The Mixmaster Stubble Cultivator
Heavy duty construction: large locked pins, replaceable bushings on all pivots, axle boxes for depth control and reduced strain on axle pivots.
Front depth control ram working in
conjunction with the unique triple wheel, contour following unit ensures constant depth.
The end result of incorporation must be to produce a friable, well mixed level and firm structure to facilitate rapid volunteer germination and a good entry point for the drill. The sub-strata should be torn in areas to minimise the formation or cultivation pans. Trash should be mixed throughout the profile to reduce hair-pinning with disk drills or blockages with other drill types.
Full crop residues require multi-tine machines with good inter-row clearance to avoid blockages. The more boil, the more elements, the more twist imparted to the soil the more homogenous the mix. By definition, machines of this nature are long, which can result in poor depth control on undulating ground.
For a chitting operation, a machine which can move the whole soil profile at shallow depth whilst maximising residue burial is the ideal. Where a second deeper pass may be advantageous it is important that power input is low otherwise the net cost for the job can be crippling. It is with these ideals in mind that we produced the Mixmaster.
Multi-element Mixing Unit
A perfect twenty centimetre tine pattern with inter-row disk spacing to move the whole root zone.
Multiple elements - 10 per metre provide unsurpassed twisting of the soil to entrain straw into soil profile and improve the mix.
Soil moves quickly away from the work zone once cut thereby minimising the chances of blockages and reducing the draft.
The points throw the soil out and the disks compensate by throwing the soil in.
A following leaf tine leveller finishes the job.
In work the tine gangs are suspended between three wheels at the front and two at the rear. The tine frame is free to follow contours left and right and back to front. Even under severely undulating ground the tines keep a constant depth.
The disk gangs again are free to oscillate up and down and left to right. Not only removing tine ridges but increasing the mix.
Robust two piece tines coupled to a long heavy duty twisted point provide reliability and cheap running cost.
• Best mix in class
• Low power (from 25hp/m)
• Less passes required
• Reliable & cheap to run
