At the start of the slurry spreading season (as well as the end of the spreading season, for that matter) the field conditions in question can generally be described as ‘soft’. So, with smaller spreading windows on offer, farmers are looking for ways to look after their soil and the growing crop. Given this scenario it’s easy to see the appeal of the extra flotation from tracks. But then the flipside of this long footprint is scuffed headlands.
With allOsnabrück University of Applied Sciences, and German manufacturers Limberg and Kotte have been working to get the most from tracks on a tanker.