Great Plains Simba DTX AR Operator Manual - Manual (Page 19)

19 Simba DTX AR
604-108M-ENG
2013-02-08
The Great Plains Simba DTX AR is an
amalgamation of time proven, successful
Great Plains designed components brought
together to form this important development.
The Simba DTX AR 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 AR’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