Adjusts row spacing – instead of shutting off rows
Väderstad WideLining hydraulically adjusts 4 of the row units on the machine frame. This creates 41.25" (1050 mm) wide wheel tracks adapted for the tires of the liquid manure spreader.
Fully automatic
When WideLining is activated, the machine will calculate the field and automatically adjust the row units to create lines based on the working width of the liquid manure spreader. The row unit adjustment will occur, when the machine is lifted on the headland.
Comparing WideLining to previous technology
Yield example:
Planter working width: 19'8" (6 m)
Number of row units: 8 row units
Row spacing: 29.5" (750 mm)
Liquid manure spreader working width: 59' (18 m)
No system
At every 3rd track that the 8-row planter goes over the field, the crops in 2 rows will be destroyed by the tire tracks of the tractor and liquid manure fertilizer spreader.
This would destroy 8.3% of the crops in the field, leading to a significant total yield decrease.
Tramlining
At every 3rd track that the 8-row planter goes over the field, 2 rows would have to be shut off.
This means that the planter would plant 8.3% less seeds on the field, leading to a significant total yield decrease.
Väderstad WideLining
At every 3rd track that the 8-row planter goes over the field, 4 rows will be moved hydraulically to create 41.25" (1050 mm) lines.
Since all row units are still planting at full seeding rate, this means that the yield level will not be affected.
"Since Väderstad WideLining makes it possible for all Tempo row units to always plant at full seeding rate, the yield potential is kept on the highest level"
