A new gauge wheel assembly available for toolbars will save time for farmers and make adjustment easier when setting toolbar depth as they encounter changing field conditions. The new 3500-113 Gauge Wheels operate using ratcheting screw jacks with 1¼-inch Acme threads, and all adjusting parts are zinc plated for rust prevention.

Yetter Manufacturing features its 30-foot (3830) and 41-foot (3840) toolbars that can be used for sidedressing, strip-till or fertilizer application.

Using a 60-foot-wide, front-folding toolbar on rubber tracks, Pennville, Ind., strip-tiller Shane Houck created a dual-purpose strip-till rig and planter.

Some strip-tillers own toolbars and others hire a custom strip-tiller. But for many years, Atlanta, Ill., farmer Doug Thompson has used a fertilizer dealer's toolbar that is set up for strip-till.

Switching to strip-till for continuous corn increased yields at least 5 to 10 bushels per acre, says Fountain, Minn., crop and livestock farmer Paul Hamann.

Hiring a custom strip-tiller allowed Cresco, Iowa, grower Frank Moore to switch tillage systems 3 years ago without buying new equipment.