One of the biggest challenges for machine designers is folding wider kit into a compact road-going package. For its Terradisc 8001T and 10001T disc harrows, Pöttinger has taken a similar approach as Lemken has done with the Gigant carrier system. Firstly, the working tools are raised vertically, and then the wings swing alongside the length of the drawbar and rest on supports.

There is certainly a market for big disc harrows in the UK, and Pöttinger wants a slice of it. The Austrian maker’s offering is the Terradisc 8001T and 10001T complete with ISObuscontrolled headland management. We see how it works