Horsch will launch the Terrano MT cultivator at Agritechnica 2011.
The Horsch Terrano MT is a cultivator specifically designed to mix the soil near the surface and loosen it at depths up to 30cm, a combination that makes it ideal for UK farming operations.
Available in 4m and 6m working widths, the Terrano MT has a four-bar design with a middle chassis. The first two rows house the 520mm rotary harrow discs followed by two rows of TerraGrip tines with narrow low-disturbance points. The Terrano MT is particularly suitable for the cultivation of heavy soils that have to be loosened deeply, but where harvest residues can only be incorporated in a very shallow manner to avoid coarse soil being transported to the surface.
The two-row DiscSystem allows for a shallow and intensively mixing cultivation and blockage-free operation, even with difficult residues and high quantities of straw. The DiscSystem produces a lot of fine soil and the working depth can be adjusted hydraulically.
The following two-bar tine system has a large tine spacing of 40cm and narrow 40mm low-disturbance coulters resulting in a relatively low horsepower requirement. It allows for an intensive loosening down to a depth of 30cm. Hardly any coarse soil is brought to the surface and the disc harrow horizon is crossed below. Due to the large tine spacing and the preceding discs, the Terrano MT is highly resistant to blocking.
Like the Terrano FM, the middle chassis offer excellent manoeuvrability on the headlands and extremely good ride quality on the road. In wet conditions the chassis can be used for an additional depth control with less weight transferred to the packer.
For maximum consolidation the new Horsch SteelDisc packer with a 580mm diameter and a weight of 175kg/m of working width is used. This new, highly durable design has proven effective on the heaviest soils with the Terrano MT leaving a good soil structure behind it.
For more information visit: www.horsch.com.
