Planting technology - Cup planter | GL 860 Compacta

8-row, 6 t hopper, foldable, for areas with smaller and large fields

The GL 860 Compacta unites all the advantages of a trailed 8-row potato planter with a compact potato planter. Highest acreage performance combined with a fast change of fields make the machine to the most efficient potato planter in the market. The special folding system for road transport makes it possible. A comprehensive list of features makes the machine particularly attractive for agricultural contractors and individual customers in small and large structured cultivation regions. The GRIMME professional planting element is the right choice for a very precise and even planting distance. Different setting options of the machine together with good calibrated seed enable a high planting speed. The ISOBUS operator terminal CCI 800 or CCI 1200 with intuitive user interface GDI and various diagnostic options offer a high level of operating comfort and provides relief for the driver.

Benefits

• The powerful planting element enables a simple adaption to the tuber size and ensures therefore an exact spacing.
• For a road transport and a fast change from field to field the machine with 75 cm row width is foldable to a transport width of 3.29 m.
• Large range of options for an individual configuration of the machine.
• Tuber spacing adjustment from the drivers' cab via the hydraulic single row drive.
• Less seed potatoes are required with the automatic single row deactivation of the planting elements with Section Control.
• Variable Rate Control (VRC): By use of electronic application maps the machine is able to realise precise, variable tuber spacing for each single row.
• Clever Planting: Increased share of marketable crop due to an improved, even growth and tuber size in the rows next to the spray tracks. This is achieved by an infinitely adjustable, reduced tuber spacing and reduces the competition for light and nutrients along the spray tracks.
• The deep lowering (option) of the tipping hopper enables direct filling from the trailer.
• A shaping board can be used for building ridges with specific characteristics from loose to firm soil with a smooth surface. There are several versions for ridge shaping bodies available for a perfect adaptation to different soil conditions, ridge shapes and ridge volumes.
• For an improved water absorption on light soils, cage rollers can be used in combination with spring-loaded ridging bodies. The cage rollers provide a light, airy ridge with an open-pored surface.
• The approved GRIMME tank system ensures even application of the tuber with liquid chemicals and offers the driver many comfort functions.
• Simultaneous application of liquid chemicals and granulates for an optimal start of the vegetation.
• The ISOBUS operator terminals CCI 800 and CCI 1200, with intuitive operating interface GDI and various diagnostic options, offer a high operator comfort.

Specifications

You'll find all the information about the standard features of the machine here.