b'LOCKWOOD Manufacturings Mobile TANK is completely covered in order to keep product out of the elements.PHOTO: LOCKWOOD MANUFACTURINGcompetitors require a couple of guys to set up theirper cent accuracy. With the kit, they now easily plant machines. That helps growers save time and moneyat 4.5 m.p.h. at 90 or more per cent accuracy. The which I think is the whole goal of our Mobile productlarger the spacing, the greater the gains, says Allan line, he adds. Equipment Co-owner Trent Cousins. The Press Wheel Kit was created by a local P.E.I. ALLAN EQUIPMENT PLANTER PRESSfarmer who brought his idea to Allan Equipment to WHEEL KIT commercialize it. Cousins says the beauty of the York, P.E.I.-based Allan Equipment ManufacturingAllan Manufacturings planter press wheel kit allowssystem is its simplicity. It can be installed by a is promising faster planting speeds and increasedfarmers to increase planting speeds by as much asfarmer in their own shop in matter of days. More than seed placement accuracy with its Press Wheel Kit for75 per cent.60 planters with the kit were in use last year across PHOTO: ALLAN EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURINGpotato planters. The kit, which had been availableNorth America.locally for three years, was rolled out to a NorthThose who have it love it, Cousins says. Any-American-wide audience last year. body that has it sees immediate benefits.The kit can be adapted to fit most existing potato planters and is remarkably simple in its design. SeedCANCADE CBI LTD. BELT BOTTOM potatoes are fed from the planter down through aALUMINUM TRAILERchute where they come in contact with a deflectorSo maybe you can teach an old dog a new trick. Can-system, sending the seed to a wheel, which gentlycade CBI Ltd. has been around for about a century locks the seed in place and virtually eliminates anyand has earned plenty of praise for its aluminum seed roll. The system allows farmers to increaseAllan Manufacturings planter press wheel kit feedsgrain trailers. The companys Brandon, Man. plant planting speeds by as much as 75 per cent (up to 5.5seed potatoes to a wheel which gently locks therecently used that same design technology to a or 6 m.p.h.) while boosting planting accuracy to moreseed in place and virtually eliminates any seed roll.create new belt bottom aluminum trailer designed than 90 per cent. It works at all seed spacings andPHOTO: ALLAN EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING specifically for hauling potatoes. with all varieties.The all-aluminum trailer is extremely lightweight We have farmers who were planting at threeand offers corrosion resistance most steel trailers miles per hour on eight-inch spacing to achieve 85simply cant. Its also a workhorse and can haul legal SPRING 2020 SPUDSMART.COM 7'