Amazone: Latest Catros+ offers a 12m working width

The Catros family now has a big brother, the Catros+ 12003-2TS. With its 12m working width it’s a specialist tool for quick, shallow stubble tillage, creating the ideal conditions for grass weed seeds and volunteers to germinate.

This makes it ideal for larger farms and contractors who are looking to cover the ground fast in the fight to control blackgrass, or those looking for a shallow disc cultivator to fit in with their 12m controlled-traffic system.

Despite its impressive working width, it neatly folds down to a compact transport width of 3 m as well as sporting a braking system on the transport axle.

Four segments make up the working width. Each segment is able to float independently from the others, using the new ContourFrame, giving excellent contour following. Hydraulic accumulators keep each segment firmly in contact with the ground.

Each of the 510mm diameter serrated discs, which can work at depths from 5.0cm to 15.0cm, and use the same tried-and-tested, maintenance-free, oil-bath bearings that are in use on the rest of the Catros family. They are individually suspended via rubber blocks, further improving its ground following characteristics.

Guide wheels at the front ensure that excellent contour following and a relatively short distance between the guide wheels and rear roller means any humps and hollows are easily tackled.

When the going gets really tough, the Catros+ 12003-2TS can be folded down to a 7.0m working width with the extra weight of the wings aiding penetration.

For more information visit: www.amazone.co.uk.