Indexed seedbed tillage arrangement
An agricultural tillage implement, comprising at least one section including a plurality of attachment bars; and a plurality of indexed seedbed tillage arrangements distributed on the at least one section, each indexed seedbed tillage arrangement including a first horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to a first attachment bar; a second horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to a second attachment bar and offset in the travel direction from the first horizontal tillage apparatus; and a vertical tillage apparatus coupled to a third bar of the plurality of bars and offset in the travel direction from the first and second horizontal tillage apparatuses, positioned such that it processes soil not disturbed by the first and second horizontal tillage apparatuses.
1. An agricultural tillage implement, comprising:
at least one section including a plurality of attachment bars, the plurality of attachments including at least a first attachment bar, a second attachment bar, and a third attachment bar; and
a plurality of indexed seedbed tillage arrangements distributed on the at least one section, each indexed seedbed tillage arrangement including:
a first horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to the first attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars;
a second horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to the second attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars, the second attachment bar positioned behind the first attachment bar relative to a longitudinal travel direction, the second horizontal tillage apparatus offset transversely relative to a longitudinal travel direction from the first horizontal tillage apparatus, wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned behind the first horizontal tillage apparatus on the second attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the first horizontal tillage apparatus; and
a vertical tillage apparatus coupled to the third bar of the plurality of attachment bars, the third attachment bar positioned behind the second attachment bar relative to the longitudinal travel direction and offset transversely relative to the longitudinal travel direction from first and second horizontal tillage apparatuses, the vertical tillage apparatus positioned such that no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus attached to the agricultural tillage implement has tilled the soil prior to the passage of the vertical apparatus over the soil, while soil ahead of but transversely positioned relative to a position of the vertical tillage apparatus is tilled by the first horizontal apparatus and the second horizontal tillage apparatus before the soil is tilled by the vertical tillage apparatus when the agricultural tillage implement moves in the longitudinal travel direction when operating to till the soil, wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned behind the second horizontal tillage apparatus on the third attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the second horizontal tillage apparatus, and wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned on an additional attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars positioned behind the third attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the vertical tillage apparatus.
2. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein the first and second horizontal tillage apparatuses are sweeps.
3. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein the vertical tillage apparatus is at least one colter.
4. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein the vertical tillage apparatus is at least one spider wheel.
5. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein the first horizontal tillage apparatus, the second horizontal tillage apparatus, and the vertical tillage apparatus are equally spaced apart transversely relative to each other, and wherein each area of tilled soil generated by the first horizontal tillage apparatus, the second horizontal tillage apparatus, and the vertical tillage apparatus are transversely equal in size.
6. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one section is a foldable wing section.
7. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein a distance measured perpendicular to the travel direction between adjacent vertical tillage apparatuses is 30 inches.
8. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 1 , wherein the offset is 10 inches.
9. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 5 , wherein the offset is 7.5 inches.
10. An agricultural tillage implement, comprising:
at least one section including a plurality of attachment bars, the plurality of attachments including at least a first attachment bar, a second attachment bar, a third attachment bar, and a fourth attachment bar; and
a plurality of indexed seedbed tillage arrangements distributed on the at least one section, each indexed seedbed tillage arrangement including:
a first horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to the first attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars;
a second horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to the second attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars, the second attachment bar positioned behind the first attachment bar relative to a longitudinal travel direction, the second horizontal tillage apparatus offset transversely relative to the longitudinal travel direction from the first horizontal tillage apparatus, wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned behind the first horizontal tillage apparatus on the second attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the first horizontal tillage apparatus;
a third horizontal tillage apparatus coupled to the third attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars, the third attachment bar positioned behind the second attachment bar relative to the longitudinal travel direction, the third horizontal tillage apparatus offset transversely relative to the longitudinal travel direction from the first horizontal tillage apparatus and the second horizontal tillage apparatus, wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned behind the second horizontal tillage apparatus on the third attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the first horizontal apparatus or the second horizontal tillage apparatus;
a vertical tillage apparatus coupled to the fourth bar of the plurality of attachment bars, the fourth attachment bar positioned behind the third attachment bar relative to a longitudinal travel direction and offset transversely relative to the longitudinal travel direction from first, second, and third horizontal tillage apparatuses, the vertical tillage apparatus positioned such that no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus attached to the agricultural tillage implement has processed the soil prior to the passage of the vertical tillage apparatus over the soil, while soil ahead of but transversely positioned relative to a position of the vertical tillage apparatus is tilled by the first horizontal apparatus, the second horizontal tillage apparatus, and the third horizontal apparatus before the soil is tilled by the vertical tillage apparatus when the agricultural tillage implement moves in the longitudinal travel direction when operating to till the soil, wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned behind the third horizontal tillage apparatus on the fourth attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the third horizontal tillage apparatus, and wherein no horizontal or vertical tillage apparatus is positioned on an additional attachment bar of the plurality of attachment bars positioned behind the fourth attachment bar to re-till the soil tilled by the vertical tillage apparatus.
11. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein the first and second horizontal tillage apparatuses are sweeps.
12. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein the vertical tillage apparatus is at least one colter.
13. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein the vertical tillage apparatus is at least one spider wheel.
14. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein the first horizontal tillage apparatus, the second horizontal tillage apparatus, the third horizontal tillage apparatus, and the vertical tillage apparatus are equally spaced apart transversely relative to each other, and wherein each area of tilled soil generated by the first horizontal tillage apparatus, the second horizontal tillage apparatus, the third horizontal tillage apparatus, and the vertical tillage apparatus are transversely equal in size.
15. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein the at least one section is a foldable wing section.
16. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein a distance measured perpendicular to the travel direction between adjacent vertical tillage apparatuses is 30 inches.
17. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 10 , wherein the offset is 10 inches.
18. The agricultural tillage implement of claim 14 , wherein the offset is 7.5 inches.