Master of all? Maybe. Or perhaps just the master of a few? This farm-built combi-roller is capable of performing a number of tasks, including cultivating, seeding and rolling.
I was looking for a cultivator that I could use for seedbed preparation, fighting the European corn borer beetle, the sowing of cover crops and for carrying out regular rolling work. Since I couldn’t find a machine that ticked all of these boxes, I decided to build one myself.
To begin with, I bought brand new prisma rings, a new seeder and several hydraulic rams. The axle, the 13.0/75-16 wheels and the knife roller, which was cut down to the required size, are used items. I made the frame myself using 800 x 800 x 10mm box section. I also cut out all of the plates for the chassis, the fold system etc., with a plasma cutter. After welding and painting the frame I assembled the various parts.
The crossboard and the knife roller can be moved up and down hydraulically. Next are the splash plates of the seeder. These are protected from being damaged by stones and mud/clods by catwalk plastic panels and rubber mats. The walkway also lets me get to the seed hopper. At the rear is the prisma roller, which is rigidly fixed to the frame.
To ensure full-width cultivation, I offset the middle section to the rear; this gives a small overlap. My cultivator weighs 4.4t, and it has an overall working width of 5.90m. I can use it on 65hp and 100hp tractors depending on the job. Buying all of the metal and parts cost me around €12,600.
Johann Wechsler
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