Einbock tillage and weeding equipment importer Terrington Machinery plans to add the Austrian manufacturer’s new Razor cultivator to its portfolio once fieldwork with a number of pre-production examples has been completed this year.

As the name suggests, the Razor is designed to give post-harvest fields a clean shave, using sweep tines to cut beneath stubbles and weeds, and flexible harrow tines to further loosen and expose weeds so they dry out.

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The aim is to tackle weed growth and harvest residues without expending energy and metal on deeper cultivation of well-structured soils.

In production, the Razor will be produced in 4m to 6m widths with centre-split folding for transport.

Each with five rows of Einbock’s spring-reinforced Herkules “S” tines equipped with duck-foot sweep points spaced 500mm apart and with an overlap of up to 90mm.

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The sweep points will provide a shallow soil working action no more than 120mm deep across the entire width of the implement, with the spring tine providing a “chiselling” action to root out larger weeds.

For consistency at such shallow depths, the Razor’s frame is supported on a pair of traction grip tyres at the front and another four at the rear, while both working depth adjustment and the aggressiveness of the three-row straight tine harrow are set hydraulically.

Narrow points and a rear support/consolidation roller will be available for alternative cultivation scenarios.