Mandako

The heaviest production roller on the market

The Mandako Land Roller features a simply designed, easy to use triplex roller on wider models or a single roller on narrow models. Easy to use in the field and easy to transport on the road. Working widths up to 60'.

Check out our features:

• Standard widths: 6' 12' 15' 20' 30' 34' 40' 45' 50' 60'
• Custom widths available
• 36” or 42” Drum diameter
• 5/8ths” or 3/4” drum wall thickness
• 3” drum shaft and bearing
• Shaft extends into the drum and supported with 1/2” plate
• 4” x 8” heavy wall matieral in frame
• Load range E hiway tires (10ply)
• 2” 6000lb axles
• Capable of adding water to the drums
• Hydrulic wing lock system
• Auto fold
• Transport width 12.5'
• Standard safty chain
• Standard light package
• Optional floating hitch kit
• Optional acre counter

Reducing Repairs is only the beginning. As long as farming has been around, farmers have been looking for ways to reduce their repair bills. Finding cheap repair parts and low shop rates has been one way, but finding a way to prevent the wear and breakage on swathers and combines is a much preferred way of keeping dollars in the pocket. That's where land rolling comes in. Many farmers see the land roller as part of there maintance program. The initial investment is not only quickly repayed by sickle bar knives and guards not breaking, but lasting much longer because the are not running in the dirt. Keeping rocks out of the combine also saves a bundle. A simple repair can start at a couple of thousand dollars but a major repair can quickly cost thirty five thousand dollars, all from a rock the size of your fist. And that doesn't count the cost of lost productivity and renting a replacement machine.

But savings don't stop there. Farmers are reporting many more savings from rolling there fields. Pulse crop growers consistently find an increase of 1 to2 bushel increase in yield on rolled fields, because they are able to cut lower, enabling them to get all the lower pods on the plant, but with less dirt in the hopper.

Lodged fields are easier to harvest with less left on the ground when they have been rolled. Farmers are also reporting a 10-15% increase in seed germination in dry years. Rolling increases the seed to soil contact and also seals in the moisture.

Another use that's coming into its own is that of rolling corn stalks after harvest. This crushes the stalks, helping them to decompose faster and leaving the field in better condition to seed into. Rolling a field before seeding will leave an even seed bed which gives you better depth control with an air seeder.

Hay and forage land benefits from rolling in that rodent mounds and rocks are levelled putting them out of a forage harvesters way. Rolling alfalfa fields with 3-5 inches of regrowth, bends the stalks causing a more vigorous regrowth and more pounds per acre.

The land roller has become so much more than a rock roller in pulse crops. When a farmer has a roller easily available, it becomes a valuble tool in all types of farming. It works well in no till, minimum till or conventional till. It works in pulses, canole, grain, corn and forages. It works well in most soil types. For more info on rolling and rollers call Llew at 204-312-0175.