Controlling Down Force Means More Production and More Profits
The TW 1638 (twin rows on 8-38" wide beds) has a total capacity of 50 bushels. Seed weight is carried on the frame and not on the row unit.
Too much down force produces sidewall compaction, uneven emer-gence and poor root development. Too little down force causes you to lose depth. Either way, your yield suffers. The TW 1638 solves this problem by controlling down pressure and ground contact with a parallel linkage opener with five pressure spring settings main-taining constant and accurate down pressure throughout the 10” of travel.
Select the right down pressure for the field condition and plant with confidence to produce the best results!
Precision seed singulation leads to maximum accuracy, which leads to an optimum harvest
CrustBuster has selected Precision Planting, Inc. (based out of Tremont, IL) metering components to improve seed singulation and seed spacing. Precision components lead to more grain in the tank.
Research shows that for every inch of deviation in plant to plant spacing, producers take a yield reduction of 2.2 bushels per acre.
eSet stands for every seed, every time, and, judging from side-by-side tests using 21 different kinds of seeds—large, small, flat, round, treated, untreated—it typically will produce more accuracy than another manufacturer’s disk.
eSet has no cells so it handles any seed handily, typically without changing pressure, disk or singulator settings. Its raised platform aligns with the centerline of the tube for a perfect drop. Aggressive agitation keeps seeds loose and ready. All together, they plant every seed, every time, right where it belongs. And that leads to higher yields, every time.
The eSet system sets the standard for singulation in vac planters. No guesswork, no adjustments, no settings, no disk changes. Just every seed, every time.
The eSet’s raised platform consistently releases seeds down the center of the chute and into the center of the seed tube for ideal spacing. Older, flat disk designs release seeds at the edge of the meter, forcing seeds to bounce or slide to the seed tube center. That causes inconsistent spacing.
With high vac pressure and a flat seed disk surface, the spring-loaded singulator can aggressively nudge seeds from both top and bottom, making it nearly impossible for two seeds to occupy the same hole. The result is that a single seed locks in and only a single seed drops.
The triple-action extractor eliminates seed fragments in the disk. Stuck seed fragments are quickly scraped, bumped and poked—and eliminated. Top-grade tungsten minimizes wear on both the extractor and the seed disk.
With ordinary vac disks, seeds can settle at the bottom of the meter, lock together and resist loading into the cells. These fins on the eSet meter aggressively agitate that seed pool, churning constantly to keep seeds loose and ready to flow to the vacuum holes. The result is fewer skips.
eSets are not sensitive to vac pressure like cell disks. Where those require exactly the right amount of vacuum, eSets handle the widest range of seeds with little or no vac adjustment—and no singulator adjustment is ever needed.
Improving Yields
Some planter manufacturers still believe twin row planting is a fad, but once they see CrustBuster’s new twin row planting system, they will turn green with envy. 17” to 19” row widths might make optimum use of available sunlight, but planting on twin rows gives the same thing without having to change all of your existing tillage, spraying and harvesting equipment.
We have modified the opener to give superior field performance:
* 16" 4 mm twin blades have been used instead of 15" 3 ½ mm blades to increase wear life; and a longer wear life means more value to you.
* Blade angle has been reduced from 14° to 9 ½°. Lessened soil movement means fewer open trenches to close.
* Cast and machined bearing housing instead of stamped metal flanges for more strength.
* Double stacked individual blade bearings replacing double row bearings provide more radial load capability.