Alpego Super Craker Steeply raked legs that reduce hp requirement, combined with bolt-on soil blades to break up large clods, are key aspects of Alpego’s Super Craker subsoiler. It is one of a range being imported by Lynx Engineering that could, perhaps, replace a pass with the plough. Geoff Ashcroft reports
Alpego’s Super Craker subsoiler is among the expanded range of cultivation equipment now being imported to the UK through Daventry-based Lynx Engineering. It is part of a full subsoiler family that extends from the five-leg 2m KD5-200 Craker up to the 4m FKF-9 Super Craker model equipped with nine legs.
Depending on the working width, formats for the range-topping Super Craker version are five-, seven- and nine leg variants arranged in two rows, complete with either shear bolt or hydraulic auto-reset protection. The Super Craker also has the capability to reach a 650mm working depth – 100mm deeper than its
regular Cracker stablemates.
Compared to more traditional subsoiler designs, the Alpego line-up is considered to need less power to pull as a result of its forward-sloping leg. Typically, 130hp is enough to pull the five-leg version, claims the firm, although machine weight could dictate that a more powerful tractor is used, just to lift the fully mounted
implement.
Our 3.1m model with seven legs tipped the scales at 2,110kg, and it could have been pulled by a tractor of
between 130-150hp. This meant that our test JD 7920 had more than enough under its hood to drag the seven legs at speeds of up to 10km/hr down at the subsoiler’s maximum depth.
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