Stocks has upgraded its Turbo Jet 10 Hydraulic (HD), providing users with maximum airflow for higher application rates at working widths from 10m up to 15m. It can also be run at faster forward speeds and can be set up to apply full-width, in bands or in rows as required with outlets either blanked-off or doubled up as necessary.
The appetite to work at wider working widths be that with rolls, drills, cultivators, or comb harrows, has led Stocks to develop an applicator with even more air flow to apply small to medium sized seeds such as oilseed rape, clover, grass and mustard and micro and granular products at low to medium rates, all at up to 15m.
The Turbo Jet 10 HD’s hydraulic fan can be remotely mounted, making it simple to integrate with different host machines. Remote mounting also enables the fan to be sited away from dusty areas. On Cambridge rolls, the hydraulic unit can be fixed to the main drawbar with the hopper positioned above the rollers, reducing the hydraulic pipework required.
“Where we can see the Turbo Jet 10 Hydraulic answering grower demands is for a accurate, high-capacity applicator with a higher capacity fan to work beyond 10m – we anticipate that it will be a real game-changer,” comments Stocks AG sales manager Sean Stanfield.
Product is metered by a rotary feed and delivered pneumatically, however instead of an electrically driven fan, the Turbo Jet 10 HD has a multi-blade, 1400cfm (cubic feet per metre), 4” hydraulic Crary fan. This fan offers a maximum operational RPM of 6,000 and a 4cc motor, providing the output to match most drills. This allows the tractor’s oil flow requirement to be kept low (27L/min – 65L/min).
Testing has been carried out on a range of products including slug pellets, wheat, barley, OSR and Avadex. Working at 15m and applying a precise, low-rate of Avadex granules, it produced a Coefficient of Variation of +/- 5%.
The Turbo Jet 10 HD has one metering segment per outlet, allowing for precision metering. A standard range of 50mm diameter feed block kits is offered for common seed and granule sizes and application rates. A new high-rate, 59mm diameter, large feed block kit has also been developed, which will effectively feed product to the wider working widths, high application rates at standard widths or low weight, high volume products up to the 15m working width.
The applicator is supplied with either 10 or 20 outlets and with either a 240L or 400L hopper. Further accessories are available to ensure operators get the most from their machine.
Two different control systems can be specified; the JACKAL or the i-CON, both offering fan speed and function monitoring. Isobus ready machines are also available and can be connected to the tractor’s in-cab terminal as required.
