Purdue Landscape Report, Using Pneumatic Digging Equipment to Correct Root Deformations, Deep Planting, and Compaction on Established Trees: When transplanting trees, it is important to consider the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Crop fields are taking the 2002 season hard, but it might not require a deep tillage operation to loosen them up. The wild weather extremes that compelled many farmers to plant ...

Soils damaged by livestock and machinery significantly reduce the uptake of essential nutrients – they will run off the surface instead of being taken down to the roots. And the worm populations that ...

Remote-control trench rollers improve safety. Operators stay out of trenches and away from cave-ins, vibration, dust, and ...

Using old ideas for new methods of compaction|~|Landpac body.jpg|~||~|Old ideas often hold the answer to many of the technical problems that we face. Construction is no different as commercial ...

Soil compaction arises when external pressures—often from heavy machinery, livestock trampling or repeated field traffic—exceed a soil’s capacity to recover its pore network, leading to increased bulk ...

Soil compaction is becoming of increasing concern to Indiana agriculture. For many years,it was thought to be mostly a "southern U.S. problem" and of little importance in the Midwest. Today, however, ...

Deep or subsoil compaction is caused by total axle load of the equipment. For example, a 12-row combine fully loaded as an axle weight of about 26 tons. Research shows that loads of these magnitudes ...

Husqvarna’s LT 6005 is ideal for compacting soil in trench and sewage systems, gardening and landscaping, compaction on backfill, foundations, patching and repairs. Husqvarna’s LT 6005 is ideal for ...