It's about accurate seed placement - Kuhn North America
It's about accurate seed placement - Kuhn North America
It's about accurate seed placement - Kuhn North America
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<strong>Kuhn</strong> Integra holds a top position in<br />
the survey. 93% of all owners would<br />
buy the machine again, chiefly because of<br />
its good build quality.<br />
Working 3m wide, the drill offers an<br />
extremely high 1,200-litre hopper capacity<br />
while contenting itself with a relatively<br />
modest lift requirement. Good marks<br />
were earned by the filling platform and<br />
filling height as well as the hopper lid.<br />
Remaining <strong>seed</strong>s empty conveniently and<br />
cleaning is easy. Half of the machines surveyed<br />
rely on double disc coulters and<br />
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Venta buyers can choose between two<br />
versions – the Venta LC model mounts<br />
rigidly on the base machine whereas Venta<br />
AL moves hydraulically to the rear and<br />
down into a convenient filling position.<br />
The external distribution head earned<br />
good marks for providing excellent hopper<br />
access and emptying. Remaining<br />
<strong>seed</strong>s empty readily through a slide or by<br />
opening the metering housing.<br />
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<strong>Kuhn</strong><br />
Venta AL/LC<br />
(cultivator-mounted pneumatic drill)<br />
Year of manufacture: AL from 1993,<br />
LC from 2001<br />
Work width: 3.0 m – 6.0 m<br />
Hopper capacity: 900 l on AL<br />
version (extended to 1,500 l); 1,200 l<br />
on LC version (from 2006)<br />
Lemken<br />
Although the Hassia made DKA<br />
models are no longer marketed, their<br />
owners say that they are happy with them<br />
on the whole. 71% of the owners surveyed<br />
would buy the drill again, saying this<br />
is attributed to the relatively compact and<br />
straightforward design. Lift requirement<br />
is comparably low, yet a 440-litre hopper<br />
capacity is outdated.<br />
Criticism was raised on the steps and<br />
the tank lid. Small <strong>seed</strong> conversion requires<br />
attaching two adjustable plates inside<br />
the hopper and calibrated rates are<br />
not always drilled <strong>accurate</strong>ly. Some owners<br />
expressed criticism on the cross distribution<br />
system and found the tines difficult<br />
to adjust.<br />
Integra 3000<br />
(cultivator-mounted mechanical drill)<br />
Year of manufacture: from 2001<br />
Work width: 3.0 m and 4.0 m<br />
Hopper capacity: 600 l on 3 m drill;<br />
800 l on 4 m drill (extended to 1,200 l) separately by hopper compartment, with<br />
each section being driven by a separate<br />
half on Suffolk coulters, both types performing<br />
well. Drilling to calibrated <strong>seed</strong><br />
rates is very <strong>accurate</strong>. Rates are metered<br />
Venta is a heavy but strong machine.<br />
Setting and controlling the <strong>seed</strong> depth<br />
is rated as below average. Overall, the<br />
drills scored well on build quality and reliability.<br />
The heavy-duty design has a high<br />
lift requirement but makes for a very<br />
sturdy machine.<br />
Reliability however is rated as good<br />
overall. The tines come in for repair a bit<br />
Excellent quality of build is a good<br />
reason for 93% of all owners to buy an<br />
Integra 3000 again.<br />
spike wheel. These and the bout markers<br />
require folding into transport position to<br />
not exceed 3m transport width. All owners<br />
were happy with the Exact tines.<br />
User assessments - <strong>Kuhn</strong><br />
Integra<br />
3000<br />
Venta<br />
AL/LC<br />
Average<br />
result<br />
Visibility 1.9 2.0 2.1<br />
Lift<br />
requirement<br />
2.4 3.1 2.5<br />
Hopper 1.9 1.8 2.2<br />
Seed rate<br />
setting system<br />
1.5 1.9 2.1<br />
Seed<br />
<strong>placement</strong><br />
1.8 1.9 1.9<br />
Tine bar 1.8 1.9 2.0<br />
Quality of<br />
build<br />
1.4 1.4 1.7<br />
No. of<br />
repairs/500 ha<br />
2.3 1.2 3.0<br />
Buy again? Yes 93 % 73 % 75 %<br />
The Schulnoten: grading system 1 = sehr follows gut a bis scale 5 = from sehr 1 schlecht to 5, with<br />
1 representing excellent and 5 being extremely poor.<br />
DKA (cultivator-mounted mechanical drill)<br />
Year of manufacture: up until 2002<br />
Work width: 2.5 m – 4.5 m<br />
Hopper capacity: 440 l on 3 m<br />
version; 600 l on 4 m version<br />
DKA offers a<br />
sturdy design that is<br />
no longer state of<br />
the art.<br />
more frequently, yet we should consider that<br />
the average machine age is <strong>about</strong> 8.4 years.