Don't Judge A Seedbed By Its Surface

You know that a level seedbed is key to maximizing yields. That’s why you spend time and money creating a smooth seedbed surface. However, your seedbed consists of more than just the soil surface. It comprises the entire layer of soil where the seed is placed and germinates, including the seedbed floor.

What does it look like beneath the surface of your fields?

Assumption: The seedbed surface is the most important aspect of preparing your seedbed for planting.

Reality: While a smooth seedbed surface is important the seedbed floor's condition greatly impacts even plant emergence and is fundamental in maximizing your yields. Nearly all vertical tillage tools leave a rough seedbed floor. The bumpy sub-surface minimizes planter performance and leads to uneven seed placement.
Assumption: Changing gang angle is a must in order to match field conditions

Reality: The front and rear blades on any vertical tillage tool need to work together to provide a superior seedbed surface and floor finish. This relationship is true for both the angle and position of the blades to one another. Any adjustment of the angle will move the blade positioning and will not allow the front and rear blades to work with each other. Changing gang angles ensures that the seedbed floor will not be level.

Helping produce an even seedbed profile

Consistent 18 degree gang angles index the front and rear blades to one another, allowing them to work together and remove the unevenness of the seedbed floor. Adjusting the gang angle prevents the front and rear blades from working together. This causes an uneven seedbed floor which could affect the planter row unit ride.
Slight concavity of the blades helps create a flat and uniform seedbed surface for planting

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Do you see backside blade pressure on your tillage tool?

Assumption: It's a disk so it causes compaction.

Reality: Backside blade pressure can be the cause of compaction due to shallow gang angles, concave blades and the machine's weight riding on the backside of the blades. The evidence of this can be found because the paint on each blade is worn off on the back side.

Assumption: Blades can sharpen themselves.

Reality: Blades that claim to be self-sharpening have the machine's weight placing excessive pressure on the backside of the blade. This pressure polishes the metal and gives the appearance of self-sharpening; however, this backside pressure promotes compaction and an uneven seedbed floor.

Long life Earth Metal blades

The True-Tandem 335VT and True-Tandem 335 Barracuda ride on the edge of the blade which polishes the inside of the blade, while the back side has no paint worn off
The high strength Earth Metal material used in Case IH disk blades have a longer edge life and are resistant to bending and breakage.

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Don't Judge A Seedbed By Its Surface

What does it look like beneath the surface of your fields?

Helping produce an even seedbed profile

Do you see backside blade pressure on your tillage tool?

Long life Earth Metal blades

Next Steps

Build & Price

Special Offers

Compare Specs

Don't Judge A Seedbed By Its Surface

What does it look like beneath the surface of your fields?​

Helping produce an even seedbed profile

Do you see backside blade pressure on your tillage tool?​

Long life Earth Metal blades

Next Steps

Build & Price

Special Offers

Compare Specs

What does it look like beneath the surface of your fields?

Do you see backside blade pressure on your tillage tool?