Designed specifically for those running mid-sized tractors, the new 2.45m He-Va model has four deep soil-loosening legs – rather than the five employed on 2.75m versions. Opico says that these changes put the horsepower requirement for the smallest model at just 155hp.
“With more and more growers looking towards less intensive cultivations practices yet recognising the requirement for remedial sub-surface work when the need arises, demand for the Combi-Disc is on the up,” explains Glenn Bootman, He-Va product manager at Opico.
“But until now power requirement has been the limiting factor for those operating smaller tractors. With this smaller four-leg version anyone running a mid-sized machine can pull it making full use of the tines, discs and press.”
The new model completes the Combi-Disc line-up with working widths up to 5.25m in both mounted and trailed formats. All employ two leading rows of soil-loosening legs followed by two rows of serrated sabre discs to provide a surface chopping and mixing effect. This is all followed up with V-profile roller.
In normal circumstances the tines, discs and press are used in partnership to turn previously uncultivated ground into a seedbed in one pass. When conditions require it, the discs can be lifted out of work, enabling the unit to be used as a subsoil loosener/pan-buster, with the legs raised it can be put to work as a shallow disc cultivator.
Opico says that the recent addition of new ‘Stealth’ soil-loosening legs adds further to the machine’s versatility, making it a true low disturbance subsoiler with the added ability of providing some surface tilth creation at the same time.
If it’s lift capacity that is the tractor’s limiting factor rather than power, there is also the option to specify the Combi-Disc with a cage roller rather than the standard V-profile ring-press. This brings the 2.45m wide unit’s weight down from 3.3t to 3.0t. Transport width is 2.5m.
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