Horsch’s innovative Avatar SD, a direct seed drill with single disc coulter, be part of the product line-up at its main stand. “As farmers ourselves, we understand our customers’ challenges. The Avatar SD is an innovative new direct drill with discs instead of tines for heavier soils,” explains Stephen Burcham, General Manager at Horsch UK.
The Avatar SD is the new entry into the direct seeding with discs sector, available in 6m, 8m and 12m working widths, its high tare weight and up to 220 kg coulter pressure makes it ideal for direct seeding. The strong coulter frame eliminates sideways movement, which ensures that the coulter keeps to the set sowing depth even on uneven soils. A press wheel then closes the seed furrow and consolidates the seed row. Despite the necessary high weight, the horsepower requirement is low as the SingleDisc coulters are arranged in two bars.
Horsch relies on the well-proven components of the Pronto DC seed drills for hopper and metering with a 3,500 litres hopper for the 6m and 8m versions and 12,000 litres for the 12m model.
Horsch say the Avatar SD benefits from extensive experience gained in developing the Pronto drill applied to a modern direct seed drill. Depth control of the coulters is carried out via a larger and stronger version of the Pronto’s well-proven rubber suspension due to the high coulter pressure. The row spacing is 16.7cm on 6m and 8m models and 25cm on the 12m version. Control and monitoring of the machine is carried out via a standard ISOBUS terminal.
