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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] plastic mulch layers (Beth Spaugh)
  • Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:20:34 -0500

I’ve been using a rainflo for a number of years now and I can say it does work pretty well overall, however on slopes it does tend to drift.  Also, adjusting the bed width on the rainflo was always challenging, that is before I started using pneumatic tools.  Now I can do it fairly quickly.      

 

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:46:15 -0400
From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
Subject: [Market-farming] plastic mulch layers
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Anyone know the differences between the Buckhorn and the Rainflo bed
shaper/plastic mulch layers?  I can see they are built differently, but
wonder how they operate differently.  A "neighboring" farmer got a Buckhorn
this year and I like the looks of it. But Market Farm Implement and the
Nolts group sell the Rainflo, and I respect their selection also.  Anyone
know if one works better than the other in a "relatively heavy" for
vegetable soil, driving across a slight slope?  I would like to be able to
use it with and without the plastic, lay two rows of drip tape, etc.



Thank you.



Beth Spaugh

Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY

http://rhomestead.com      http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead



Hi Beth,

We have been very happy with our Rain Flo Bedder/Layer.  It handles our heavy, stoney soil on slopes and on the flat.  Large stones (bushel size or bigger) put a kink in the row, but the machine is very robust and it does a great job forming the bed and laying plastic.  In heavy soils like ours, it takes a fair amount of horsepower, and it is heavy, so it takes a good sized tractor to lift it.  We pile several hundred pounds of stone on the bedformer to help smooth the bed when there isn't a heavy rider in the seat.  The Rainflo folks have been very helpful when I have called with questions.   We had them make a second set of moldboards for making wider beds without the plastic.  I am not familiar with the Buckhorn.
Good luck,
Mark

















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