Slicing, levelling and crumbling or loosening

The optional leading tillage tools handle the first step in soil cultivation to provide the tine system with optimum conditions for slicing and mixing. This involves the distribution and intensive shredding of organic material, the loosening of wheel marks and the pre-crumbling of the soil.

This expands the range of applications covered by the PLANO. Whether seedbed preparation, stubble cultivation or turning in a cover crop, you can react to the site-specific conditions in the field.

The integration of the front depth wheels into the tine section makes for a compact design that allows a knife roller or front board to be installed.

Leading knife roller

The knife roller with a diameter of 350 mm demonstrates its cutting effect particularly well when there are high volumes of organic matter, such as oil seed rape stubble or a cover crop. The additional cutting effect improves incorporation, significantly accelerates the organic decomposition process and makes it more difficult for harmful organisms to overwinter as a result.

Hydraulic adjustment allows the working depth to be set conveniently or the entire knife roller to be pivoted away from the work area. Rubber elements protect the knife roller against overload and impact with large stones. The spiral arrangement of the knives ensure the roller rotates smoothly because it is in constant contact with the ground and produces a high load on the cutting edge. The knives are made of a special low-wear Hardox steel to ensure cost effective operation and to preserve the cutting edge on the knives.

Front board breaks up clumps

To create an even more level seedbed and optimum tilth when preparing seedbeds on ploughed land, the front board can be selected as an optional extra. This is equipped with 24 sturdy drag tines that crush even coarse clumps. Adjustable and replaceable wear plates are fitted to the tines.

If the front board is not required, it can be folded away completely out of the working area so that it does not contact the soil. The front board is adjusted hydraulically.

Wheel mark loosening tines

To loosen any compacted areas in the tractor wheel marks, two loosening tines per tractor track can be mounted on the PLANO. These easily loosen wheel mark compaction during seedbed preparation without having to set the whole PLANO to a deeper working depth.

The wheel mark loosening tines are mounted in front of the tine section and are equipped with overload protection of up to 180 kg and special carbide-tipped chisel points. The working depth is set using a pin-in-hole matrix. This can be up to 10 cm lower than the tine section to loosen deeper soil compaction. Simply shift horizontally along the frame tube to adjust their position in relation to the tractor wheels.