New use for cutter
Reinventing the Sabre crop divider was a matter of seeing a new use in an existing implement.
Made by Canadian Agri Technologies, the 70-pound unit was designed as a canola cutter and has been sold since 1983, said Dave Huyghe, the company’s vice-president of operations.
Now, the company is selling the cutter as a hedge trimmer for windbreaks.
“It is multifunctional – hedge trimming, canola cutting. Only two bolts take it off its mount and you can apply it to another application,” he said. It has a 38-inch cutting length.
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The sickle blade is made from hardened steel.
The system requires three gallons per minute of hydraulic pressure to operate, meaning almost any vehicle with a hydraulic system will operate it.
As a canola, pea or bean cutter, it is mounted vertically at the edge of a swather or combine header. It addresses problems resulting from tangled and lodged plants that can get caught in the reel, causing hairpinning. It is available in left and right hand versions.
For more information, contact Canadian Agri Technologies, 47 Halparin Dr. Winnipeg, Man., R3X 1Z9, phone 866-792-8437 or visit www.sabredivider.com.
Conveyor belt
The Televeyor by Tridekon is a hydraulically self-propelled extending conveyor belt designed to allow one-person operation and greater safety.
The Televeyor, which replaces the side swing arm on most augers, can extend out eight feet and move laterally.
“It is designed for hauling with super Bs or getting under hopper bottoms,” said Bert de Koning of Tridekon , which is located in Eden, Man.
“You just drive up beside it and hydraulically extend it underneath the hopper. It has left and right mobility to catch both hoppers. There is no more crawling under the truck to try to push the side-swing auger.”
The hopper is four by five feet and has a low profile.
The continuous belt is 20 inches wide inside the 13 inch tube.The hydraulically driven wheels have flotation tires for maneuvering on rough terrain.
For more information, contact Tridekon, Box 64, Eden, Man., R0J 0M0, phone 204-966-3469 or visit www.tridekon.com.
Molasses injector
Steads Farm Supply has come up with a way to quickly and conveniently apply molasses to bales.
“My son-in-law and I were talking last year about the hard work (of applying molasses),” said David Stead. “You’ve got to walk over the bales dragging a hose in the cold wind and I said there has to be a better way.”
They developed the Bale Booster, a metal disk mounted on a hydraulically operated arm. It has many short injector tubes attached to a hose linked to a molasses tank on the truck.
Using a four-way joystick in the cab, the operator positions the disk on top of the round bale. An automatic release valve allows the molasses to flow down into the bale.
“If it is a really compact bale it might soak up before it gets to the bottom. If it is a soft centre bale you have to flip it over in 15-20 minutes and then the molasses will stay in there. It won’t run right through when you flip it over.”
For more information, contact Steads Farm Supply, Box 999, Boissevain, Man., R0K 0E0 or phone 204-534-3236
