SIMPCO

Simpson designed the hay unrolling system to be a three-person job that could be done any day of the year. "I fight labor just like other farmers," he says. "Labor is scarce, high, and sorry." He mainly relies on his son Henry... Simpson, who serves on the Georgia Farm Bureau Hay Advisory Committee, tinkered with unroller for seven years before selling his first in 1998. Since then, he has sold 17 to farmers in Texas, Ontario, South Carolina and Georgia. Simpson offers two versions of the unroller, a single unrollr at $15,500 and a double up roller a $43,000. He says the single unroller is ideal for producers who bale up to 25,000 bales a year. The double unroller is for the "serious hay man" who handles more than 200,000 bales a year. Simpson says the single unroller can be powered by any regular farm tractor. The double unroller runs on a 70 horsepower diesel engine... Simpson made his original unroller using all salvaged parts from discarded equipment. It took several years to get..

Also known as: Simpco, Inc., Simpson

Primary location: Cochran United States