Options & Features Bullet
Your machine built for your conditions
Not all soils provide easy planting conditions. Tobin No-Till offers a number of options to suit your conditions and will keep your machine planting efficiently in rocky country and through sticky soils. Application of pre-emergence herbicide and nitrogen options allow single pass operations for greater efficiency and cost savings.
Available options
Talk to your dealer or Tobin No-Till about the appropriate options for your farming operation. Options are designed to maximise planting efficiency. Some options can be retro-fitted.
Muffler Wheels
For use in compacted or hard conditions. Rubber wheels roll alongside the disc and crunch any soil chips down over the seed to ensure even soil to seed contact. Fully adjustable to vary pressure in different conditions.
Nitrogen Application
Independently adjustable nitrogen banding discs fitted to front of planter. For urea application in sandy conditions, fixed spray tubes are fitted between discs.
Transport Options
Machines are available in fixed frame, single, double and triple fold. We can custom build to suit your transport requirements.
Outside Disc Scrapers
Spring-loaded, adjustable, tungsten -tiled, pivoting disc scrapers for use in sticky soils on the opposite side to the boot. Tension adjustment determined by level of stickiness. Can be retro-fitted. Boot side scrapers come standard.
Press Wheel Scrapers
Tungsten tiled scraper keeps press wheels clean in sticky conditions. Failure to keep press wheels clean can lead to unreliable planting depth. Can be retro-fitted.
Transport Wheel Scrapers
Tungsten tiled scrapers keeps transport wheels clean in sticky conditions. Can be retro-fitted.
Air Seeder Hitch
Made to suit all air cart. Built strong to last.
Air Kit
Air kits are custom configured to get the best performance from your air cart.
Diffusers
Diffusers remove excess air pressure from the seed lines. This will allow for higher fan speeds required to prevent blockages whilst prevent unwanted seed bounce that may clause uneven seed placement.
Dual Centre Wheels
Offers greater floatation in the paddock, and more stability in transport. Optional on machines 40ft (12m) and narrower (standard on wider machine). Main wheels utilise super singles, 445/65 R22.5, 20 ply.
Chemical Cover
Adjustable height and pressure star discs mounted to rear of planter to generate disturbance to incorporate pre-emergence herbicide. Available in kit-form and can be retro-fitted.
Rhizoctonia control
To control rhizoctonia, we offer a fluted disc opener which can cultivate at depths up to six inches. Available as a kit to cultivate between the rows or to cultivate on row.
The benefits the Tobin No-Till Disc Drill
Free DVD
Have us send you out a Free DVD on No Till Farming using the Tobin Drill. The DVD feature farmers across land speaking of their experiences.
Cost Savings
A good disc planter should halve your fuel bill compared with conventional planters due to the lower energy requirements of the discs machines.
Efficiency
The Tobin No-Till disc drill is simple to operate and does its job efficiently with the minimum of fuss. Sticky soils, rocks, trash and stubble…