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    • Aricks Row Cleaners

    • Aricks row cleaner for JD 60/90 drills, Right or Left

      For JD 60/90-series no-till drills. (Right-hand unit.)  Installation requires either welding on a tab (that holds the lift cable) to the frame above each row, or drilling and tapping a hole to fasten it (we have high-quality taps for sale, and will soon have a video showing how to do this.)  Box drills require extra support tubes (for the lifting cable) to be installed ahead of rockshafts. 50-series requires different version (see). Not suitable for corn stalks–must be locked up. Note: Exapta doesn't stock but a few of these for demos; it takes 8 – 9 wks to get orders from Australia and shipped back out to North American customers.
      $525.00
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    • Aricks row cleaner for JD 750 / 1850 drills, Right or Left

      For John Deere 50-series no-till drills. (Left-hand unit.)  Installation requires either welding on a tab (that holds the lift cable) to the frame above each row, or drilling and tapping a hole to fasten it (we have high-quality taps for sale, and will soon have a video showing how to do this.)  Box drills require extra support tubes (for the lifting cable) to be installed ahead of rockshafts. Not suitable for corn stalks–must be locked up. Note: Exapta doesn't stock but a few of these for demos; it takes 8 – 9 wks to get orders from Australia and shipped back out to North American customers.
      $525.00
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    • Aricks replacement blade

      Sharktooth blade from Yetter, to fit Aricks row cleaner 4-bolt hub
      $54.00
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    All About Aricks Row Cleaners

    We’re pleased to offer another top-notch product from Aricks of Australia, where ruggedness is taken to an extreme (check out our Aricks bushing kits for these drills – wonderful product). These row cleaners have a proven, 10-year track record in Australia, and we’re proud to be the exclusive distributor in North America.

    While sharper opener blades and waiting for the mulch to dry each morning can take you a long way in preventing hairpinning (as can our UniForce hydraulic downforce system), a row cleaner helps you out if the mulch is simply too thick to cut, or waiting for it to dry isn’t practical. Also, in very cold climates, a bit of soil warming from clearing some mulch out of the row can be beneficial.

    Aricks row cleaners are also a big advantage when seeding very shallow, such as alfalfa or canola, where it’s difficult to make the opener blades cut the residue (18-inch blades cut best when seeding 2.5 – 3″ deep). Not suitable for use in corn stalks — they must be locked up. They do handle hemp, field pea, soybean, faba bean and flax residue without much issue, as well as stripper-harvested cereals.

    A jacker bolt allows control of the max down-stroke. When not needed, the cleaner is easily pinned up.

    Exapta has a small quantity in stock, but otherwise it takes 12-16 wks to get these from Australia and shipped back out to North American customers.

    Note: Box drills require installation of a bar ahead of each rockshaft (call us for price and shipping cost; or prints available to build your own)

    Made to Last from These Quality Materials

    10mm Bisalloy Steel Plate toothed wheel Cast steel body and arm 32mm high-tensile chrome pivot pin 5mm stainless steel lifting cable

    Low Maintenance

    Heavy-duty hub: fully sealed, maintenance-free bearing No greasing of pivot pin

    Robust Hubs & Bearings

    Aricks row cleaners feature extremely robust hubs and bearings. This is the same bearing that’s in the opener blade hub of the 60/90-series. These can take a beating and remain trouble-free for many years and tens of thousands of acres.

    One Aricks wheel was used: see center row for obvious improved germination.

    Left side is without Aricks row cleaners. Right side with with Aricks row cleaner wheels.

    Same field, adjacent passes: With a full set of Aricks wheels in use in RH pic, and without aricks wheels in LH (above). You can see the same landmarks in both photos.

    Two rows in center of photo were cleared with the Aricks row cleaner.

    One Aricks residue manager in use (outside row of rear rank).

    Perfect clearing through an incredible layer of thatch, but no soil is disturbed. Note: This was an early version — the mounting & arm are now heavy-duty castings and the bearing has been upsized — extremely robust. These have been on the market for 10 years in Australia!

    “Aricks wheels really do eliminate hairpinning and improve the seed-to-soil contact greatly. And I can sow longer at night when conditions become damp.”
    Peter Hanrahan
    Corowa, NSW, Australia, (Aricks row cleaners on 40-ft 1890 on 10" spacing)
    “I bought my 40-ft JD 1890 in 2010, and in 2016 I bought Aricks residue managers. The results I had sowing into dry heavy stubble were amazing — I could see the difference the residue managers made immediately — it was a great result. They should come standard on all JD disc machines — it’s a no brainer. I wish I had put them on 7 years ago.”
    Mark Dugan (Maroondah farm)
    Trangie, NSW, Australia, (10” row spacing)

    Aricks Row Cleaners Videos

    Dry sowing (dusting in), southern NSW Riverina
    Aricks row cleaners in sorghum stubble in Australia.
    John Deere 1890 using Aricks row cleaners