A NEW 4M folding version of its award-winning Espro machine is on the way from Kuhn.

Launched in the UK at Cereals in 2015, the 6m Espro 6000 R received the ‘2015 Machine of the Year’ award at the SIMA 2015 exhibition. Now, a 4m foldable version – the Espro 4000 R – has been launched and is available in the UK and throughout Europe.

The 4000 R, like its big brother, uses two rows of cultivating discs, followed by a single row of large diameter (900mm) wheels which are offset and fitted with deep tread tyres to create the seed bed.

It also has Kuhn’s Crossflex coulter bar – with each coulter mounted on polyurethane blocks to allow them to follow terrain contours. This ensures a consistent seeding depth across the machine’s full working width and, in turn, results in regular seedling emergence.

This drill can be used with tractors with as little as 140hp, though it also boasts fairly high drilling speeds and is compatible with a wide variety of seed types and sizes.

The drill can also be fitted with optional front press wheels – with in-cab pressure adjustment – to pre-level the soil in front of the working discs and to prevent the machine from sinking into lighter or wet soils.