Soil packers are also called furrow presses. Single or double row rollers, they are pulled while ploughing. Positioned beside the plough, they re-consolidate the soil structure to keep the moisture needed for the optimum crop establishment.
Kverneland soil packers suit different soils conditions. The Single row Packer (SP) is ideal for heavy-duty re-consolidation in light to medium soils
Benefits:
- environmentally friendly: mechanical weed control
- time saving and cost efficient: reduced number of operations
- best way to get an early germination
- reduces problem associated to post-drilling droughts
- ready for seed drilling on light to medium soils
- cuts down time for seedbed operations on heavy soils
- easy to release or hook at headlands via the Kverneland Packer arm
- convertible in a Single Turn Around Packer (TP) by addition a crumbler roller
Technical aspects:
- strong extendable frame (axle needs to be changed)
- high-tensile axle with maintenance-free bearings (2 bearings up to 2,90 m, 4 bearings for bigger sizes)
- pivot bolt for additional crumble roller
- connection to 3-point linkage Cat. II
- optional vertically adjustable pulling arms for reversible ploughs with damper system (from 2,10 m)
- optional jerk chain for conventional ploughs
- optional lightning kit