Speed Tube
Focused on the perfect plant – and speed.
SpeedTube has broken seed tube convention. Standard seed tubes can be accurate when you plant slow and steady — that wins the race, right? Not anymore. Upgrade from tortoise to hare without sacrificing any spacing accuracy.
The secret is in the flighted belt that takes gravity out of the equation. There’s no opportunity for seeds to ricochet and go topsy turvy into the trench. Even at twice the speed you normally plant, every seed arrives safely at the bottom of the trench, spaced evenly, every time.
So the perfect plant is attainable, while taking advantage of that perfect planting window.
PRESS RELEASE
New SpeedTube increases planting speed and decreases equipment costs. A new seed delivery system by Precision Planting promises to allow growers to plant corn and soybeans much faster than is possible with seed tubes. Jason Stoller, Precision Planting Engineering Product Manager for the new SpeedTube, says, “Available time for optimum spring planting is both limited and critical, and larger planters are not the answer to growing farm sizes. But planting speed is limited by the constraints of the seed tube, because high speeds lead to poor spacing.” Stoller explains that SpeedTube solves these problems by controlling the seed all the way from the meter to the furrow. Feeder wheels at the top grab the seed from the disk and pull it into a flighted belt that deposits it in bottom of the trench. The SpeedTube belt spins at a rate that increases and decreases with planter speed and seeding rates, ensuring that the seed placement is optimal. SpeedTube development continues at a brisk pace, says Stoller, and more details will be announced at Farm Progress 2014.
SpeedTube has moved from concept to reality