Cleanup Tools

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Farm Cleanup Tools

Plastic Mulch Lifter

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A Kennco Plastic Mulch Lifter is used to loosen mulch from the field, when using manual labor, to pull and remove the plastic mulch from a raised bed.

  • Adjustable side coulters
  • Lifts plastic, and shakes the soil and weeds from it for easier removal.
  • Standard three-point Category II/III hitch
  • Adjustable plow point
  • Heavy duty construction
  • Single or multi beds available
  • Center coulter option for splitting the plastic
  • 2,000,000 BTU burners to incinerate exposed plastic
  • Plastic Retriever

Standard Sizes Available

  • 8 ft (2.4 m) wide, 10 ft (3.0 m) wide, and 12 ft (3.7 m) wide grader leveler
  • 1 bed plastic mulch lifter with burners (customer must supply propane tank)

Bed Mower

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Kennco’s Bed Mower is the ideal tool to mow vegetation or weeds that have grown over the plastic after harvest, so you can easily remove the plastic mulch, or plant a second crop.

  • Cuts closer than conventional deck mowers
  • Tight clearance to mow vegetation without cutting or tangling mulch
  • Adjustable gauge wheels
  • PTO driven
  • Large OD drum so the plastic or plant debris doesn’t wind up around shaft

1 Row Plastic Mulch Retriever

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Kennco’s Plastic Mulch Retriever will allow you to lift, gather, and dump all of your plastic mulch; with only two people and one machine—in one pass.

  • Stainless steel cones for durability and prevent the plastic from sticking.
  • Can hold up to 6000 ft of plastic mulch for faster removal.
  • Gathers plastic in a compact, easy-to-remove pile.
  • Adjustable plow points and coulters to work in almost any environment
  • Hydraulic controls for variation of speed and control.
  • Lifts and pulls drip tape with plastic.

Drip Tape Retriever

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Growers can pull and remove irrigation tape from the field using our Drip Tape Retriever. The drip tape can be discarded, reused, or recycled.

  • Flow regulator for speed control
  • Platform for worker
  • Powered by tractor’s hydraulic system

Plastic Burner

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Kennco’s Plastic Mulch Burner can burn plastic mulch in the field, or be used to burn string and dead vines from stakes.

It is the customer’s responsibility to follow all local burning laws and restrictions when using this equipment.

  • Durable chassis for 500- or 1000-gallon propane tank (not included) with swinging booms.
  • 2,000,000 BTU burners can be aimed to burn string, mulch, or vines.
  • Can be used to burn string from stakes before using our stake puller.
  • Replaceable burners
  • Towed by a tractor’s drawbar
  • 1, 2, 3 or 4 row burner boom
  • Burner boom rear mount
  • Burners
  • Burner valve and plumbing kit

Standard Sizes Available

  • 7 ft (2.1 m) wide
  • 14 ft (4.3 m) wide

Plastic Mulch Incinerator

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Kennco’s Mulch Incinerator is a portable propane-fired incinerator that can be used to dispose of mulch quickly and inexpensively.

It is the customer’s responsibility to follow all local burning laws and restrictions when using this equipment.

  • Large steel drum to hold plastic
  • Heavy duty steel construction
  • Two million BTU burners
  • Towed by a tractor’s drawbar

Fiberglass Stake Puller

Check out the new Fiberglass Stake Puller manufactured by Kennco, designed specifically to reduce wear—and increase the overall lifespan—of your fiberglass stakes.

  • Reduce wear on stakes
  • Easy bundling and transport
  • Match tractor speed
  • Puller head attaches to our Wooden Stake Puller

Stake Puller

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Kennco Stake Puller is the only piece of equipment like it on the market. It can pay for itself in a single season based off of stake-pulling speed and reduced stake breakage.

  • Chain conveyor grabs stake and pulls it vertically from the ground, minimizing breakage.
  • Places pulled stakes in bin, in the same direction, for easy bundling.
  • Bundled stakes are easily dropped from the bin at the end of the row.
  • Chain conveyor timed to match tractor speed
  • Relies on its own hydraulic reservoir to minimize reliance on tractor’s system.
  • Multiple bin sizes available

Standard Sizes Available

  • 72″ Row center, for 60″ or 78″ stakes.

Stake Cart and Stake Driver Cart

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Kennco’s Stake Cart is attached to a tractor and is loaded with tomato stakes so workers have stakes within easy reach.

  • Extends from the side of the tractor to over three planting beds.
  • Labor saving tool to allow workers to have easy access to stakes where they are working.

Kennco’s Stake Driver Cart works with an industrial air compressor and air-hammers so workers can drive stakes into the soil mechanically.

  • Allows workers to set stakes quicker than driving them by hand.
  • Can be built to carry stakes, or follow a stake cart on a separate tractor
  • Includes booms that swing to the side and carry air lines to the air hammers.

Field Harvesting Conveyor

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Kennco’s Field Harvesting Conveyor is used in the field to transport picked vegetables from the grower along a belt to a truck or wagon.

  • Unfolds for field use and can be folded for storage and transportation
  • 3-point hitch
  • Includes lighting for night or early morning operation
We farm in the Southern Cape in South Africa. We are using a single row Kennco machine and plastic layer. We are doing strawberries on 60ha. Machines were imported three years ago and we recently imported another bedformer and plastic layer. It has changed our business in a great positive way.
Renier B., Professional Horticulture Consulting
The Kennco Plastic Mulch retriever cut my cost in half. It paid for itself after the first 200 acres, and will only increase my profit every acre, every year after that.
Jimmy Grainger, Grainger Farms
I've been a customer of theirs for at least 30 years. They always accommodate me when I have a need and another thing I like is their ability to change with the times and change with technology. I've had a great relationship with them and expect to in the future.
Alabama Tomato Farmer
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Virginia C.