New cultivator offers greater flexibility
30th August 2022
Vaderstad’s Carrier XT, which shares proven features of the original Carrier while adding the extra convenience and versatility of the newer Carrier XL model, will prove a popular addition to the line-up, predicts an East Anglian-based main dealer. David Williams reports.
Designed for primary tillage and seedbed preparation, the Carrier XT comes in 4.25, 5.25 and 6.25m working widths. It features a new, simple, and quick folding system through which the two sides fold vertically to the centre, and trailed models have the transport wheels at the rear, allowing the cultivation elements and packer to be lifted clear of the ground for reversing and making it easier to work into field corners.
Even working depth
The original Carrier had free floating cultivation elements, but the XT layout allows the weight and working pressure to be adjusted hydraulically to ensure an even working depth across the machine.
Front tool and rear press options
The new Carrier XT can also be equipped with a combination of front attachments, making it extremely versatile. With the front CrossBoard fitted; a Straw Harrow or the popular CrossCutter Knife can also be fitted – adding flexibility and reducing the time needed to switch attachments for different working conditions and crops.
The number of rear press options has also been increased including the ability to work with double packers which is expected to be an attraction, explained Vaderstad main dealer, Ben Burgess area sales manager David English, who saw a pre-production version of the new Carrier XT working in Sweden earlier this year. “It is exactly what many of our customers have been asking for.
The classic Carrier has a superb reputation, but it can only accommodate a single packer. Particularly for customers with heavier land, the wider spaced rings of a double packer would offer advantages in sticky conditions, as well as in light, puffy soils. Being able to fit a wider selection of front mounted tools makes it even more versatile. The XT will be a very popular addition to the line-up.”
Ben Burgess area sales managers Ben Conway (left) with David English.
Self-angling discs
Effective disc spacing is 125mm, and the standard discs are 450mm diameter, but 470mm diameter TrueCut discs with machined notches, or ultra-shallow CrossCutter discs can also be used. The range of working depths is 2–12cm, and a clever aspect of the design is that as the disc working depth is altered, the disc working angle adjusts to suit.
The discs of the original Carrier maintain a constant working angle regardless of the working depth, but the new Carrier XT has a new adjustment system that automatically alters the angle so that it is always optimised. For deep working the disc angle remains shallow, reducing the amount of soil thrown, whereas when working shallower the disc angle is larger, ensuring that soil across the full working width is moved.
Slurry incorporation
The new Carrier XT is available in mounted and trailed versions in all three working widths, and there is also a galvanised finish option for mounted versions for slurry incorporation.Production commences in October this year.
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