Great Plains DTX350 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 19)

19 Simba DTX
604-107M-ENG
2013-01-28
The Great Plains Simba DTX is an
amalgamation of time proven, successful
Great Plains designed components
brought together to form this important
development. The Simba DTX provides a
one pass mix with a fissured layer at disc
depth for through drainage and root access
to lower horizons. This enables rapid
drainage and access after rain, creating
a greater effective capacity for moisture
compared to ploughing for the same
effective total depth of cultivation.
In principle, the machine is a subsoiler
followed by an offset disc designed for low
draft, high speed operations. The addition
of a rear mounted roll enables effective
cultivation in one pass. The key to the
Simba DTX’s success are the tines which
maintain shatter across the full width of
cultivation. This is followed by the discs
that cultivate the soil surface and minimise
and clod formation. Finally, the rear roll
consolidates the surface, cracks any clods
and firms the soil profile after the rear discs
complete mixing to depth. This starts the
‘top down’ cultivation process, retaining
weathered tilth in the surface level for stale
seedbed purposes. The corrugated top
and shattered lower horizons are left fully
weatherproof to any conditions between
cultivation and drilling whilst retaining
moisture below the surface for rapid straw
breakdown and optimum establishment of
the next crop.
4. Adjustment / Operation