Power harrow combination.

[Banana Bar]

What’s the best combi out there, 4 metre or 6 metre folding, mainly heavy land post sugar beet?

BB

 

[KB6930]

What coulter spacing do you want ?

 

[Chae1]

Lemken.

 

[glasshouse]

Horsch KR

 

[nick...]

Amazone
nick...

 

[BuskhillFarm]

I would go alpego, but tbh is there any bad ones out of the big names now days, do price a few as there is where the big difference lies

 

[Spencer]

Lemken. If on stiff dirt go for 150 spacing on coulters, 125 can block and stop turning with clods

 

[Hampton]

I prefer Amazone but they are all good these days

 

[Salopian_Will]

I prefer Amazone but they are all good these days

Had amazone and now lemken. Both good but amazone less ‘fiddly’. Nothing on lemken kit is simple to get set up right but not option of hydraulic fold with a rear tank on an Amazone, hence the lemken here now.

 

[Chae1]

I would go alpego, but tbh is there any bad ones out of the big names now days, do price a few as there is where the big difference lies

Alpego been a disaster up here. Know of 3 returned. Dealer given up franchise.

Horsch seem to be gaining ground. There kuhn power harrow

 

[KB6930]

Alpego been a disaster up here. Know of 3 returned. Dealer given up franchise.

Horsch seem to be gaining ground. There kuhn power harrow

Scots are putting a few horsch out not far from here . I was in a field with one last year and he was struggling to bury seed but I think he could've done to be deeper with the ph it certainly wasn't the worst going I've ever seen seed buried in .

They are a good simple coulter bar compared to some .

 

[Speedstar]

Alpego been a disaster up here. Know of 3 returned. Dealer given up franchise.

Horsch seem to be gaining ground. There kuhn power harrow

Same story here with Alpego the falling apart and a very poor , things may change now Opico are importing them

 

[KB6930]

Out of what I've used demo'd and seen

Kuhn will deal with stones and drill into some very dodgy stuff at 125mm spacing but folding requires front hopper

Lemken more rotors in the power harrow but wet sticky ground needs 150mm spacing

Amazone they're double disc will need 150mm spacing as it's like the lemken

Horsch 6m semi mounted will be good there's 1 local and it goes well . 4m requires front hopper
As said before I saw one last year struggling in iffy going putting seed in but I wasn't going with it so dunno what the issue was

 

[Will 1594]

heavy land after beet
kuhn , amazone. or lemken harrow
drill weaving tine /front tank will put it into any thing @AlfM
sulky/krm cultidisc
lemken if you want to spend 100k

 

[Farmer Fin]

Just bought a Pottinger.

I ruled out lemken because it was too much money and didn’t like the weight of the extra tank on the back. Plus have heard of quite a few that have cracked after a few years. Almost went with a Horsch but the Kuhn PH is a bit of a weak point with them and hangers wearing thin very quickly. Amazone looks a good bit of kit but we’re very expensive on initial approach.

 

[Hampton]

Scots are putting a few horsch out not far from here . I was in a field with one last year and he was struggling to bury seed but I think he could've done to be deeper with the ph it certainly wasn't the worst going I've ever seen seed buried in .

They are a good simple coulter bar compared to some .

I would absolutely guarantee if the sowing conditions become wet and challenging, the horsch would be the first to block up

 

[KB6930]

I would absolutely guarantee if the sowing conditions become wet and challenging, the horsch would be the first to block up

I dunno mind a close spaced lemken and amazone will be the same.

But yeah from what i saw I was surprised because they get high praise

 

[Hampton]

I dunno mind a close spaced lemken and amazone will be the same.

But yeah from what i saw I was surprised because they get high praise

Our Amazone will maul it in when their is standing water on the ground if we force it (we don’t)
Neighbouring contractor has both and the Amazone comes out when it’s wet and the Horsch goes back in the shed

 

[Chae1]

Just bought a Pottinger.

I ruled out lemken because it was too much money and didn’t like the weight of the extra tank on the back. Plus have heard of quite a few that have cracked after a few years. Almost went with a Horsch but the Kuhn PH is a bit of a weak point with them and hangers wearing thin very quickly. Amazone looks a good bit of kit but we’re very expensive on initial approach.

Hope it's better than 2 pottingers that have been sold round here!

There both wanting to put them back. The sowings interesting.

 

[melted welly]

Got a 2009 Kuhn, also got some stiff ground, the coulter linkage is crap, just bends if try and drill deep, easier to list what hasn’t cracked than what has. Plus spare parts are a complete rip off.