John Deere adds tillage tools to improve productivity

BOONE, Iowa — The new John Deere Coulter Chisel tools are ideal for primary tillage.

“The CC Series is a highly productive tool that will size the crop and bury it while breaking up compaction at much faster speeds and wider widths than we’ve done traditionally,” said Michael Porter, John Deere go-to market manager for large tractors and tillage.

“It can go seven inches deep at 7 mph up to 33 feet and that allows our customers to do about 50 more acres per day than our current 2730 model,” said Porter from the John Deere display area at the Farm Progress Show.

The CC Series features five models with 11, 13, 19, 21, or 25 standards at 15-inch spacing.

“All these sizes allow us to pair with whatever tractor the customer has on his farm,” Porter said. “He can use the CC11 with a 300 horsepower tractor up to the CC25 with a 700 horsepower tractor.”

The coulter chisel tool, the John Deere manager said, provides the type of performance that farmers are asking for.

“This tool allows them to break up compaction at seven to 10 inches deep and it allows them to do it a lot faster while burning less fuel,” Porter said.

“It pulls a lot easier through the ground than our traditional combo rippers,” he said, “which means they can get all those stalks ripped in the fall before it freezes.”

The CC Series comes autonomous ready from the factory.

“It comes with all the hardware needed — you just need to add our StarFire 7500 receiver,” Porter said. “It has the lighting and additional controllers so customers can adopt autonomy when it’s right for them.”

John Deere also has a new Minimum Tillage tool.

“The MT Series includes the MT5, MT7, MT9 and MT11 and each number indicates the number of shanks on the machine,” Porter said.

“The MT11 is replacing the 2100 model and it comes with twice the wear life on the wear shins,” he said. “That allows our customers to get through the season and not have to do maintenance in the middle of a critical time.”

The MT Series features TruSet Active.

“That allows customers to set a depth and the machine will automatically maintain that depth in changing conditions,” Porter said.

“The tool measures the distance to the ground at all times and knows exactly how deep the tool is,” he said. “So, if a customer sets it at 13 inches deep, it will hold 13 inches of depth.”

Show visitors had the opportunity to examine the John Deere 9RX 830 tractor.

“It is the highest horsepower tractor in the market and a completely ground-up redesigned four-track machine,” Porter said. “It has a new frame, transmission and engine.”

The 9RX 830 tractor is powered by the JD18 engine.

“This engine is capable up to 913 horsepower and it meets final four tier emissions without the need to add DEF,” Porter said.

“It puts all that power through a new e21 transmission,” he said. “It’s a faster shifting transmission with three more gears in the working range and sends all that power to our bigger, new track design that is heavier duty with an additional mid roller and larger drive wheel.”

The new Command 4Plus Cab is packed full of John Deere’s latest tech, Porter said, including the G5 Display and the StarFire 7500 integrated receiver.

“It is autonomy ready from the factory — you just need to install the autonomous vision system when available,” he said.

All the daily maintenance for the 9RX can be completed at the ground level.

“This machine was built with serviceability in mind,” the John Deere manager said.

“The hydraulic capacity is the industry’s highest up to 168 gallons per minute,” Porter said. “That is done through a new split hydraulic system that has dedicated pumps for tractor functions and for the implement.”

“So, they’re not sharing the hydraulic flow and now our customers can disk 100 more acres per day than our 9R640 with a high-speed disk,” he said. “They are also able to pull our widest tools at the maximum speed they were designed for.”