3-WHEEL TOWER OPTION-T-L Irrigation Co. announces the new 3-Wheel Planetary Tower Option. The 3-Wheel design is used to improve tower flotation and reduce wheel track depth. Customers also gain the benefits of T-L's exclusive hydrostatic drive design and planetary gearboxes, which move the pivots continuously, providing even water distribution and reduced gearbox maintenance. Wheel track formation is lessened since there is no start-stop motion common to electrically driven pivot systems. For information, call 800-330-4264 or visit www.tlirr.com.

GRADER BLADE--Garfield Equipment, Enid, Okla., introduces the Garfield Grader Blade to the lineup of Garfield Scrapers. The new Grader Blade comes in 14- and 16-foot configurations. Smaller configurations are under development. The blades feature half-inch reinforcement plates and a three-eighths-inch moldboard. The units offer height-adjustable swivel hitches, and a direct response system on its raise/lower cylinders. For more information, call 800-382-4478, or visit www.Garfieldequipment.com.

WHEEL RAKES AND CROP MERGERS--The new Case IH WR101 and WR401 HD wheel rakes and CM212, CM209, and CM109 line of crop mergers deliver premium-quality hay faster with higher capacities and easier with simple-to-use controls and adjustments. Case IH WR Series wheel rakes feature quick, easy adjustments that can be made without removing or adding any components. Case IH CM Series mergers are also easily set to crop conditions. However, the feature operators really appreciate is the capacity, thanks to a 42-inch cross conveyor belt. For more information, call 877-4CASEIH or visit www.caseih.com.

AIR SPRING OPENER--Landoll, Marysville, Kan., recently intorduced the full line of 5530 Grain Drills. The new line of drills is the industry's first to feature an Air Spring Opener down pressure system. The innovative air suspension is engineered to provide consistent down pressure throughout the full range of opener travel. Compared to competitive spring down pressure systems, you no longer have to worry about the pressure decreasing while traveling through draws or burying the seed while crossing terraces. For more information, call 785-739-6613 or visit www.landoll.com.

SOIL PREP--Bobcat introduces two soil-preperation implements for tractors and the Toolcat 5610 utility work machine--the new soil conditioner and disc harrow. Bobcat offers two three-point soil conditioners in working widths of 60 and 72 inches. The soil conditioner is a useful tool for producing a perfect bed for seed or sod, windrowing and separating rocks or other ground debris, grading and leveling topsoil, removing old sod, or pulverizing clumps of dirt. The drum of the soil conditioner is powered by the rear PTO on the compact tractor or Toolcat 5610. For more information, call a local Bobcat dealer, or visit www.bobcatdealer.com or www.bobcat.com/attachments.

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