Snap shot of a few of the past Planters

Mackenzie Applied Research Associations FLEX planter located in Fort Vermillion AB.

This advanced unit is the swiss army knife of research planters. Features 12 openers arranged on 2 ranks, with a 3rd rank of banders located in the center, which is adjustable side to side with a hydraulic cylinder. This is ideal for trials requiring precise fertilizer offset adjustments—no tools needed!

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DS Drill 

This intercropping planter features 24 openers distributed across 4 ranks, equipped with five 5-bushel product boxes and a single belt cone. It utilizes an advanced air delivery system and an innovative hydraulic down pressure system, allowing for separate controls for ranks 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, all operated from the cab.

• Width of just over 12 feet and electric brakes, this unit can be safely 

FLEX Planter

Planter Equipped with 2 ranks of hoe openers.

• 2 Belt Cones
• 3 Product boxes
• 1 Inoculate box
• Ground Drive system and Electric clutches for each component that turn off and on the drive to the rate controlling Zeromax gear boxes. 
• Room for two operators with two seed trays
• Two rows of c-shank openers
• Indpendant packers with variable down pressure settings.
• Ergonomic ladders front and back

Farming Smarter Lethbridge Alberta FLEX Model is equipped with all the bells and whistles. 

We were asked to modernize an old design.

Features:

• Liquid fertilizer 
• 4 product boxes
• Removable opener frame
• Blockage monitors on each run
• Flow monitors on all runs
• Two belt cones
• Air seeder functionality
• Ergonomic ladder on side and rear

State-of-the-art hydraulic drive system powers all boxes and belt cones

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 FLEX Planter

This customer does a wide variety of research trials including fertility tests on multiply crops.

• Hoe openers were  selected for their conditions
• Openers placed on two ranks for better trash handling
• 4 product boxes
• 2 Belt cones
• Ground Drive
• Zeromaxes with Mirco-dial control
• True Hydraulic Down Pressure, with no accumulators
• Gooseneck hitch for tight turns
• True Zero Till Research Planter
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