I am pictured with the 12 row 38" PATS cone roller I built for Dawson Brothers Farms in 2015. We utilized a PATS Rip-Trip-Till that I sold them in 2002.    Picture I also sold Fisher Family Farms a 4 row cone roller  to mount behind their KMC ripper bedder in 2015. They were both pleased with the rows they were farming, but had problems in extremely wet and dry conditions with bulldozing. Scott informed me in 2016 that he had seen on YOUTUBE cone rollers being driven hydraulically in Europe. I built my first hydraulically driven cone rollers for the 2016 season at Langley Industrial located in Sharpsburg, NC. These worked very well. Scott was so impressed that he modified his machine with hydraulic motors. After seeing Scott's machine work on my website Rodney Dawson came to Scott's in 2018 to see how to put hydraulic motors on theirs. 

Also in 2018 I assisted Ray and Charles Tooley in building the world's first 24 row 30" hydraulically driven stainless steel cone roller for the 2019 season. It was their idea to purchase a Bigham Brothers 16 row 30" inch double 7"x7" stacking toolbar and cut an Orthman folding toolbar in half and weld 4 rows on each end to make a 24-row double folding toolbar. It was also their idea to utilize stainless steel to make their rollers. This machine has just finished its fifth season covering over 4000 acres per year for a total of over 20,000 acres with no noticeable wear on the rollers.

The reason I am documenting these events is to demonstrate my ability to cooperate with farmers to:

1   - Listen to their ideas.

2   - Build prototypes to make their ideas work.

3   -Once a design is agreed upon I:

A- Work with them to see can we utilize existing toolbars, gauge wheels, clamps, brackets or any other parts they may already have.

B-Source at dealer cost any components that are available.

C-Work with fabrication shops with CNC technology to design and fabricate needed parts.

D-Provide welding and assembly assistance at their shops to reduce costs.

E-Provide a price for a fully assembled machine ready to go to the field.

F-Provide in field support.