Opico sward lifter

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Introduction
The document provides detailed information about the OPICO Sward Lifter, a grassland subsoiler designed to improve sward quality by enhancing soil aeration and drainage. It is particularly beneficial for farms experiencing poor drainage due to soil compaction.

Specifications
The Sward Lifter is available in several models with varying working widths, transport widths, number of legs, weight, and horsepower requirements. Models include:

13WBG-3: 2.7m width, 3 legs, 710 kg, 100+ HP
13WBG-5: 3m width, 5 legs, 1170 kg, 120+ HP
13WBGH-5: 4.5m width, 5 legs, 1340 kg, 140+ HP

Hydraulic auto-reset versions are available for stoney conditions, allowing the legs to reset automatically when encountering immovable objects.

Design and Features
The Sward Lifter features a unique design with cutting discs that open the turf, allowing subsoil legs to penetrate without disturbing the surface. Key components include:

Adjustable cutting discs to prevent soil bursting
Shearbolt or hydraulic auto-reset leg protection
Replaceable, reversible shin for cost-effective maintenance
Spring-loaded Prisma press rollers for surface leveling

The depth and pressure of the machine can be adjusted to suit various soil conditions, ensuring optimal performance.

Benefits
The Sward Lifter addresses issues of poor drainage by breaking up compacted soil layers, allowing water to penetrate and preventing waterlogging. This results in better grass growth, as demonstrated by user testimonials and before-and-after photos showing improved drainage and aeration.

User Testimonial
A testimonial from Robert Parrish of Hassendean Burn Farm highlights the effectiveness of the Sward Lifter in improving drainage and allowing earlier grazing.

Conclusion
The OPICO Sward Lifter is a robust solution for enhancing grassland productivity by improving soil structure and drainage, making it a valuable tool for farmers dealing with compacted soils.

Catalog excerpts

The Sward lifter is available with hydraulic auto reset for extremely stoney conditions. An individual ram on each leg that's connected to a gas accumulator allows the leg to break back and reset if it comes into contact with an immovable object. As the legs are adjusted deeper the leverage on the hydraulic reset ram increases. To compensate for this the Sward Lifter has a pressure adjusting valve and pressure gauge to allow the operator to set the force required for the leg to break back thus suiting various types of working conditions. Hydraulic Auto Reset version - developed for stoney conditions “ I turned my animals out to grass three weeks early thanks to the new Sward Lifter ” We had 25 acres that had been compacted from where we had cut silage and on headlands where we had run a lot of animals. The grass looked pretty stale and wasn't growing well. We subsoiled certain pieces with the Sward Lifter and it just let the water through! You could see a real difference through the winter - the ground has been a lot more free-draining. Robert Parrish Hassendean Burn Farm, Hawick. Sward Lifter Specifications Sward Lifter Grassland Subsoiler Model No. Sward Lifter Grassland Subsoiler - Hydraulic Reset Model No. YOUR LOCAL OPICO DEALER OPICO Ltd, Cherry Holt Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9LA Telephone: 01778 421111 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.opico.co.uk Profit from our knowlodgo LIFTER Sward Lifter OPICO Profit from our knowledge

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OPICO’s Grassland Subsoiler Open subsoil, better drainage, more grass Depth and Pressure Adjustment POOR DRAINAGE Many farms suffer from poor quality swards even if they plough and re-seed regularly. Fields with heavy traffic have a problem with soil becoming compacted preventing adequate drainage through silaging, livestock damage, and through the weather capping and sealing the soil surface. With the ground waterlogged it can be too wet for spring operations such as slurry and muck spreading, harrowing, fertilising and overseeding. This means livestock cannot be put out to graze which in turn...

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Opico sward lifter

Opico sward lifter

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