Tornados and No-tillage, Banding Exactrix TAPPS, Kevin and Denton Durler, Exactrix Series 3 Tool Bar.
Dodge City, North and South about 20 miles, about 7,000 acres dryland.

A New Exactrix System in Series 3, TAPPS formulator, set up in 2 section boom control design in dual opener rank.

Dual ranking of the openers improves opener performance allowing the impact of the terrace to be distributed over more time.

Kevin and Denton Durler at Wright, KS, (Dodge City) rebuilt the DMR openers with several improvements.

They have designed their tool bar to work on very rough terrace ground….How rough is it? 1 square mile or 1 section of land about 20 miles south to Dodge has 29 miles of terraces on 640 acres. The Mulberry area.

Thus the rear tandems carry a good portion of the load walking over these extreme terraces, the tandems do not reset the frame height or move up and down in the corners, the openers move up and down hydraulically in the corners.

The tandems move hydraulic oil from the left to right side in rough areas of the field and on road banks and field entry and exit. The tandems are a very good addition to the two point mounted bar.

The tool bar is designed for Mustang Openers to be Installed at some future date.

The Moore Built tool bar can go either way, and the Orthman carrier and tires work much better with the load carrying of the swiveling rear tandems….

The Orthman carrier tires were previously overloaded on road margins and entry into the field.

Previously Kevin had a single Orthman 7 x 7 bar, and the DMR openers were previously too much load for a single Orthman bar.

This is a good tool bar by Moore Built in 7 x 7 with dual wing cylinders . The tool bar can be used in many ways in the future, it can obviously be 2 point or three point mounted to a tractor or an Elk Creek Tool Carrier in three or two point can be installed.

Longer term goal is to see Mustangs on the bar in 2017 or 2018.

Banding for Milo production May 24, 16, Crossing over to winter wheat stubble from 160 bushel average Milo residue. TAPPS and Exactrix for 7 plus years. Field location is about 10 miles south of Wright, KS.

The first tool was NH3 only. In 2007 the 2KC 9703 system was used on the first tool bar Kevin put together with Dutch openers. The tool was converted to TAPPS in 2010. This is Kevin’s 3 rd tool bar.

Crops have been exceptional the last 2 and 3 years, Dryland winter wheat yields field wide hit 83 bushels per acre last year with 75 lbs. N and 6 gallons APP/ATS. This is about double the county average.

Milo yields have also been exceptional with TAPPS. As high as 158 bushels per acre field wide. This is about 175% greater than the county average with about half the nutrient required.

Terrace ahead, up and over the top

Getting the job done at 40 feet, 15 inch bands. DMR openers. The DMR openers band about 4 inches deep.
 
The tool has special spacing between the back and front bar to allow for the DMR on 30/15 and Exactrix Mustang on 15 or 30.
 
Series 3 Exactrix system at 374 rpm and close to 300 psi injection pressure, developed high pressure at 313 psi internal pump pressure and to 269-272 psi injection pressure left and right at 6.1 mph at 120 lbs N per acre.
 
This calculation indicates about 14 gallons per minute NH3 flow from a 12 gallon per minute valve.
 
The Exactrix Laminator was frosty and doing the job, with excellent performance and sealing at 270 psi injection pressure.

Denton plans on VRT at some future date. Trimble FMX 1000 handles the guidance.
 Deere GS-3 controls the fertilizer products NH3 and APP/ATS.

Ground speed at 6 mph typical. Do not need the closing wheel in this case.

8 row center section. Hitch supports the engine.

The previous design Orthman Tool Bar in single rank, 15 inch bands DMR was not strong enough. A cable brace was required.

The tool bar also folded as a 6 row. The new tool bar was set up as an 8 row center making it about 24 feet wide in transport.

The Orthman tool bar hinges had been welded several times. The wing cylinders are buried in the 7 x 7 frame which was not required.

The 2KC Weigh Master had served for 9 seasons, the single central manifold design was change to two section design.