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Costs and Use of a Machine in South Dakota

In the spring of 1949, ten shelter belt-planting demonstrations were put on by the Extension Service in 4 widely separated South Dakota counties. A tree-planting machine built by the Lowther Manufacturing Company of Joliet, Illinois was mounted on a Willys-Overland 4-wheel drive Jeep and this combination was used to put on the demonstrations. The tree-planting machine was very similar in design to one developed by the Soil Conservation Service in Nebraska. The planter is a 2-man machine. A full crew consisted of 2 planters and a driver. However, it was found that one experienced planter could do a good job of planting even at the closest spacing used (4 feet apart in the shrub row. The machine was designed to fit on the hydraulic lift of a Ford tractor. A Monroe hydraulic lift adapts the Jeep for pulling the planter, since the 3-point implement suspensions on both hydraulic lifts are identical. In addition to the hydraulic life, the Jeep was equipped with a front bumper weight and a governor. Experience showed that overload springs are also desirable, since the weight of the planter was more than the standard rear springs on the Jeep are designed to carry.


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Author(s): E. K. Ferrell

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 6 (1951)