Driving impression: Kverneland Accord MSC drill With one Accord After its launch in 2000, the original Accord MSC (Multi-Seed-Combination) drill went rather quiet in terms of its development, promotion – and its sales. But that, says the manufacturer, all changed with the introduction of the radically updated version in 2004. We operate the ‘new’ MSC seeding outfit from Accord
Today’s Accord MSC seeder is a very different machine to the one that came before. For starters, it’s currently only available in 3m and 4m variants, and the complete outfit is slimmer in dimension and lighter. In fact, it’s so different that the machine could have been given, with some considerable company justification, another name and badge.
In the brief test featured here, we went for the 3m wide MSC model, our version coming in semi-mount format and thus coupling up to our 142kW/194hp New Holland TM190 tractor’s lower links. The result was a surprisingly manoeuvrable outfit, even with the NH tug booted with duals, and we were able to turn on a 15m headland with relative ease.
Not only does the MSC drawbar provide tight-turning capability, but Accord also goes on to make practical use of it for other ancillary purposes, too. Hydraulic pipes, for example, are sensibly routed along the bar and are clearly marked, and this same drawbar acts as home to the drill’s universal spanner, which adjusts a range of setting screws/turnbuckles.
Going through the rest of the drill, up front the MSC nose sits on an eight-wheel tyre packer shod with 7.00R12 tyres, with wheels mounted in pairs to the running gear. This tyre packer lists as an option (£2,970), as does a lesser four-wheeled type (£1,615); the latter four-wheeler is better matched to operation with a dualled-up tractor, when there is much less width that needs consolidating.
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