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Duolent DX 300 N
Owners’ Experience
AGRO-MAYS, Sanniki
420 ha
Mr. Dariusz Mąka, Owner
Our agricultural company, AGRO-MAYS, based in Sanniki (Mazovia
Province) cultivates 420 hectares of arable land, out of which about 130
hectares is sown with corn, 50 hectares with sugar beet and about 80
hectares with rape. The remaining area is used for cereals, namely wheat.
We saw the Duolent cultivator by Farmet for the fi rst time at a presentation
in fi eld conditions near the city of Płock. At that time we were looking for
a solution that would replace the traditional disk harrow, particularly
in cultivating fi elds with cereals and rape. We expected the new machine
to provide proper aeration and stubble breaking as well as the possibility
to cultivate greater working depths that would eliminate ploughing so
that we could use plough-free sowing.
The results of the DX 300 N machine convinced us and so we bought the
machine in June 2010, equipped with a double roller with the working
coverage of 3 m. we aggregated the machine with the VALTRA tractor
with the power of 140 horses and we processed about 200 hectares. It
works very well in our soil and moisture conditions. The soil was properly
aerated and stubble broken with higher capacity and lower fuel
consumption. The required eff ect in the fi eld was also obtained by
processing soil in a corresponding working speed, which is 10–12 km/h in
our case. The machine is standardly equipped with shares with reinforced
chisels that penetrate soil easily. We also use the possibility to disassemble
the winglets or entire shares to adjust the machine to actual soil conditions
or aerating depth. The level of wear and tear of the shares after processing
200 hectares is satisfactory. We also plan to test Duolent in processing
corn stubble fi eld. We believe that the machine will continue working
without any defects and for a long time.
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