2021 Grimme GL Series 860 Compacta

2021 Grimme GL Series 860 Compacta

The GL 860 Compacta unites all the advantages of a trailed 8-row potato planter with a compact potato planter. Highest acreage performance combined with a fast change of fields make the machine to the most efficient potato planter in the market. The special folding system for road transport makes it possible. A comprehensive list of features makes the machine particularly attractive for agricultural contractors and individual customers in small and large structured cultivation regions. The GRIMME professional planting element is the right choice for a very precise and even planting distance. Different setting options of the machine together with good calibrated seed enable a high planting speed.

To enable a fast transfer from field to field, the machine with a row width of 75 cm can be folded to a width of 3.29 cm.

For an improved water absorption on light soils, cage rollers can be used in combination with spring-loaded ridging bodies.

GRIMME tank system TS 820, authorized for liquid chemicals to be applied onto the seed potatoes and/or into the furrow.

Ridge pressure rollers improve capillarity on light soils by slightly soil recompaction of the ridge crown.

When using application cards when planting potatoes, the planting distances in cm can be set variably over the entire width of the machine.

Features may include:

• The powerful planting element enables a simple adaption to the tuber size and ensures therefore an exact spacing.

• Large range of options for an individual configuration of the machine.

• Less seed potatoes required with the automatic single row deactivation of the planting elements with Section Control.

• Clever Planting: Increased share of marketable crop due to a improved, homogeneous growth and tuber size in the rows next to the spraying tracks. This is achieved by an infinitely adjustable, reduced tuber spacing and the resulting change in competition for light and nutrients along the spraying tracks.

• A shaping board can be used for building ridges with specific characteristics from loose to firm soil with a smooth surface. There are several versions for ridge shaping bodies available for a perfect adaptation to different soil conditions, ridge shapes and ridge volumes.

• Simultaneous application of liquid chemicals and granulates for an optimal start of the vegetation.

• For a road transport and a fast change from field to field the machine is foldable to a width of 3.35 m.

• Tuber spacing adjustment from the drivers' cab via the hydraulic single row drive.

• Variable Rate Control (VRC): By use of electronic application maps the machine is able to realise precise, variable tuber spacing for each single row.

• The deep lowering (option) of the tipping hopper enables direct filling from the trailer.
  • For an improved water absorption on light soils, cage rollers can be used in combination with spring-loaded ridging bodies. The cage rollers provide a light, airy ridge with an open-pored surface.
  • The approved GRIMME tank system ensures even application of the tuber with liquid chemicals and offers the driver many comfort functions.