Horsch sprinter tines

[YELROM]

Got some photos of a 2005 Horsch sprinter ST drill i was interested in but it seems to be on the CO style twin vertical springs and not the larger single horizontal springs.
Is there a year that they changed to the new horizontal spring or were the drills optionally with either style tine
Is the single spring better for DD, i Think i have read on here that the CO style twin spring tine is a bit weak

 

[solo]

Single springs have greater trip back force so are better for dd. The twin springs will work but you may have to use narrower points to overcome this if it’s an issue. Conventional drilling wouldn’t make much difference.
July 2005 manual here states option of new multi grip tines over the conventional twin springs on 4m but 6m were new multigriptines.

 

[Fish]

If you are going to run Metcalfe openers, we do, then the old double spring will be ok.
We have drilled beans down to 5’’ in high mag clay no problem, even through the permanent tramlines.

But if you want to run 4’’+ VOS, that could be a whole different ball game,

 

[alomy75]

If you are going to run Metcalfe openers, we do, then the old double spring will be ok.
We have drilled beans down to 5’’ in high mag clay no problem, even through the permanent tramlines.

But if you want to run 4’’+ VOS, that could be a whole different ball game,

Seconded. Metcalfe on multigrip here and they do occasionally break back. Very occasionally mind. Could be rogue bricks. Double spring ones can constantly ‘spring’ whereas the multigrip go bang as they trip and return back to working position once they clear the obstruction so I would hope depth would be more consistent with the latter.

 

[alomy75]

I’ve read somewhere the 6m sprinter won’t fold up unless fitted with multigrip as the springs hit the tank

 

[MasseyMan]

Running 2” Dutch Openers on 2005 Sprinter with Vertical springs. Only issue with DD is occasionally breaking the long u bolt which holds everything together. Have had the tines lift at times but found that is more down to forward speed being too fast, slowing down always appears to solve the problem.

 

[YELROM]

Running 2” Dutch Openers on 2005 Sprinter with Vertical springs. Only issue with DD is occasionally breaking the long u bolt which holds everything together. Have had the tines lift at times but found that is more down to forward speed being too fast, slowing down always appears to solve the problem.

That's good to know as i bought it this morning

 

[HarryB97]

Running 1 inch dutch openers on a 4 metre with the older CO style springs and it works a treat.

 

[PSQ]

The early ST's were offered with either the 'Classic Shank' or the 'Multigrip'. There is an excellent Profi buyers guide from March 2010 available online for a couple of pounds that explains the difference:

Coulter legs and shares
With a set trip force of 150kg, the Classic Shank leg mount on CO and Sprinter drills is fine for most lighter to medium soils. In strong land, however, the trip force may be a little on the low side in difficult going – a criticism that is often levelled at the Horsch cultivator drill concept.
In part to overcome this issue, as well as to allow the wing section to fold without fouling the leg’s dual coil springs, Horsch developed a single spring MultiGrip coul- ter mount. Significantly more compact than the Classic, the MultiGrip also gives a considerably higher trip force of 250kg, which enables the drill coulter to work into harder ground. To accommodate the differences in leg mount flex, the coulter boot design was altered to allow a choice of attachment point so that it can fit either a MultiGrip or Classic leg.

I'd agree with the above, as we've run both with the standard Duet coulter, and the earlier CO 'classic' didn't maintain an even seed depth as the legs were frequently tripping back in heavy ground. The Mutigrip legs are a different breed, and stay at the depth they're set to.

 

[j walker]

This might help it's got the years that they changed the tine holders

 

[Duosig]

Does anyone know wich model year the sprinter 4m went from 25 to 28.6cm row spacing? 16vs14 coulters

 

[alomy75]

Does anyone know wich model year the sprinter 4m went from 25 to 28.6cm row spacing? 16vs14 coulters

I think it’s when the whole thing got a facelift with the bigger packer wheels/tyres too...at a guess 2016/17??