Review of designs of cultivators for agricultural care of forest crops

The article analyzes the designs of various types cultivators, which are used to remove unwanted herbaceous and tree-shrub vegetation. Cultivators with disk, rotary, milling tine working bodies considered. It is shown that quite a lot material resources spent on carrying out agro technical care for valuable forest crops. noted mechanical method soil in aisles rows crops has become widespread, despite high costs. was found rotary cultivators KRL-1M KBL-1 during their movement cover seedlings up 15 cm soil, plants 40-50 higher, when saddling row, apical bud breaks off, bark peeled side branches break. Damage about 8%. destruction cultivated by KRT-3 cultivator 30%, KFL-1.4 - 43%. Cultivator low reliability. When meeting stumps, racks wheels deformed, paws often broken. also operational