SpeedTube Seed Tube

Replace your current seed tube with SpeedTube. The technology uses a conveying mechanism that takes seeds from the VSet® disk and places them onto a flighted belt. This, in turn, delivers them directly to the furrow. SpeedTube's independent electric drive matches the planter's speed, allowing each seed to safely reach the bottom of the furrow at a consistent spacing, even when planting at twice the speed.

Every farmer has experienced waiting for days until the weather is suitable for planting, and when conditions are ideal, trying to plant as much as possible. However, every planter has a maximum operating speed limit beyond which it risks compromising planting results, which in turn restricts planting opportunities.

2 reasons why other tubes fail:

During planting, sections often bounce, causing seeds to drop at varying speeds and resulting in inconsistent spacing. Furthermore, as planter speed increases, so does the number of seeds that bounce or fall outside the furrow.

What can you achieve with higher planting speeds? How many more hectares can you cover? Instead of guessing, we decided to conduct several tests to find out. We compared a 1770NT CCS – 16-row planter (2014) with the same planter equipped with SpeedTube, and a third machine, a 1770NT CCS (2014) with 24 rows. According to the data, the average planting speed with the standard planter is 8.05 km/h, while the average speed of the SpeedTube-equipped planter is 12.87 km/h. SpeedTube results in 30% lower costs per hectare compared to the standard 16-row planter and 32% lower costs compared to the 24-row option, while simultaneously planting 60% more hectares per hour than a planter with standard equipment*.