Archive Article: 2001/09/07

7 September 2001

With a length of 11m and weighing in at 11t, Amazones new Centaur cultivator is not in the small league. In its 5m working width build – there are also 6m and 7.5m versions – eight packer wheels at the front precede four rows of spring tines on 20cm spacing. These are followed by two rows of scalloped and angle adjustable levelling discs and finally by a wedge-wing press roller. In operation the weight – and depth control – is taken by the front and rear presses. For transport and headland turns a central wheel assembly is lowered to lift the unit clear of the ground. Requiring a minimum of 250hp to operate, the 5m version costs £37,000.