Sugar Beet Lifting beet made easy
The 6-wheeler Holmer Terra Dos T4-40 sugar beet harvester.
working depth for each pair of lifting shares individually. It compensates for soil unevenness, including driving lines or depressions, and variations in beet size and position in the soil. Therefore an optimum harvesting result is achieved for the first time for this large working width thanks to the HR 12 with EasyLift system. The HR 12 guarantees substantially reduced beet damage including fewer root break losses, as well as reduced pick-up of soil, minimised wear and lower diesel consumption, adds the company. ■
and erratic spacing. The shaped hollow also provides good seed-to-soil contact, resulting in better germination. As this service has proved increasingly popular, JJ Metcalfe & Son has now designed and produced its own tungsten carbide tipped coulters to retrofit Kleine and Monopil drills. This development
means customers will no longer have to wait while their coulters go through the time-consuming processes needed to fit the tungsten carbide. These coulters will be stocked ready to send out offering farmers the same high-performance results without the wait, concludes the company. ■
The 6-wheeler Holmer Terra Dos T440 sugar beet harvester is equipped with the 12-row lifting unit HR 12 and Holmer EasyLift, with which the world record in sugar beet harvesting was set in September 2015, reports UK importer Agrifac. The established automatic depth control adapts the frame of the lifting unit automatically to the soil horizon. Then the unique EasyLift system regulates according to the scanned sugar beet heads of each single row – the necessary
Durability when drilling For many years JJ Metcalfe & Son has taken in new or used sugar beet coulters for tungsten carbide application, extending the life of the coulters by up to six times in comparison with steel alone. Tungsten carbide durability minimises down time plus the hard-wearing edge enables the coulter to maintain the same shape
throughout its long working life, says the company. This ensures the part is providing excellent performance throughout its working life and creates a consistent crop across the entire field. The precise, V-shaped track left by the sharp cutting edge of the tungsten carbide helps trap the seeds, preventing them from rolling
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