Prize-Winning Paraplow Ready To Show Its Stuff

Prize-Winning Paraplow Ready To Show Its Stuff TILLAGE EUIPMENT Plows 7-4-25 The highly-touted Paraplow, which loosens underground soil while leaving the surface undisturbed, is on the market and ready to "show its stuff" to farmers in the U.S. and Canada. "We think it's one of the most significant new tillage tools to come along in many years," says Brian Inverarity, product manager for Howard Rotovator, Muscoda, Wis., North American marketer of the new-style tillage tool developed by the firm's parent company in England. Backed by prestigious "best of the show" awards from major agricultural expositions in England, Australia and France, the Paraplow comes highly-touted as a "break-through" conservation tool for minimum tillage throughout the Corn Belt. At first glance, it resembles the traditional moldboard plow, but the similarities end there. Rather than moldboard bottoms, the Paraplow has "legs" that slice through the soil at a 45? angle. "Unlike any other tillage tool, the Paraplow leaves the surface undisturbed with residues intact," explains Inverarity. "It'll go through the undisturbed stalks and residue from a 200-bu. plus corn crop, without plugging. After paraplowing a field in the fall, it's ready for a last and final trip through in the spring with a no-till planter or drill." The 1100 series Paraplow, fully-mounted and equipped with three legs (a fourth leg is optional) retails for $4,375. Operating width is 60 in. (80 in. with four legs). The 1800 series, which retails for right at $8,500, is semi-mounted. It has six legs (five legs optional). Power requirements are about 30 hp. per leg in most soils, according to Inverarity. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Howard Rotavator Co., 102 Howard Ave., P.O. Box 7, Muscoda, Wis. 53573 (ph 608 739-3106).

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