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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Soil Science

Soil compaction

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A Useful Farm-Made Roller, V E. Western Jan 1960

A Useful Farm-Made Roller, V E. Western

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A very serviceable compacting roller can be constructed at little expense by using discarded truck tyres.

The roller described here has an overall width of 5 ft. 3 in. and carries seven 9.00 x 24 semi-trailer tyres which had been discarded when the treads were worn smooth.