AGT FreeLane: No more fertiliser in the tramlines

With the new RAUCH FreeLane system for the AGT pneumatic fertiliser spreader, it is now possible to prevent fertiliser from being spread in the tramlines. For 36 m tramline systems, FreeLane ensures fertiliser savings of more than 4% with each use. Major benefit: The adjacent plants are still appropriately supplied with nutrients due to the sharp-edged limitation of the spreading fan in the tramline area.

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To reduce floor loading, the tyres of tractors and towed agricultural machines nowadays have a width of up to 75 cm. Applying mineral fertiliser on tramlines with a width of 2 x 75 cm is very unfavourable and has various disadvantages. There are no plants growing in the tramlines which could absorb the fertiliser from the soil. This precious fertiliser in the tramlines could not be utilised so far.

The two easily adjustable guiding fixtures mounted to the AGT air jets at the right and left side of both tracks each prevent fertiliser from being spread in the tracks. The spreading quantity is precisely controlled by special tramline cam wheels with appropriate sections. The FreeLane system is flexible and can be easily and quickly adjusted to various track and tyre widths.

FreeLane allows for considerable fertiliser and cost saving potentials. For a working width of 24 m, fertiliser savings of 6.25 % (!) and for 36 m 4.2 % (!) per hectare are ensured without affecting the overall plant nutrition. This savings potential also considerably contributes to the optimisation of the fertiliser balance according to the new fertiliser directive.

If, as usual with Controlled Traffic (CTF), the tramlines are arranged at the same places as in the previous years, the fertiliser amounts in these tramlines will considerably add up over the years since there are no plants to absorb the fertiliser.

Due to its special guiding fixtures and modified cam wheel dosing system, the new RAUCH FreeLane system prevents fertiliser from being spread in the tracks. The plant stock is evenly fertilised as usual.