Starr Trak, LLC

541-534-6185
301 Church Street
Summerville, OR 97876

As you know, center pivot and linear irrigation systems, under certain soil conditions, can be plagued by severe rutting problems. There are many things that irrigation managers have attempted in the past to curtail the problem such as plowing in ruts at the beginning of the year, or filling the trenches with wood chips, rock or hay bales, just to name a few. This often helps but invariably rutting problems persist and worsen leading to time and money lost to things such as:

• Digging out bogged down towers
• Erecting and repairing corner units that have collapsed while trying to climb out of trenches
• General wear and tear to machinery from crossing trenches

Rutting problems have been around for years and have spawned many possible solutions. Many of these ideas have accomplished some amount of improvement, but often end up creating more problems or simply poor results.

That is until now.