Lasting the distance

LASTING THE

DISTANCE

Over the last few years Scott Capper, Farmgard’s key accounts manager, has worked with large growers in Hastings, Pukekohe and Dargaville to design a range of new high end rotary hoes and power harrows.

“They’re suited to the specific horticultural applications we use them for in all the demanding conditions we have throughout New Zealand,” he says. Working with the engineers at the Italian company Celli, they have designed the EVO range, which are a super heavy-duty series of folding rotary hoes and power harrows.

“In New Zealand we often tow a roller or add bed formers to these implements and put them behind the largest tractors available,” he says. “Growers demand the machines operate in all soil types 24/7, literally all day every day during the season. The EVO is designed for this and includes a three-year warranty, which gives growers peace of mind, along with fixed cultivation costs.”

Celli’s power harrows range in size from one metre for tight spaces to eight metres, and suit tractors from 40 to 450 horsepower. Extra rotors combined with 45-degree vertical sliding side plates contain the soil as it is worked and ensure a flat finish for seedbed preparation. They have a fully welded gearbed to give greater rigidity, which ensures the hardened gears stay true at all times and have a long life. There is 15-degree rotor timing to reduce horsepower demand and fuel consumption, with a fine seedbed the end result. Boron steel tines are featured, along with forged and heat-treated one-piece rotor shafts. Greaseable top bearings ensure adequate lubrication.

Growers demand the machines operate in all soil types 24/7, literally all day every day during the season. The EVO is designed for this and includes a three-year warranty, which gives growers peace of mind, along with fixed cultivation costs.

Manukau-based Farmgard can supply a range of Celli machines produced by the company which was founded in 1955. It manufactures around 4,000 units a year with over 100 different models available, most with a two-year warranty. New Zealand is one of its most important markets with its folding tillers regarded as being market-leading products among the most demanding users. Farmgard started 40 years ago with Scott’s grandfather inventing and manufacturing the Farmgard grader blade in a workshop under his house. Since then the company has grown to now importing and distributing top international farm machinery brands such as Celli, Abbey, Berti, RZ and Stanhay to growers, farmers and contractors throughout Australasia. There are 12 dealerships spread around New Zealand so reliable parts replacement and after sales service are both assured.

For further information visit www.farmgard.co.nz or phone 0800 farmgard (32764273).