Tracked Snow Groomer Shines On Farm Fields

Tracked Snow Groomer Shines On Farm Fields FERTILIZER APPLICATION Track Inc Bloomington Minn is North America’s largest dealer of tracked snow grooming vehicles used by snowmobile trail grooming associations The company recently began offering a new agricultural tracked vehicle that can be fitted with sprayers or fertilizer applicators made by DK Machine The Model 1600 Ag Tucker Terra is a tracked machine made by Tucker Snowcat Co based in Medford Ore It rides on 4 steerable tracks and uses many of the same components the company uses in their Tucker Terra snow grooming equipment It comes with a 3-ton capacity granular fertilizer tank and spinner spreaders A 500-gal spray tank with spray booms up to 90 ft long is also available “The Tucker Terra has a very light footprint and really shines in soft ground conditions ” says Rick Keith Track Inc “It was introduced to the West Coast last year and has been widely used in the grass and sod farming industry “The tracks measure 26 in wide and exert only 1 1/2 lbs per sq in which results in less compaction than you typically get with tracked farm tractors The machine itself weighs only about 12 000 lbs ” The 1600 Ag Trucker Terra is available with rubber steel or rubber-coated Grouser tracks It sells for about $250 000 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Rick Keith Track Inc 9600 James Ave S Bloomington Minn 55431 ph 952 888-7372; rick keith@trackinc com; www trackinc com

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