Lely power harrow/drill combinations have evolved considerably since the first units appeared in the UK in the early 1980s. And even though the company has now sadly pulled out of the tillage business, this shouldn’t be seen as a reflection on the kit itself; Tulip Industries has recently taken on the tillage machinery, so the new hardware is far from ‘dead’. That said, if it’s still a used combo that a farm is looking for, the Lely machine should prove reliable and easy to maintain, as James de Havilland reveals