Cherokee - Cherokee County Conservation Offices

Please call the office if you want to rent equipment or have any questions.

Truax Native Grass Drill $25/acre ($250 minimum)

• 8-ft. planting width (12 row, 8" spacing)
• 3 seed hoppers specialize in small seed, large fluffy seed, or large heavy seeds
• Designed for interseeding into existing cover or untilled cropland, but not cornstalks
• REQUIREMENTS- Min. 65 HP tractor, 4 hydraulic hook-ups

Dew Drop Seeder $25/acre ($100 minimum)

• 4-ft. spreading width
• 2 seed boxes specialize in small, heavy seeds and light, fluffy seeds
• Designed for untilled or tilled disturbed ground, not existing turf and best in smaller areas where tractor access is limited
• Best for native seedings (pasture and lawn mixes are not recommended)
• REQUIREMENTS- ATV/UTV with 1 7/8" ball hitch

Vicon Pendulum Spreader $25/acre ($100 minimum)

• Spreading width is approx. 20-30 ft. and capacity is 400 gallons
• Best used for native seedings in cultivated ground
• REQUIREMENTS- Utility or large tractor with 3-pt. hydraulic hitch and PTO

Tree & Shrub Planters $15/day (no minimum)

• 3-pt. mounted
• Designed for a rider to be pulled behind a tractor, inserting bare-root trees/shrubs into a furrow that is tilled open and pressed closed by the planter
• REQUIREMENTS- 2 people, 60 HP min. tractor with Cat. I or II 3-pt