Peach Country Tractor Inc. is pleased to announce its newest addition, the Imants Deep Spader
With a width of 9 ½ feet wide, an adjustable working depth of 20" to 40" and extra spade arms to increase mixing capacity is ideal for all sites in need of soil remediation
Peach Country Tractor is currently pursuing projects that require soil mixing of agricultural sites contaminated with pesticides and its individual constituents. As a result, PCT owns and operates one of the worlds most state of the art, cost efficient soil treatment technologies in the environmental marketplace.
Spaders produce loose broken topsoil with well mixed crop residues and soil amendments. Soil form a spader looks very similar to soil missed by using the hand double digging technique. Double digging is a tedious but effective method of rehabilitating degraded lands that is widely used in organic gardening, permaculture and French Intensive gardening.
The reciprocating spader does not invert or mix the full soils profile like a rototiller, which in arid lands is very desirable as nutrients ad organic matter are concentrated near the surface, the spaders ability to penetrate hard surfaces allows it to work in dry compacted soils where rototillers, plows and discs are not effective.
The mechanical spader does days of hard work in a matter of minutes. In today's real-estate market, time is a monetary investment. PCT's agenda for pesticide impacted soil remediation effectively saves developers time and money in the land development process. By insistently blending soils, PCT has the ability to dilute pesticide concentrations in the soil and achieves closure standards set by New Jersey.
Spaders can work in sols with loose rocks where a tiller would jam of bounce. The spades help push the tractor forward thus reducing the energy required to work a field and minimizing the change of getting stuck. Even in marginal conditions. This reduces soil smearing, rutting, and compaction from wheel or track dynamics.
In trials comparing 3 rototillers and a spader the spader provides the best distribution of materials through the soil profile. Anyone who has used this method can appreciate the tremendous benefit it provides for the soil.
Carried Construction
Carried machines (weighing more than 3500 KG), require a tractor with sufficient frame strength. The spading machine is mounted onto the tractor in a fixed position which eliminates the need for a draw bar lifting device. The spader can be adjusted by the cylinders Attached to the spader itself. This allows the spader to be lifted 100% off the ground
This setup makes the spader highly maneuverable and easy to use in small areas.
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to clarify the protocol and standards that apply to farm land developments where substances such as arsenic and lead are present some former agricultural lands can pose concerns because of historical pesticide use. Of particular concerns are arsenic and dieldron, which can remain in the soil for years at levels that can be a threat to human health.
This method of mixing soil has been accepted by The NJDEP
NOTE: Depth of blending is determined by a testing agency and Environmental authorities.