Friday, 01 September 2023 11:55

Cutting up the rough

Written by  Staff Reporters
The CrossCutter Disc Aggressive variant is said to be particularly useful in heavy land and hard soil conditions. The CrossCutter Disc Aggressive variant is said to be particularly useful in heavy land and hard soil conditions.

Väderstad, the tillage, drilling and planting manufacturer, has added the CrossCutter Disc Aggressive to extend the range of products the company offers for ultra-shallow tillage.

The CrossCutter Disc was introduced to the market in 2017 to enable intensive ultra-shallow tillage at high working speeds. The new Aggressive variant is said to be particularly useful in heavy land and hard soil conditions.

The Aggressive differs from the ordinary Cross- Cutter Disc by featuring sharpened TrueCut cut outs, providing higher penetration capability in challenging field conditions. A further benefit of the new machine is that it will act more aggressively in heavy residues – such as silage maize, heavy oilseed rape stalks or sunflower stubble – helping to speed up the decomposition.

Concept developer, Magnus Samuelsson at Väderstad, says even though there is a more aggressive shape than the original machine, it still operates at ultra-shallow working depths of 2-5 cm.

“It will move substantially less soil than a conventional disc,” he explains. “This results in less fuel being used while maintaining a high working speed and still providing an intensive mixing.”

The CrossCutter Disc Aggressive is available in two sizes – the 450mm diameter units are intended for a working depth of 2-3 cm. Meanwhile, the Carrier range of disc cultivators are 510mm diameter units made for a working depth of 3-5 cm with Carrier XL.

Both units can be operated at working speeds of up to 20km/h.

Like the original CrossCutter Disc, the Aggressive can be fitted to the Carrier disc cultivator, with each unit individually mounted to its own rubber suspended disc arm to deliver ground contouring that ensures very even results.

The new CrossCutter Disc Aggressive machines are available for order now.

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