Sprayers & Spreaders

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From the late 1970s, we have witnessed the continuous technical development of sprayers and spreaders. Chris Lockwood demonstrates this by showing 51 examples in operation.

He starts with some early self-propelled conversions such as the SAM F.C. from 1977. Although hydrostatic drive was soon to take over, mechanical-drive machines continued to play a role, particularly in special applications.

The bulk of Chris Lockwood’s programme deals with sprayers from the 1990s onwards. Increased tanks capacities, greater boom width, higher clearance and improved driver comfort are just some of the many advances that Chris shows and describes. By the end of the programme we have reached the full integration of GPS, with automatic functions to govern boom levelling, section control and steering.

The DVDs made by Suffolk-based agricultural journalist Chris Lockwood include One Farm, One Year, an outstanding account of four seasons on a large arable farm. In Sprayers & Spreaders Chris continues his quest to show in detail the range of machinery that is an essential part of modern arable farming.

The machines included in the programme are: Ag-Chem Big-A 2800, Terra-Gator 2505, 8103 Agrifac Condor  Amazone Pantera 4001  Bargam MAC 2500 MC  Bateman RB15, RB25, RB35  Berthoud Raptor FC 3240  Case IH GEM 3000 SP  Chafer Tramliner SP  Challenger RoGator 418, 655, TerraGator 2244  Chavtrac Chaviot 2000  Clayton C4120 ? Dammann-trac DT 2500 H Plus  Econ Allseason  FarmGEM Sapphire II  Fendt F 380 GHA  GEM Sapphire  GM-R Fieldcruiser FR-3-180i  Hardi Alpha Evo 4100 Haylock SP2000  Holmer Terra Variant 600  Househam AR3000, Merlin 4-24, Spirit 3-24  JCB Fastrac 2170 with Knight demount John Deere 5430i  Kellands Agribuggy 2500  Knight 1835, Challenger 110  Landquip CV240  Lite-Trac SS2400  Matrot M44D 150  MB Unimog 1600S,  U400 forward control  MB-Trac 1000 forward control  Melroe Spra-Coupe 3430 Multidrive 6185, FC, MB6185  SAM 2000, 2000 (1995), F.C. (1977), F.C. (1989), SLc4000, Vision 4.0 & 4.0E  South Cave S-Trac U500.

English spoken

112 minutes running time

Publisher: Old Pond