THE VICTOR SUGAR BEET HARVESTER
SPECIAL PRODUCTS
The company has developed over a number of years, with initially the UK farming community, its ability to manufacture individual machines to meet the special requirements of its customers. These customers can be farmers, seed companies, universities, chemical companies and other manufactures all looking for a solution to a specific requirement. This enables Garford Farm Machinery to be in the front line of precision farming development and by working with these individuals and companies to meet their demands, has allowed them to bring to the market the following machines: WEED FOIL The weed foil is the result of the immediate need to control weeds and weed beet in sugar beet crops by using a glyphosate saturated foil to brush the offending weed which will be higher than the crop and thus destroy it.
The weed foil is available in 6m, 9m and 12m format.
PRECISION WEED FOIL This machine uses the above technology combined with automatic height control to specifically target weeds growing through such crops as carrots and onions. Once again it uses a glyphosate saturated foil to brush the offending weeds and destroy them. PRECISION FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS The Robocrop high speed guided hoe lends itself to the precision application of fertilizer with the addition of a front mounted tank with metering system & distribution heads and shoes on the hoe. This allows the grower to accurately place the precise amount of fertilizer at the area the plant requires for growth and saves overall fertilizer use, avoiding run-off in wet weather and protecting local water courses from pollution. HOODED SPRAYERS These machines have been developed since the mid 1970’s solely to apply chemical to the area between the crops for weed control. This reduces the amount of chemical per hectare, minimising the risk of crop contamination. The original machines were mostly used in salad and vegetable crops but today there is more interest in using this technology in sugar beet, oil seed rape and maize.
The company started its business providing sugar beet harvesting machinery for farmers in 1988. The Victor first appeared in its original yellow before changing to its familiar green and white livery in 1993. Initially, 3 and 4 row machines where built and supplied to the local farming community. The well-thought out design (which included the front mounted defoliator, skew bar topper, spiral cleaning rollers and loading elevator) meant that the high performance harvester was also low on power consumption. The Victor gained success and soon the 6 row machine was developed to meet the demand from the market
for a larger capacity single machine. The first 6 row machines where mechanically driven but it was soon very clear that a fully hydraulic machine was the way forward and so the Victor 6 Hydro was born. The success of these simple yet robust machines has seen them exported to China, Chile, The Middle East and Europe and although the European sugar beet harvesting market is dominated by self propelled machines, the victor range continues to sell. The Victor 6 Hydro can harvest, in one hour, a similar amount of sugar beet as a self propelled harvester - which costs at least 4 times as much!
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