This machine is the result of an exciting brainstorming session. Our field cultivator has been around for a long time — the classic goose‑foot, light‑spring type arranged in two or three rows. It was mainly used for spring drying of loamy soils. (It’s a bit sad in hindsight: ten years ago the challenge on many fields was to lose enough moisture in spring to make the soil workable.) So yes, we had — and still have — such a tool, but large amounts of crop residue and cultivator shanks simply don’t get along, no matter what anyone says.
So we needed a tool that could cultivate at a shallow depth without collecting crop residue. At first we were thinking about soft springs, lots of wheels and a leading disc row — but that quickly turned into an overly complicated concept.
Then came the idea: our strip‑till module is already a robust cultivator that follows the soil surface and has a cutting disc. All we’d need to do is replace the ripper shank with a large winged sweep. And when we say large, we mean LARGE — around 80 cm wide.
The result is a machine that is elegantly simple. Parallel‑mounted carriages ensure the working depth — or rather, the working shallowness. The cutting discs prevent residue from clogging the machine, while the low‑lift sweeps allow the tool to cut without transporting soil. And because we’re not working deep, the draft requirement remains minimal.
Exciting? We think so too.
