The latest drill from Lemken is unashamedly aimed at the top end of the market where large-scale farmers have the need to cover big acreages in the quickest possible time.
The company’s new Solitair ST is claimed to be the ideal solution for farmers who want to
drill with maximum flexibility, efficiency and power and is said to ensure a successful
entry into a new dimension of precision farming.
Lemken has said that the modern design will work in all situations, from plough tillage to mulch tillage.
It has a working width of 12m and is capable of combining several operations in a single pass, including the application of different products simultaneously.
Choice of Lemken cultivators
The Solitair ST can be fitted with a range of leading implements to provide optimum conditions for the double disc coulters.
When a defined row pre-consolidation is required to improve seed contact with the soil, the plastic trapezoidal roller is the tool of choice. If the seedbed is to be levelled and further crumbled, a levelling tine section may be fitted.
For targeted soil loosening, corrugated discs can be used as a leading tool in front of the OptiDisc seeding coulter.
This produces fine soil in the seed furrow area, ideal for seed placement while reducing moisture loss over the whole width of the drill.
The basic version of the Solitair ST comes with four metering units per hopper section, each supplying one distributor with seed. This allows manual width section control with the standard version.
At the same time, the four modular metering units provide the basis for the single-shot process with two different products.
Independent coulter bars
The greater the working width, the more important it is to follow the ground contours of the field and to achieve this, the coulter bar is divided into two sections supported by a central section.
At the headlands, the coulter bar is raised and runs on side support wheels, allowing quick and gentle turning.
