Great Plains Turbo-Max! Vertical Tillage Demo!

Today we are trying out the The Great Plains Turbo-Max 1200! We are pulling it with the John Deere 7810 at 7 to 10 MPH. Thank you to Lindstrom Equipment for bringing the implement out to us and helping set it up. Let us know in the comments what you think of vertical tillage and what implements you use for tillage. Thank you all for watching!
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[@nickhartsock9849]

My parents work for Great Plains and my dad welds for the assembly line on those exact implements, it’s cool to see them in action

[@canvids1]

Thanks Great Plains for giving a small farmer a chance to see what is out there for the farmer. I watch lots of farm videos and I see that Great Plains has a tried and true machine big time. Thanks Gierok Farms for posting this video.

[@Stukin_The_Pines]

June is National Dairy Month. Thank you for your farm & for your endless hours of hard work.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

It amazes me how technology influences even what was once "simple" tillage equipment. I love that FFA shirt George, great organization!!

[@kansaskev8684]

That’s what we use. It’s a really good piece of tillage equipment. My brother and my daughter both work for Great Plains.

[@stanhensley3082]

7 to 9 mph sounds and looks fast!! Maybe you should name this video ,hanging on for dear life!!.Got to say the ground looks pretty good to plant on.This video does a very good job of showing what this tillage tool can do. Thanks 😊.

[@bobrat]

This was an excellent video so many camera angles and a real informative discussion 👏 👌 👍

[@alisciamarotta3888]

Very nice piece of equipment, I'm sure it will fit your farm well.

[@reginabraok939]

Yet another great video full of lots of information. That TurboMax looks like a good piece of tillage equipment. 😊

[@mikewatkins7618]

I haven’t been involved in farming since my mid-teens back in the early 60’s. There-north central Missouri Chariton river bottom-it was all moldboard plows in the fall followed by a disc before planting. I don’t think anyone there was trying any other tillage mode back then. It’s fascinating to me to watch these videos and hear the discussions about the benefits of different equipment and techniques.

[@user-du1um2pl4g]

Nice piece of equipment 😊

[@raymondhenderson1516]

Decent information from the dealer rep.Looks like a great piece of equipment especially if its a one pass tool and can help cut up corn stalks in the fall and have a nice fall tillage unit.I know its expensive for sure. May you and your family;y continue to be blessed.

[@johnwudarcki9315]

Not being a farmer but I’m impressed with rolling baskets. Rototilled 1 1/4 acres of garden for 4-H

[@clarencewood1363]

George, that was some mighty fine tillage work. I like how true it follows and tears up that soil. Hope you guys can afford that machine because it looks worth the money

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Interesting. It certainly appears (to me-a non farmer) to rip things up and break them down, but not sure how it would work for you. Know you will check it out thoroughly and make an informed decision. Not a bad thing for a company to do this type of thing as more people will see it who might not be aware of the product. Loved hearing the questions and answers. Good to see Mason again. Good luck with the rest of your farm/dairy and take care.

[@ryanbachman9227]

Those vertical tillage tools are nice the make a nice seed bed if they are set right.

[@hankelrod7315]

My 12ft is all my 4x4 magnum wants in my hills, I like it for leveling & running in front of my notill planter

[@tylerjennings7331]

We run a 1500 on our 7810 works great has plenty of power

[@AJmx2702001]

Tried one of those a few times too. Never cared for the horsepower consumption that it took and then hard ground conditions. It just didn't do enough to justify running over it. I know depending on some sales people they don't necessarily call them a finishing tool either. But at least you guys got to try something and thanks for sharing it

[@arthurnelson9790]

Looks like a good unit to have on the farm

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Great shots from different spots of how it works!

[@skycrapsglider]

Too funny watching your father ask questions about settings that piece of equipment go unanswered by the dude there to set it up. Nice video !!!

[@colorado1088]

If you go straight up and down the hills it works great...going on the side of the hills may cause a terracing effect. Terracing effect has no settings.

[@gregcatlett1458]

NICE TOOL. THANKS

[@keithbox1684]

Great camara work!

[@peacepeople9895]

That machine appears to be doing a very nice job on the field where the stalks were baled. I wonder how well it would do if the stalks were still in the field or on an alfalfa field that you would take back to corn. I'm not saying it wouldn't work, in fact I am hoping it would. The reason being if you can make 1 pass and get a field in planting condition, that's pretty awesome. I know there are no till options, but I think putting some condition on the soil is pretty important for the micro biology. Then again I could be way off there too

[@davidkimmel4216]

Nice tool

[@BarnyardEngineering]

Would've been interesting to see how that snazzy 1066 black stripe pulled it. I have a 1066 and a 1586 for big horses and they're about even HP wise. Tillage here is chisel plow on corn ground, moldboard on sod. Discs just bounce off the ground here with all the rocks. If you've seen Trinity Dairy's videos, that's a little worse than what I'm working with, LOL.

[@dekr3415]

Great video, I dont even have a farm but I think I’ll buy one anyways😁

[@virginiagraber9070]

WOW Nice job. N.G.

[@johndeere7245]

I'd like to see a McFarlane Incite compared against it. In our conditions, our dirt, (Southwest Georgia), those vertical tills run ahead of a rip strip make a much more mellow strip to plant in and still leave some cover on top in drier conditions. Does a fair to good job knocking down terminated covers without incorporating too much. Also makes a cultivator pass plowing middles easier, tractor doesn't seem to want to drift as much, cultivator takes to the ground better. That said, it will make a field wash if you get a heavy rain at the wrong time. Good tool in certain situations, just not sure it justifies the price tag.

[@christopherhenderson4820]

Like to see the old black stripe haul it. It would, dual it up and rock.

