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Check Your Mojos

When used in benign conditions, our Mojo Wires have a long life expectancy. However, when flexed to the max, they may start to take on this greater curvature (of max-flexed position) and lose their tension when back in normal operating position. When this happens, they’re not putting down nearly as much pressure on the Keeton as they should.

Flexing to the max happens in the field when crossing irrigation tracks, or rills/gullies with sharp edges, or even if the unit abruptly falls down in a large badger hole and the Keeton gets caught by the lip of the hole.
You can check the tension of the Keeton + Mojo combination by using a fish scale, and holding the Keeton at operating position (if in the shop, set the openers on the concrete, and then just barely lift the tail off of the concrete with the tension from the scale). Depending on the Keeton model and its age/condition, you’ll get about 1.5 – 2 lbs just from the Keeton by itself. With a Mojo, you should get at least 4 lbs, and preferably 6 – 8 lbs. Check all the rows, since they’ll likely be different.

You may wish to compare your old Mojos against a new one (if using Universal brackets, inspect those, too, since they get warped).

Have you upgraded from finicky Universals to the much more robust, trouble-free design of Quick Attach Keetons yet?

The new Mojo Wire kit, Liquid, for “Quick Attach” Keeton is now in stock!

Chris Horton

Chris Horton brings 25 years of management with him. He grew up on his grandparents farm in Reno County Kansas where they mainly grew wheat and cattle feed. He worked on feed lots as a pen rider and cow-calf operations before moving to Southern California where Chris started a new career in the transportation and transport logistics, eventually managing the western region for a large commercial vehicle leasing company. Chris moved home to Kansas, to manage a local Farmers Coop and then eventually the service dept for a tractor dealership. The opportunity to join the Exapta team came up, and he knew he wanted to be a part of this team.

Bob Pagel

Sales & Service Representative

Prior to joining Exapta, Bob Pagel was an Agricultural Territory Sales Manager for Ritchie Brothers, serving parts of MN, WI and IA. He continues to support his family farm in SE Minnesota.

Jon Zeller

Current Product Engineer

Jonathan Zeller joined Exapta excited to return to working with no-till planting equipment. He supported research of no-till planting and other ag related projects for 7 years with Kansas State University’s Agricultural Engineering Department after getting his engineering degree. He later worked 3 years for Landoll Company, LLC. where he gained experience in a design engineering role. Jonathan grew up on a small family farm in NE Kansas working with row crops, hay and cattle. Jonathan enjoys solving engineering problems and improving or creating products to be robust and easy to install and service.