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Flexi-Coil 60 series wins at Dowerin
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lexi-Coil Australia returned to the Dowerin GWN7
Machinery Field Days this year to showcase its
growing range of big capacity machines, including
the new 60 series air carts and the 5500 air drills.
Flexi-Coil was awarded Best New Release - Allied
Equipment at the WA field day for the innovative new
60 series air cart.
Flexi-Coil Australia’s brand leader, Steve Mulder, says
Flexi-Coil is proud of the innovation behind the new
60 series.
“Flexi-Coil is thrilled with the award. The 60 series air
cart really is a game changer,” Steve says.
“The 60 series is designed to deliver increased
productivity and efficiency and sets a new standard
in seeding,”
Steve says growers were interested to see the 20,439
litre 5560 air cart on display this week, which features
an easy to operate fast fill conveyor with remote control
for increased productivity.
“What is really exciting about these machines is the
new FlexRate™ sectional control, which allows you to
individually control up to 10 sections of the air cart,
giving greater application accuracy and control than
ever before and eliminates double application of seed
and fertiliser,” he says.
Also on display at Dowerin was Flexi-Coil’s 70-ft 5500
air drill. The 5500 range now includes an 80-ft model,
which Steve says is the brand’s biggest yet and can
boost planting productivity by 33 per cent.
The 5500 has a unique configuration consisting of two
front ranks, which follow the contours of the land at
a depth set by the nearby castor assemblies, and two
rear ranks, which follow the ground the press wheels
run on. This allows it to achieve exact and repeatable
sowing depth.
“It’s narrow transport width and height is something
that’s set’s the 5500 apart” Steve says. “This is a straight
tyne machine which has good trash clearance and can
be equipped with either spring or hydraulic trips.”
East Coast croppers can see the 5500 air drill and 60
series air cart at Henty Machinery Field Days, 20 to
22 September 2016.