OUR RIPPERS
We have developed a curved tyne Ripper for hard pans, offering huge benefits to agricultural farming. Our rippers are designed to be most effective in deep, sandy, and difficult soils. The result is extreme subsoil movement and breakage of the hard pan for delivering moisture and root growth. Williamson-Agri CT Rippers offer significant operational costs, with savings of up to 15% on fuel, in comparison to conventional tine rippers.
Sizes
We can supply CT ripper in many different sizes, and with many different options. We have designs from 4 tines to 12 tines for tractors of 120 to 600 hp three point linkage or trailed drawbar models. 9 mm wall RHS is used to construct the frame and the tine clamps are made from 28 mm plate. 1 1/8inch bolts hold the clamps to the frame. Tines are made from Boron steel – this gives flexibility and strength.
The design also helps in lower power requirements, which we combine with a V shape to reduce power requirements even more. The drawbar is designed to take up to 600HP. Hydraulic wheels complete the drawbar package. This can be had with a range of tyre options if needed.
Image: Williamson-Agri 8CT Subsoiler – at full lift
Design
We use Michel type tines on our CT deep rippers, because of their design they have maximum soil movement, but have minimum surface disruption. This sounds like a paradox, but seeing is believing, the soil is moved sideways not busted up in the air creating clods, this leaves a level surface that if fully oxygenated. This helps deep bacteria to work better and helps release locked up nutrients.
The curved shape of the tines gives exceedingly good penetration in the hardest of soils. The sideways movement of soil cause by the design of the tines causes a wave as the machine moves through the ground. Tines have replaceable wear plates to stop the tines wearing out, and replaceable points that we can apply tungsten hard facing also, to give maximum wear.
Image: Williamson Agri 8CT Subsoiler – Curved Tyne detail
Rear Roller Types
The rear roller is used as a multiple depth control of the ripper via different settings on the arms, transferring weight from the machine on to the roller. Three different types of roller can be supplied: spike roller, cage, and rubber tyred type. All these can be optioned to meet your needs, these run on 50 mm shafts with 50 mm bearings.
Image: Williamson Agri 8CT Subsoiler – Spiked Roller (Optional)
Single Pass Examples
This photo was taken 5 days after a single pass with CT tines, at 400mm deep. It can be clearly seen that there has been full soil movement by the death of the plants, and the surface is still level. This is achieved with Michel type tines that cause a sideways movement of soil, shattering any plough pan the full width of the machine.
Image: Single pass with Williamson-Agri CT Ripper
Ripper By Day! Scraper By Night!
Especially for small farms/vineyards. Two curved tine rippers legs attach to frame for deep ripping without lifting soil. When ripper is not in use, you can replace the tines with the scraper box to level out your rows/roads. Contact Adam to order.
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WHAT WE OFFER
Moving the whole profile of soil while keeping the surface minimally disturbed.
Different options of rear roller: spiked tooth roller, caged roller or rubber tyred roller.
We will custom-make a machine to your specifications that will fit your needs.