Kennco manufacturing plastic mulch layers

            The Kennco Manufacturing(Mfg) plastic mulch layer has all of the same options of the other companies.  The Kennco Mfg does offer some things that the rest of the companies don’t offer. These options would include a dry fertilizer box for applying dry fertilizer while laying plastic all at the same time.  Normally you would apply just your some type of fumigant while laying but being able to apply fertilizer at the same time will give a big jump to young plants.

            The Kennco bedder is slightly lighter then the other bedders but it isn’t quite as rigid or have as many options as the other bedders do.  The Kennco bedder is mostly designed for the sands of Florida because that is where Kennco Mfg is based from.  This means that a Kennco bedder would not do all that well in a gravely ground because the gravel won’t hold its shaped at all.

            The price for a Kennco bedder is also fairly cheap but that is because of the way that the plastic layers are built.  The price also reflects this.  The price will range from $3500 to about $4200 for a plastic layer with every option.

For more information visit Kennco mfg at:http://www.kenncomfg.com/products/combo-units.aspx

Rain Flo plastic mulch Layer

The Rain Flo plastic mulch layer has options that make it different from that of the Reddick Plastic Mulch layer but yet also many similar options.

One of the first main differences are the spring loaded shovels on the side of the bedder which help with loosening dirt for the cover disks.  Another advantage of the shovels is, that they help with keeping the machine behind the tractor on hillside farms.

            Rain Flo also has a new system called Ro-Trak.  This system helps keeps the plastic layer behind the tractor on hillside applications and difficult plastic laying conditions. For more information go to Rain-Flo website:http://www.rainfloirrigation.com/ourproducts_equipment.asp

            The weight of the Rain-Flo machine is just slightly more than that of the Reddick layer.  The Rain-Flo layer’s shipping weight is 1875 pounds approximately, once again depending on the options that you have put on the piece of equipment.

            Pricing for the Rain-Flo bedder is slightly more than that of the Reddick bedder.  The Rain-Flo bedder costs $4920.

Reddick Plastic Mulch layer

The Reddick fumigants YF-108 High Speed Mulch Layer is a plastic mulch layer with multiple options that help you make it fit for your application.  The Reddick mulch layer will put a “Crown” on the bed which will help with water moving off of the top of the bed.

Another very important part of the high speed mulch layer is the addition of another roll of plastic on the machine to make for faster switching rolls of plastic when the other roll is out of plastic.  This will reduce the amount of down time that is caused from running out of plastic in the middle of a row and not having another roll right there.  The Reddick plastic mulch layer is capable of holding a 54 inch wide or a 60 inch wide roll of plastic depending on the needs for your operation.

The Reddick plastic mulch layer includes many other options such as:

            -Press wheels for proper placement of the edge of the plastic

            -Bedding blades are ahead of press pan for gathering soil to form the bed

            -Multiple set ups for holding chemical tanks

            Manual row markers to mark the next row (Hydraulic markers optional)

Prices will range on the options that you add to the plastic layer. For a bedder with manual markers, drip tape option, and all fumigation hook ups and tank carriers a bedder will cost $4500.

           

            The plastic mulch layer weighs approximately 1600 pounds.  This weight doesn’t include the chemicals, plastic, and drip tape rolls that will be on the mulch layer during bedding.  Reddick reccomends that you will need 75 horsepower with a two wheel drive tractor and 55-60 horsepower with a four wheel drive tractor.

For more information: http://reddickfumigants.com/Products/ProductDetail.asp?ID=4#Equipment

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