A distinctive new contender for high-output seeding, the iPass 624 from Izona – a new brand from the Mzuri drill team – will be available with interchangeable tine coulters for sowing into a prepared seeded, a minimum tillage mulch or direct into stubble, with strip cultivation drilling a further option.

Leading discs and auto-reset protected tines are positioned ahead of the coulter tines to cut through trash and create a targeted strip of tilth.

Seed is propelled to the coulter outlets under pressure from the 7,000-litre hopper, which is divided to also accommodate fertiliser and has sufficient capacity to sow 16ha per fill at 180kg/ha.

Martin Lole of Izona said the drill is capable of working at speeds up to 18kph thanks to the parallel linkage coulter mounting and ball joints that allow the hydraulically pressurised coulter arm to self-steer through curves while following surface contours.

The role of the drawbar-mounted wheels is more to help the tractor’s lower link draft control work effectively to maintain traction rather than to consolidate soil between the tractor wheels, he added.

Behind the soil-working elements, the drill is mounted on a commercial trailer axle running on large diameter 800mm or 900mm wide implement tyres.