Disclosed is an assembly for mitigating soil compacted by wheels or belts of a vehicle moving over soil and carried by the vehicle. The assembly operates with a series of blades affixed to a rotatable shaft and displaying an elliptical pattern. A hood confines about the top half of the blades and spans about the width of the assembly. A motor rotates the rotatable shaft. A mounting assembly mounts the assembly to the vehicle behind and in alignment with the vehicle wheels or belts. A cylinder assembly reversibly moves the assembly from a home position downwardly into compacted soil for its mitigation.

Disclosed is an assembly for mitigating soil compacted by wheels or belts of a vehicle moving over soil and carried by the vehicle. The assembly operates with a series of blades affixed to a rotatable shaft and displaying an elliptical pattern. A hood confines about the top half of the blades and spans about the width of the assembly. A motor rotates the rotatable shaft. A mounting assembly mounts the assembly to the vehicle behind and in alignment with the vehicle wheels or belts. A cylinder assembly reversibly moves the assembly from a home position downwardly into compacted soil for its mitigation.

A system for tilling compression marks formed in a field by wheels of agricultural machinery the system including a first roller assembly having a plurality of blade assemblies positioned in spaced relation to one another. The first roller assembly rotatably connected to a swing arm which moves the first roller assembly between a disengaged position, where the roller assembly does not penetrate the soil, and an engaged position where the roller assembly does penetrate and till the soil. The first roller assembly is positioned behind and in alignment with a first wheel of the agricultural machinery such that the first roller assembly tills the compression mark formed by the first wheel.

A system for tilling compression marks formed in a field by wheels of agricultural machinery the system including a first roller assembly having a plurality of blade assemblies positioned in spaced relation to one another. The first roller assembly rotatably connected to a swing arm which moves the first roller assembly between a disengaged position, where the roller assembly does not penetrate the soil, and an engaged position where the roller assembly does penetrate and till the soil. The first roller assembly is positioned behind and in alignment with a first wheel of the agricultural machinery such that the first roller assembly tills the compression mark formed by the first wheel.

The field cultivating sweep includes a body with wings extending from a center line in opposite directions, and a conditioning element extending downwardly from the wing body. The conditioning element may be a blade extending vertically downwardly along the center line of the body and having a leading edge sloped rearedly from front to back. In alternative embodiments, the conditioning element may have a triangular or rectangular shape or may be in the form of a fluted coulter. The conditioning element acts to till the ground vertically and break up compacted soil as the sweep is drawn along the ground.

A topsoil separating and spreading apparatus includes a grate and rotor assembly that can be pivotally mounted on the top of a standard loader bucket for operation. The spreader member includes an arcuate grate formed with slotted openings and a rotor rotatably mounted concentrically with the arcuate grate so that disks mounted on the rotor shaft will move adjacent to the arcuate grate to push topsoil through the grate openings. The spreader member is pivotally movable between opened and closed positions and is powered by the prime mover. The opening of the spreader member allows a supply of topsoil to be loaded into the bucket loader, after which the spreader member can be closed against the bucket to force topsoil to be discharged therefrom through the grate openings. The rotor breaks up clumps within the bucket, while the grate prevents the discharge of non-frangible debris from the supply of topsoil.

A soil aeration apparatus can include an aeration rotor comprising at least one set of aeration tines configured for movement in a planetary motion about an axis. The apparatus can further include the aeration rotor being configured to remove soil plugs from a ground surface and break the soil plugs into soil particles when the aeration rotor is rotated.

A system for determining compaction layer depth during agricultural machine includes a transceiver-based sensor configured to generate surface profile data indicative of a surface profile of a portion of a field across which the agricultural machine is traveling. Furthermore, the system includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the transceiver-based sensor. As such, the computing system is configured to identify a wheel depression within the portion of the field within the surface profile data generated by the transceiver-based sensor. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a depth of the identified wheel depression and determine a depth of a compaction layer beneath the identified wheel depression based on the determined depth of the identified wheel depression.

A system for determining compaction layer depth during agricultural machine includes a transceiver-based sensor configured to generate surface profile data indicative of a surface profile of a portion of a field across which the agricultural machine is traveling. Furthermore, the system includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the transceiver-based sensor. As such, the computing system is configured to identify a wheel depression within the portion of the field within the surface profile data generated by the transceiver-based sensor. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a depth of the identified wheel depression and determine a depth of a compaction layer beneath the identified wheel depression based on the determined depth of the identified wheel depression.

A perforator quick disconnect system for an aerator device includes a perforator and a retaining device. The perforator has a head with an exterior configured to be received within a mounting block of the aerator device and a female component that extends into the exterior of the head. The retaining device has a connector configured to connect to the mounting block and a male component disposed within the connector and moveable relative thereto from a first position to a second position. The female and male components together form a quick disconnect mechanism such that when the perforator and retaining device are received by the mounting block, the male component engages the female component when the male component is in the first position to connect the retaining device to the mounting block and disengages the female component when in the second position to disconnect the perforator from the mounting block.