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Spading is more than just turning ground


Your land is your wealth. It is the lifeblood of your business. That’s why you want to continuously improve your soil. You want to build it up for the future, for your successors. Imants would like to contribute to that future. More than 60 years of experience with spading machines is something Imants can look back on. From that experience we learned that digging is more than just turning soil. Much more even!

Spading, which mixes organic material with the living topsoil, by working crop residues and green manure into the soil so they can be converted into nutrients. With an Imants spading machine you can also create a seedbed ready to plant in. As a manufacturer, Imants offers you a solution for any tillage requirement. Whether deep or shallow, active or passive, intensive or extensive, mixing or non-mixing, reversible or not. 

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The construction of the rotary spading machine


The spading machines in these series cultivate the soil by means of spading knives bolted to the axle. In both series, 4 knives are mounted to each bank. The number of spade banks varies according to the working width.

Various spade blades

Depending on your application, various spade blades can be chosen. All of the blade types are bolted on for ease of replacement. 


Image of SPX spade blade, suitable for all soil types blade suitable for all soil types excl wet clay

VX spading knife suitable for clay soil

SM spading knife suitable for clay soil

All spading machines are equipped with a cam clutch on the PTO. This provides protection for the driveline.

Drive line of the 46 Series.

Subsoiling, yes or no?

46 series

The 46 series spading machines have a minimum working depth of 15cm (6 in), maximum is about 35cm (14 in). The spading knives loosen the soil over the entire working width and mix manure, green manure or plant residues through the most biologically active part of the soil.

46 series with tine legs

The 46 series spaders can be equipped with depth-adjustable ripper-shanks between the spade banks, which loosen the ground deeper than the spading depth. The shanks ensure that the spader can work with greater ease in hard clay soil. Because of their location between the spade banks, the integrated shanks improve the self cleaning action of the machine. In addition, the shanks break up any existing plow pans that may exist below the spading depth and make sure that roots can penetrate deeper into the soil.

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Clod breaker

The Imants 46 series spading machines can be equipped with a clod breaker . This clod rack works like a rake, passing small root-balls through and pushing larger ones down and further reducing them. In this way a fine finish is created

Prisma roller

For heavier soil types in both dry and wet conditions, the self-cleaning prisma roller is recommended for the 46 series spading machines. This roller breaks up the surface and lightly compresses the soil leaving a firm level seed bed.

Rotor harrow

As an option, the 46 series spading machines can be equipped with a lifting device for a rotor harrow. This rotor harrow goes straight into the ground. After spading, it reduces the soil even further and prepares a seedbed.

Power harrow 

The Imants 46 series spading machines can be equipped with a driven power harrow. This roller presses the coarser top layer and creates a fine and even seedbed. It is the ideal roller for sandy and sandy loam soils.

Options for the 46 series


To make the 46 series of spading machines fit your farm, you can choose from a number of options. For example, you can choose not only from the rollers listed above, but also from different types of linkage for combining powered and non-powered implements.

In order to be able to remove deeper disturbed layers in 1 pass, this machine can also be equipped with three ripper shanks. These can be added or removed as desired.

Combining work passes


The 46 series spading machines can be used to prepare the soil for sowing. But the spading machines can also be the heart of combinations to do all the work in one pass. The spader provides primary tillage, loosening and mixing the soil. Mounting other implements like harrows and seeders, allows a true single pass operation. Combining working passes not only saves money and time, but also reduces stress on the soil structure. Here you can see some possible combinations.

Modells overview



Type Working width Overall width # blades Required power (hp) Maximum power (hp) Weight* Ripper shanks
46VX300 300 cm / 10 ft 335 cm / 11 ft 24 125 225 2290 kg / 6160 lbs Option, 3 or 5
46VX350 350 cm / 11.5 ft 388 cm / 12 ft 28 125 225 2320 kg / 5104 lbs no

* Above weight is indicative without options and without roll.

ALL machines include: Walterscheid PTO, scrapers on spading axle (only on 46VX Series). 

Maximum speed: 5 km/u or 3.1MPH (1000 rpm). Actual travel speed may vary depending on the application.
Digging depth: 15-35 cm (7-14in.)

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