The Lamma Show, taking place on the 15th and 16th of January at the NEC, Birmingham, will see a host of innovations from Grange Machinery.
One of these is the Front Mounted Disc Bar, designed to be fitted to the front linkage of a tractor to provide an additional pre-cultivation pass ahead of the drill, or to improve cultivation passes.
It features a full-width set of wavy discs to cut through trash and cover crops to improve seed-to-soil contact and trash flow through the following machine.
The company states that it will also prevent residues from sticking to the coulters and causing blockages.
Managing director Rhun Jones adds that they will showcase a new point design, developed after working closely with customers.
“We are always driving to offer wearing parts of the best quality and durability that provide customers with the most competitive £/acre ratio.
“Having machines spread over several continents, all with varying soil types, has led Grange to develop point technology further. The addition of tungsten tiles and a slight change to the angle of the wings has allowed the wearing part to perform even better in some of the most challenging and abrasive soil types that we see machines working in.
“The combination of tungsten paste and tiles now sees the wearing part durability increase significantly. It will also offer the key elements of low disturbance loosening, that is positive soil uplift with minimal surface disturbance.”
The show will also see the launch of a newly designed Tine-Drill Toolbar, which can work with a number of third-party front tanks. It features individual ground contour following, hydraulic seed depth adjustment and the option of a hydraulic levelling board and rear double harrow.
The first production machines are already in the field, having reportedly performed well despite the tough conditions.
Also finishing its first year in the field is the Top-Tilth Cultivator, with a dual disc system that can be hydraulically lowered into work and lifted out independently of the frame.
It is a three-in-one implement, with low-disturbance legs that can also be independently lifted out of work or fully engaged. Both elements can be used for a full one-pass cultivation system.
For more information go to www.grangemachinery.co.uk