[@kevinhawkins9574]

It's not how big your farm your how many cows that you milked It's because of good farm management

[@jakegardner160]

Pretty hard to farm with small acreage here. Just getting started and it’s a fight.

[@garysnyder6586]

Buy it, you will like it

[@krissyb1980]

Holy smokes that's a cool disk but how much would that thing cost? I can't even imagine buying new machines. I'm over here using stuff from the 60s and 70s Fun video to watch though.

[@bodiehot]

you will like it.

[@AldenHoman]

We have a turbo max 1200. It does an amazing job at incorporating residue and leveling the soil. We pull it with our 4440. Your 7810 could probably handle the 1500

[@longshooter457]

Alden...were you able to pull it 7 to 10 mph at max depth. How does it do with corn stalks? Thank you.

[@AldenHoman]

@@longshooter457 we generally pull it in C2. That puts us at about 6-6.5mph. I don’t know exactly how deep we run it but we do run it on the deep side. Depending on your gang angle it can just cut the cornstalks or turn them into the soil. Our 4440 is stock as far as power is concerned but it is weighted down good with rear weights and fluid in the tires.

[@longshooter457]

@@AldenHoman Thank you

[@johnhatt1219]

Well it does the job

[@tpfromcentralpa1692]

I don't know why you would waste time/fuel/wear with that on ground like that when you own a late model Cyclo that would no till into that as is? The vertical tillage seemed to be on a kick around me when it came out. Neighbor had a Salford, a few others got in on it with other brands. At the time, no used was out there, nor small enough for the hp we had at the time. So we put one together out of an old Allis Disk Chisel about like the one you have. Used CFC turbo blades on the front, yetter VT disks on the chisel shanks, and added a tine basket and coil packer to the rear. There is a video of it floating around on youtube. It worked pretty well in heavy 200+ bu corn residue, but we found the same thing others found, VT works great for a few years, after that the residue doesn't break down quick enough, so you still have issues with it that have to be dealt with in other ways, so in the end it added no net gain. Most everyone else around me come to the same conclusions as well, more a fad than anything else. When it comes down to it, heavy residue requires MOVING dirt, no matter how you pretend to change the name of it.

[@danw6014]

I'm about 20 to 30 HP short to have one of these but it would be my go to machine for hay seedings or termination of cover crops. I have not had the best stands of notill alfalfa seedings and I think this would be the ticket.

[@jwmfarms]

Contrary to what the "salesman" said, these machines are available down to 8.5'. If you have 80 PTO HP, and fairly flat ground, you should be good.

[@danw6014]

@@jwmfarms 4020. Hilly ground and at 8.5 feet it won't cover the footprint of the tractor. I'd need to have the 10 footer. I just don't have enough acres to get justify it and would be better off to find a neighbor who has one.

[@Blackwellll3066]

It's cool tillage tool, but wonder how much it will help ya with crop yields

[@davidwhittredge-rr7ti]

Nice implement doing a great job, does the tractor have enough power or do you need a little more?

[@DonWelter]

Are the vertical tillage tools able to handle all soil types equally well? In our region of Ohio it looks like they work well on silt loam soils in fall tillage of corn stubble.

[@paulreis1648]

Nice tool guys I bet it's not cheep

[@adamcorll7017]

It would be cool to see if your guys 1066 can pull it.

[@johnmarshall9065]

Too technical for this armchair farmer - but always enjoy watching your videos.

[@colorado1088]

Thinking about maintenance costs...those serrated wavy discs look pricey, and whats the quality of the bearing assemblies for all those rotating parts?

[@LoganLong6620]

Pretty cool I made a video TurboMaxing on my channel. The thing does a awesome job.

[@19661650]

It looks like it's doing a great job except on the side hill one direction it throws al lot down hill, Due to the way the rear disc blades are angled. Nice that it throws it up hill when going the other direction..

[@banjobenson9348]

i want one and i dont even farm

[@kahlerfamilyfarms]

How much horsepower do you think you’d need for a 10 or 12 foot model? 100 horse? I’m on the flat for the most part

[@donaldellis3609]

Didn't another firm made something very similar in England.

[@mrt4547]

Vertical tillage in your hills is asking for serious erosion. Save your money and outfit the planter better for no-till.

[@alleshousefarms3571]

there fine unless u got stones....

[@stevenmoss2152]

I pull a 24 ft. With an 8420 7-8 mph easy.

[@lymanharrold166]

Barely able to hear the Rep explaining the equipment. He needed a mic.

[@bigwhane8603]

Glorified disk!

[@donaldellis3609]

Disc

[@burtzorn4059]

There nice, just too expensive for a small guy. Little guy can hardly afford the new toys. Nice they do make smaller sizes for the little to medium acre guy.

[@user-vy5rj7wt9z]

I would discourage you from buying with your hills. They're a good tool when the conditions work out right but they will erode your topsoil like you wouldn't believe if you get a heavy rain

[@hankelrod7315]

I use mine in hillsides instead of my disk bc it washes must less, the GP keeps more residue on top than my big disk

[@ricknaegele2144]

Pull it a while and see how many wheels fall off. 4 bearing failures so far.

[@danielglaus2064]

How can you afford that with 40 milking cows?

[@alisciamarotta3888]

Maybe you can $$end money$$, How do you what they can afford.

[@bobsuszka1159]

You realize it doesn't matter how many cows you have. Your income is 40 cows.

[@danw6014]

If they buy it, it will save them time and money. It can give them the benefit of tillage without the cost of tillage or the damage tillage does to soil health.

[@paulmartin8784]

If the mortgage is paid for it makes a lot of difference on what you can do on a farm

[@morse2795]

I'm surprised you don't go with no-till on your farm as hilly as it is.