Spearhead’s new range of Starcut rotary mowers represents the biggest single investment in product development in the company’s history.
The sleek-looking British mulchers are the culmination of several years’ work and the first product range to emerge from Spearhead’s extended design and testing facility at Worcester. While designed in the UK, the new machines have also undergone an extensive two-year programme of testing and evaluation, particularly in crop stubble applications throughout Europe.
“There’s no doubt we’ve created a new approach to rotary mulching technology that has the capability to transform agricultural thinking in the management and implementation of arable farming and vegetation control,” the company’s general manager, Christian Davies, said. “We believe the Starcut range is a world beater and takes rotary mulching technology to a higher level than ever before.
“The new mulchers are the result of the biggest investment in engineering resource and budget ever allocated to a project of this kind, and we’ve never been more excited or confident as a company about any other product launch.”
The new Starcut range, aimed at the top end of the large contract and agricultural mulching markets, incorporates a number of new design features that challenge current rotary mulching methods. The five new premium models – the 300, 500, 730, 910 and 1210 – are all high-specification machines designed specifically to fall in line with the latest track farming systems with working widths of 3.0m, 5.0m, 7.3m, 9.1m and 12.1m respectively.
Additional applications for the new range include maize and cereal stubble mulching; pasture and set-aside maintenance; scrubland clearance; and vegetation management of large open areas such as airports, racecourses and national parks. In addition, they are ideal for cotton fields, commercial grass seed production and organic farms.
One of the biggest breakthroughs, the company said, was the introduction of the manufacturer’s unique new Starcut blade technology that greatly reduces tractor horsepower requirements resulting in substantial fuel savings. The new cutting system also delivers a far more effective cutting angle for improved mulching and reduced stone throw.
The shape of the five machines, has similarly been overhauled with a stylish new look forming a characteristic delta shape. This serves a practical purpose in the collection and distribution of mulched vegetation creating a far more even spread. A totally new streamlined exterior also speeds up the cleaning down of the machine post operation.
Other design features include integrated hose routing; simple fine height control; universal hitch assembly; unique self-levelling deck design; and improved material flow. In another key development, there is also the ability to attach additional machinery behind the mulcher.
According to Mr Davies, the new Starcut machines will challenge all existing rotary mulching and mowing technology and deliver on every front for the professional vegetation control sectors.
“Our reputation has been built around high-quality machines, but the advances in these latest models take vegetation control to a new level in terms of performance and without compromise on quality or durability,” he said. “The machines set a new standard and all the testing undertaken to date suggests that they are going to make a real impact with customers throughout the UK and across international markets.
“Every design detail has been addressed and we’re absolutely delighted with the end result and believe our customers will be equally pleased.”
For more information visit: www.spearhead.uk.com.
