Imants rotary spader - anybody used one?
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northernlad
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- South Yorkshire
Got a contractor near us using one a fair bit?you looking at buying one?
- Location
- norfolk
I've used one for incorporating straw after winter carrots, great machine for this job, hp hungry and heavy
northernlad
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- South Yorkshire
Where abouts are you based?
Cornwall
@agricontract I think's yer man. Sorry if I've got this wrong.
hairy
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- Keith Banffshire
Hi rjs15t yes have used one very good on grass it double digs the ground you get 2 types of blades rotorvatar type more common for incroparting straw after carrots and spade ones this is the one we used mainly for ripping up grass leys .
need quite a big tractor to lift as well as hold the machine back as rotor pushes you forward the coil roller at back makes a lovely job levelling and compacting the soil
need quite a big tractor to lift as well as hold the machine back as rotor pushes you forward the coil roller at back makes a lovely job levelling and compacting the soil
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- Easter ross
How deep do they or can they go?
hairy
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- Keith Banffshire
well I think at least 200 hp depends on soil type and how deep you go they will go in about 2 feet . saw one today heading through keith on the back of a ford think it was Alan smart from the black isle
hairy
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- Keith Banffshire
just phoned a mate of mine forgot he has one ,he say 180 hp should work it hope this helps
Mouser
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- near Belfast
Used 1 in Nz think it was 2.5m on tm 175. Thought it was great machine but was always working on good land so wasn't sure how they would work here.
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- south norfolk
That lot would go to sh!t with an inch of rain on it and then slump id imagine
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Niels
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- Netherlands/Suffolk
It would Nick, just get one massive pudding.
If it's an old grass ley I would prefer to rotovate it first and then spade. If it's a cover crop, rye grass or the like it would be fine straight into it. Imants do a special attachment as well to slice up grass.
The Imants (or indeed any rotary spader) certainly have their place in some situations. It has largely replace the plough as a main form of tillage on light land back in their home country, Holland. Some use it on the heavy land and some go back to ploughing. It's often seen as a step between ploughing and deep cultivation as it mixes the crop residue through the soil profile.
If it's an old grass ley I would prefer to rotovate it first and then spade. If it's a cover crop, rye grass or the like it would be fine straight into it. Imants do a special attachment as well to slice up grass.
The Imants (or indeed any rotary spader) certainly have their place in some situations. It has largely replace the plough as a main form of tillage on light land back in their home country, Holland. Some use it on the heavy land and some go back to ploughing. It's often seen as a step between ploughing and deep cultivation as it mixes the crop residue through the soil profile.