Your limo awaits, sir boar
The Articulated Boar Limo from Crystal Spring Hog Equipment is a flexible boar cart that bends in the middle to move easily around 90 degree corners. The carts can reduce labor and chances of worker injury.
They are 58 by 183 centimetres, weigh 142 kilograms and are useable in most breeding and gestation barns.
The carts allow nose-to-nose contact, can be operated by remote control, have lockable wheels and can turn from an 80-centimetre aisle into another 80-cm aisle. The carts come with a one year warranty.
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Contact Crystal Spring Hog Equipment Ltd., Ste. Agathe, Man. ROG 1Y0; 204-433-7178; e-mail jonathankl@mb.sympatico.ca.
Self-propelled sprayer
Hagie has introduced its STS 12 self-propelled sprayer. The cab features four point, dual isolation air ride, air-suspended seat, wraparound front glass for 210-degree view, digital engine analysis, and air conditioning with a charcoal activated filter.
The engine is a Cummins electronic 5.9 litre with 275 horsepower with air to air cooler and turbo charger.
The STS 12 features full-time four-wheel drive, tandem hydrostatic pumps with 75 cc pressure compensated with electronic displacement control.
It can travel at zero to 22 km-h in low, zero to 29 km-h in medium, and zero to 48 km-h in high.
It has a ground clearance of 185 centimetres (72 inches) and a turning radius of 5.5 metres (18 feet) to the centreline of the machine.
The spray booms can be adjusted to 50 cm (20 in.) to 262 cm (105 inches) high, with a range of 215 cm (85 in.)
The booms come in five or seven spray sections in lengths of 18, 24 or 27 metres (60, 80 or 90 ft.)
The spray system is fence row nozzle, two position and can be remote activated.
It comes with a 5,400-litre (1,200 gal.) solution tank in polyethylene or stainless steel, a 455 litre (455 gal.) rinse system and a 162 litre (36 gal.) Hagie live air foam marker system.
For more information contact Wheat-Belt Industries, #1 1936 25th Ave. N.E. Calgary, Alta., T2E 6Z4, or call 800-644-6050.
Slimwedge
Slimwedge replaceable tips are now available from Ralph McKay Industries Inc. for the MacKay Slimwedge system.
The tips can be used for seeding, anhydrous application and breaking hard soils. They can easily be knocked on and off air drills and cultivators.
They are available in one and two inch widths.
Farmers in tests in Australia put more than 18,000 acres on the Slimwedge replaceable tip, according to a company news release. In Canada, farmers seeded more than 9,000 acres last year with the tips.
Ralph McKay Industries can be reached at 306-721-9292 or by fax at 306-721-9622.
