The autumn weather was the same in many different places. Both the harvest and the subsequent soil cultivation were delayed due to the high precipitation. Many businesses had to use ploughs to process soil, in addition to the combined and universal cultivators, because the conditions were really extreme. The question now is how to prepare good-quality soil and level it for the spring crops in a single pass.

SWIFTER SO_PROFI cultivators with a working width of 4 to 6 metres excel in many interesting technical components

The SWIFTER SE model series offers working widths from 8 to 12 metres. This cultivator series includes some of the most popular BEDNAR machines

Tilled fields should be cultivated with seedbed cultivators that prepare the field in a good quality and in a single pass. It is important for maintaining the winter moisture in soil, and also to save time and fuel. Even though there are many manufacturers on the market these days, none of them has had such experience with the development and production of seedbed cultivators as BEDNAR has.

BEDNAR can rightly call itself a leader in the manufacture of wide machines. SWIFTER SM cultivators are made for aggregation with the most powerful tractors on the market and they offer an enormous daily output

Below we present 9 reasons why a BEDNAR seedbed cultivator is the right choice for soil preparation and how their design excels when compared with competitive machinery!

9 REASONS WHY TO PURCHASE THE SWIFTER SEEDBED CULTIVATOR

1. THE BROADEST PORTFOLIO ON THE MARKET The SWIFTER cultivators are available in several different versions, with a working width from 3 to 18 metres. Moreover, BEDNAR has rich experience with seedbed cultivators. The Company has been involved in their development and design from the very beginning of its existence. The cultivators by BEDNAR, a Czech manufacturer, are the best selling machines in their category on the market!

The smallest representative of the SWIFTER seedbed cultivators is SN 3000 with a working width of 3 metres

On the other hand, the largest one is the wide SWIFTER SM 18 000 model, with a working width of 18.2 metres

2. AN EFFECTIVE COMBINATION OF WORKING PARTS When preparing soil for seeding, it is very important not to move soil very much, to maintain as much moisture as possible. Everytime you drive over the soil it causes more drying. The SWIFTER cultivators combine up to seven operations in a single pass during which the machine crumbles clods and aerates the soil profile, creates a precise base with an ideal top structure of soil particles, and levels the surface.

3. EXCHANGEABLE WORKING SECTIONS BEDNAR is well aware that every farmer has land with an original soil composition. It requires a great deal of attention and diligence in selecting the tools and specific working parts. The SWIFTER seedbed cultivators offer three options of working sections with classic shares, gamma points or with the specially designed SB section for spring soil cultivation.

The working section with classic shares can be used in summer and autumn when soil needs to be loosened, undercut and mixed after the previous harvest.

The gamma-point section works at a negative angle, aerates and warms up soil without bringing wet particles to the surface, which preserves winter moisture. A suitable solution for spring seedbed preparation.

The SB section with spring shares does not mix soil vertically, which preserves moisture, important for the quality and swiftness of crop germination. A suitable solution for seedbed cultivation before planting sugar beet.

4. HYDRAULIC DRAWBAR The SWIFTER SO_F semi-mounted cultivators are equipped with a hydraulic drawbar (also available for SWIFTER SO_PROFI on request). BEDNAR uses this structural design in most of its machines as it contributes to terrain tracing, reduces shocks and enables easy connection of the cultivator with the tractor.

5. PERFECT TERRAIN TRACING Terrain tracing is an important property for even soil cultivation at the same depth. The wide SWIFTER SE cultivators (8.2-12.2 metres) and SWIFTER SM cultivators (14.2–18.2 metres) use the “Wave-flex” system. The individual sections are suspended independently of one another on the side frames using towing arms in the front and tracing arms in the back, which ensures that the machine stays in the set working depth.

The hydraulic drawbar enables the semi-mounted SO_F and SO_PROFI cultivators to perfectly trace any terrain unevenness

SWIFTER SO_PROFI has side frames suspended with coil springs that dampen shocks transferred to the central support frame

6. COIL SPRING FRAME SUSPENSION The semi-mounted SWIFTER SO_PROFI cultivators consist of a support frame and two side frames. The suspension of the side frames is designed using coil springs, thanks to which the support frame is not exposed to high shocks and it is possible to work with the machine at higher speeds.

7. MAINTENANCE-FREE REAR ROLLER BEARINGS The rear rollers by most manufacturers are very prone to damage and require regular maintenance that takes a lot of time. BEDNAR uses a maintenance-free rear roller bearing system in the SWIFTER cultivators. Multiple gaskets prevent contamination of the bearing and the reinforced gasket design reduces its damage.

The third finish crosskill roller is a great tool for heavy soils that provides perfect clod crushing and reverse compaction of the processed surface (SWIFTER SO_PROFI)

The front slatted roller with a diameter of 370 mm may be equipped with a replaceable pin; in the case of damage, only the pin is replaced, rather than the entire roller

8. PERFECT REVERSE COMPACTION AND CLOD CRUSHING All the model series have a whole range of various rear rollers, levelling bars or tine harrow for perfect reverse compaction and final clod crushing. However, the SWIFTER SO_PROFI version also offers the finish crosskill roller (it can be equipped with a total of three crosskill rollers) for the finishing work, reverse compaction of the top layer and quality preparation of the seedbed

9. SLATTED ROLLER WITH A REPLACEABLE PIN The SWIFTER cultivators offer one more technical gadget: a front crumbling roller with a replaceable pin. In the case of wear and tear or damage, all you need to do is to replace the pin, without the need to replace the entire roller.

AN INTERESTING FACT FROM ITALY

One customer in Italy equipped his SWIFTER SO_F machine with a distribution head and uses the seedbed cultivator for seedbed preparation together with fertilizer application in a single pass. The fertilizer is pneumatically distributed from the FERTI‑BOX FB into the distribution head installed on the SWIFTER. Then, it travels to the application end pieces in front of the working shares that incorporate the fertilizer into the top soil horizon.

SWIFTER also offers some interesting options of use in combination with FERTI-BOX FB for fertilizer application in a single pass

The fertilizer is delivered into the distribution head pneumatically from the pressurized hopper, from where it is then distributed to the application end pieces

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