Case IH Launches the Precision Hoe 800 Air Hoe Drill

November 7th, 2009 | Tags:


With 2 new patented features—a parallel link row unit and angled, double-shoot knife opener—the Precision Hoe 800 delivers the precision seed and fertilizer placement asked by producers growing canola, wheat and other high-value, small-seeded crops on giant acreages.

‘Controlling seed placement is urgent to a plant’s strong, healthy emergence and establishment.

Seed too deep, and the seed may use up its energy stores solely to emerge, or not germinate at all,’ says Dale Simpson, Case IH selling manager for seeding.

Just as they do before planning or improving any piece of gear, Case IH engineers asked customers what advancements they’d make to air drills now on the market.

‘Unlike other competitive designs that employ a trailing arm, the parallel link arm row unit improves on what shoppers told us they need in a precision hoe drill : better depth control, better seed and manure placement, and eventually, better stands—in uneven field conditions and tricky no-till residue,’ he adds.

Case IH customers also put a high priority on wide working widths and narrow transport widths.

Another merit of the parallel link design : it accurately maintains the angle at which the patented, double-shoot knife opener engages the ground, preserving 1- to 1.5-inches separation between the seed and manure bands for worry-free accuracy.

‘Because the link between the knife and the press wheel doesn’t change through the whole range of motion, you get better seed placement vs. A trailing arm row unit.’

In addition, the unique single shank design—which delivers both seed and manure on the opener—reduces the quantity of shanks by half on each row unit.

each Case IH Precision Hoe eight hundred is supplied with ISOBUS electronic controls.

‘So if you’ve already purchased an AFS Pro 600 monitor for your Case IH tractor, you can control everything—including the various drill functions, even fold and unfold—from the comfort of your cab,’ Simpson notes.

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