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Dan Crummett
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Field Tests Underway for Electric Planter

Iowa start-up Salin 247 field testing autonomous electric drive unit for planting in Iowa and Tennessee fields. Prototype machine also offers post-emergence capabilities in spraying and side-dressing.

With a lifetime of farming experience and degrees in agronomy and economics, Dave Krog says he’s trying to whittle variable and fixed costs from today’s equipment outlays with an electric, autonomous drive unit aimed squarely at the 24-row planter.


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Recommended vs. Acceptable Wide Rim Impact

Most rim widths are set by TRA standards and follow a rule for the overall width of the tire. But because IF and VF tires “squat” further and that outward pressure under loads puts more stress and “pull” on the bead areas, if and VF rim fitments are normally always one size larger — 1 to 2 inches — than a standard tire or the same width.


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