Planter closing wheels

Question

Just got some yetter twister closing wheels for our planter. Anyone out there have a recommendation on weather to use one with a rubber wheel or two? We have silty loam soils but get in to sand as well

Answer

I used a different brand of closing wheel, but when I ran two spiked closing wheels I had trouble with rocks about the size of your fist getting wedged in between The wheels. That would then kick the seeds out of the trench. I took off one of the spiked and replaced it with a rubber wheel and that helped a lot but still pick up an occasional rock. I also had trouble with chick weed getting tangled up in the two spike wheel setup.

Answer

Here in NE I don't think you'll have problem with 2.  In my perspective you want as much symmetry on each row when conditions permit. We ran one wheel of Furrow cruiser and one rubber wheel last year with good results. We went that route because it showed in different plot trials that one spiked wheel was was about as much bushel advantage as having two but with half as much investment.

Main thing to test for is dig perpendicular to your trench at planting to see if any air gaps remain and complete seed to soil contact is achieved.

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Planter closing wheels

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