying the stalks over, crushing them, and starting the decay process,” explained Mike. “I saw the difference in the field in the spring." And while in the course of the previous year he ruined a set of tires on his tractor, this year he saw no more than normal wear.

He also says that the Stalk Devastator fit easily into his harvest schedule. "Running the Stalk Devastator caused no delays or inconvenience at all."

The Devastator has improved planting conditions for our no-till beans and strip-till corn-on-corn

"The Yetter 5000 Stalk Devastator™ we have on our Drago corn head not only saves the tires on our equipment, it provides better residue breakdown. The Devastator performs better than our old stalk stompers at getting the stalks cracked and in touch with the ground. It has improved planting conditions for our no-till beans and strip-till corn-on-corn.

"The Devastator has also proven very durable compared to our previous stalk stompers. And the rollers were easy to install—it took two people just a couple hours to complete."

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Devastator accelerates stalk breakdown

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Devastator advances stalk breakdown for better seedbed

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Devastator breaks down stalks to get nutrients in the ground quicker

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Using Devastator for residue management

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