What specifications should a tiller meet?

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Every farmer involved in the agricultural business knows that for good harvests that will become a source of stable income, it is necessary to have a fairly large arsenal of equipment. Tractors, combine harvesters, sprinklers, seeders and tillers. In this article, we will focus specifically on cutters, their purpose and technical characteristics.

Tilling cutter: implement assignment

Farmers know how soil conditions affect crops. Therefore, they approach the process of loosening, getting rid of weeds very responsibly. And this is where a tillage cutter comes to the rescue. This is a real "jack of all trades". Sometimes it is enough to have a small tractor and a cutter to almost completely provide yourself with agricultural equipment. So, a tiller is a tractor-mounted hitch designed for continuous processing of very heavy, heavy and lightsoils. Even with the help of this mechanism, you can get rid of weeds, mix fertilizers, process aisles in orchards and vineyards. The tillage cutter is a shaft to which blades are attached, bent in different directions. The principle of operation is as follows: the shaft rotates around its axis, and the blades intensively loosen the ground.

Specifications

A reliable tillage cutter must meet certain standards:

1. Working depth in plowed fields should not exceed 12 cm.
2. Working depth in unplowed fields should be 18 cm.
3. The degree of soil grinding is at least 85%.
4. Crushing weeds - not less than 95%.
5. Cutters must be equipped with a semi-automatic or quick coupler.
6. The frequency of the milling drum must be able to change.
7. Knives on the milling drum must be made of steel of the grade established by the State Standard.
8. Fasteners must be coated with an anti-corrosion alloy.
9. Weld seams must not be pitted or cracked.
10. Cutters must have safety devices in case of emergency reset.
11. The joints and seals must not leak oil.
12. The design of tillage cutters must be safe and fully comply with the State Standard.

Cutters for MTZ and t-25

Factories producing agriculturalequipment, offer a huge selection of products. And, of course, the cutter should be chosen specifically for the tractor to which it will be connected. The tillage cutter for MTZ has the following technical characteristics: the working width of the drum is 2.1 meters, 60 knives, the plowing depth is up to twenty centimeters. The cost of such a cutter is about one hundred thousand rubles. Still very popular among farmers is a tillage cutter for t-25. Such a cutter is designed for loosening the soil without turning the layers, the height of the cutter is 80 cm, the width is 180 cm, the length is 100 cm. The plowing depth is up to 30 cm. The weight is about 300 kilograms. The price is about eighty thousand rubles. A wide selection is offered by online stores that work directly with the manufacturer.