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The R2 Rinaldi is the gear-driven power harrow option we offer. BCS version is chain drive, however BCS version is slightly wider underneath (28" compared to 27" on R2 Rinaldi) and BCS harrow has a nicer depth control lever. We sell both versions depending on customer needs.
Combined with newer features such as spring-loaded metal sides for better soil control, as well as a shortened PTO connection point for a closer center of gravity to the tractor, the 30'' BCS Power Harrow is the best unit yet for Market Gardeners.
Power Harrows gently stir & work the soil “horizontally”, offering the ultimate in seedbed preparation and secondary tillage/weed control with no soil inversion or hardpan formation (Also called “Rotary Harrow” or Rotary Power Harrow”) Professional market gardeners and farmers in Europe have been using these machines for many years, and folks in North America are finally “catching on” that these tools are the best secondary tillage option, particularly for soils that are worked multiple times during the growing season. Power harrows are also noted for their excellent grading and leveling work, and are used extensively in Europe for landscaping applications (North American landscapers are slowly catching on). Run at a very shallow depth and with the tractor in a higher gear, they are also effective tools for lawn de-thatching and scarification prior to overseeding.
HOW THEY WORK: Multiple sets of tines rotate on vertical axles for totally horizontal tillage of the soil – NO inversion of soil layers and NO vertical compression leading to hardpan formation. Also, the “stirring” action does not over-pulverize the soil such as can be done with a rototiller; the soil stays in better shape, and can be worked more times in a season without risk of seriously damaging soil structure. The mesh roller in the rear perfectly levels and pre-tamps seedbed for precision seeding and good seed-to-soil contact, and the roller adjusts incrementally up & down for perfect depth adjustments ranging from 0” to 5.5” working depth.
We offer TWO brands of power harrows: The “Original” R2 Rinaldi power harrows, built in Italy since 1979 (this is the brand made famous in Jean-Martin Fortier’s book, The Market Gardener; and also the BCS-Brand “Clovis” harrows, produced in Canada.
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