Working the soil

Roller, harrow, hoe and stubble cultivator for tractors

An agricultural tractor carries at the front a ring roller and at the rear a tine weeder with fine tines, in a field of young cereals at the end of winter; nobody is visible. — The roller in front, the harrow behind, a single pass.
Synthetic image.

Rollers, tines, star wheels or discs.
Carried on the three-point linkage, at the front or at the rear of the tractor,
they reconsolidate, weed, aerate or cultivate stubble.

Other names for this tool: packer roller, front roller, grassland renovation roller, tine harrow, crust breaker, rotary hoe, chain cultivator, chain disc harrow.

The essentials

Family: Working the soil
Hitch: Front or rear three-point linkage, depending on the model
Drive: None: the tool is pulled, hydraulics are used for adjustment and folding
Carrier machine: A farm tractor, not an excavator

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01 Use

What they are for

On the left, roller at the front and tine weeder at the rear, the seedbed is made in one pass. On the right, after the harvest, the chain stubble cultivator scratches the stubble. Computer-generated image. — **Left:** roller at the front and tine weeder at the rear, the seedbed is made in one pass.
**Right:** after the harvest, the chain stubble cultivator scratches the stubble.
What sets them apart:
no motor drives them, it is the travel of the tractor that makes them roll, vibrate or scratch.
Computer-generated image.

**Left:** roller at the front and tine weeder at the rear, the seedbed is made in one pass.
**Right:** after the harvest, the chain stubble cultivator scratches the stubble.
What sets them apart:
no motor drives them, it is the travel of the tractor that makes them roll, vibrate or scratch.
Computer-generated image.

The front roller reconsolidates and crumbles the soil in front of the tractor while a seedbed tool works behind, the prismatic roller levels, breaks up clods and buries grass seed.
The tine weeder vibrates rows of fine tines, the rotary hoe pricks the soil with its star wheels, and the stubble cultivator rolls heavy chains fitted with discs.

These are the tools for the seedbed, mechanical weeding, grassland renovation and stubble cultivation after harvest.
They work without chemicals, quickly and shallow, and some take a pneumatic seeder to sow a catch crop in the same pass.

A wide or heavy mounted tool shifts the weight of the tractor. The balance between front and rear is judged with the tool raised, at the headland and in transport position.
The useful working width and power depend on the model, not on a generic figure.

02 What we check with you

On which machine?

These tools fit on a farm tractor, not on an excavator.
They are hitched to the three-point linkage, at the front or rear depending on the model.
The tractor power and the hitch category: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What the tool does

Rollers, harrows, hoes and stubble cultivators are used to work the soil.
Their working width and their weight: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

They are pulled by the tractor, with no drive: the hydraulics are used only for adjustment and folding.
The number of spool valves: we calculate it with you for your machine.

Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.

03 Your study

Have your equipment checked.

Describe the work to be done, the crop or the soil, and the tractor that will carry the tool.
Specify whether you want to combine front and rear.

What we need to answer you

Your tractor Its power, in hp.
The power take-off Its speed: 540 or 1000 rpm.
The hitch The three-point linkage category.
The hydraulics The spool valves available.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

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Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

04 Choice

What determines the choice

01 — The expected work Reconsolidating, levelling, weeding, aerating, stubble cultivation:
each tool does one thing well, and the choice starts from the one that is missing.
02 — The crop and the timing Emerged cereal, grassland to renovate, maize stubble, bare soil before sowing:
tines and star wheels pass through a standing crop, discs after harvest.
03 — Front, rear or both Front linkage for the roller, rear linkage for the harrow or the stubble cultivator:
combining two tools saves a pass.
04 — Width and transport Rigid or folded by cylinder:
the useful width is chosen with the plots, the field entrances and the road.

05 Check

What is checked before ordering

The lifting capacity It is checked with the tool raised, front and rear together if combined, ballast included.
The spool valves None, one or more depending on the model:
we check that the tractor controls the adjustment of the tines and the folding.
The power of the tractor It is checked with the planned working width and speed, not with the width alone.
Driving on the road Signs, lighting, folded width:
we check what the tool allows before leaving the plot.

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