Furrow Splitter Improves Performance Of Moldboard Plow

Furrow Splitter Improves Performance Of Moldboard Plow TILLAGE EUIPMENT Plows 19-5-33 A stand-up "tooth" welded just behind the leading edge of a moldboard plow slices up furrows, providing additional tillage at a minimal cost, according to the British company that came up with the idea. Cost of fitting the "furrow splitters" to a 4-bottom plow is about $35. The inventor was a farmer named Ken Matthews who told the English farm magazine "Farmer's Weekly" that the idea is not new. But other designs, he says, have worked from the top, not from underneath so the sliced-up furrow gets buried. "The beauty of this add-on device is that it's simple, quick to fit and does a job similar to much more expensive equipment." Matthews licensed the idea to Spaldings Ltd. which sold over 6,000 units in the first 1 1/2 months and is receiving over 100 new orders a day as word spreads. Matthews says the splitter can be fitted to 6 moldboards in a half hour or less. It comes with a template that clamps to the plow wing to position the splitter, which is spot welded into place. After removing the template, you then run a complete bead around the base of the splitter. One of the biggest advantages of the splitter, according to Matthews, is that it provides increased tillage - particularly in heavy soils - yet still leaves the furrow open for weathering, unlike a pull-behind furrow press, which levels out plowed ground but closes up the furrows. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Spaldings, Ltd., Sandler Road, Lincoln LN6 3XJ England (ph 0522 500600; fax 0522 500173).

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