Here are a few uses of a creeper gear...
Tobacco farmers need a creeper for The Kirpy harvester ground speeds
Vegetables Farmers
Vegetables are grown on six foot beds and are usually planted in three rows. This allows as much mechanical weeding as possible, minimizing expensive hand weeding. A combination of a sweep hoe (L-blades and A-blades), rotary brush hoe, and flame weeder are used depending on ground conditions and the stage of plant growth. Some hand weeding is always necessary and is done using a bed weeder. This piece of equipment is attached to the three point linkage of a tractor fitted with a creeper gear box (extremely slow). It is made up of a wide frame covering three beds of vegetables, and mounted on the frame are nine "stretchers." Nine people then lie on the stretchers that are suspended just above each single row of vegetables. This allows them to weed by hand within the row of vegetables from a position of relative comfort. This is much easier on the human form and is also surprisingly fast. Potatoes are grown in traditional ridges that are progressively built up during the early stages of plant growth which gives good weed control. Potato haulm is topped and burnt off with the flame weeder prior to harvesting in September. Carrots are harvested from August through until November using a top-lifting harvester. A top-lifter pulls the carrots out by the leaves, minimizing damage and leaving the soil behind. Once the first autumn frosts arrive, the carrot tops become weaker and the top-lifter is no longer effective. We then use a combination of the potato harvester and hand lifting to complete the harvest.
Vegetable Farmers also use a creeper from laying out the wrap....
Tractor composter
Brown Bear has introduced a revised model of its farm tractor composter. The PTOPA35C-10.5 unit is designed to be attached to the front of 100-160 hp farm tractors. The composter requires a front 3-point hitch, 1000 RPM PTO, and creeper transmission. It is available for ISO and counter ISO PTO shaft rotation. It is designed to compost biosolids, yard waste, manure and other organics.
Brown Bear Corp.
Corning, IA
Tel: 641-322-4220
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As mentioned tilling requires a creeper
Snow blowing will benefit from a creeper
Nursery operations will use creeper when treating seedlings
