Ritlee manufactures and supply a wide range of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery specifically suited to the Southern African climate and agricultural needs. All our products undergo rigorous testing and research to ensure they meet the requirements needed.
Compost Turner – Tractor Mounted -TM3 3 x 1,5-meter rows
Is a 3-point tractor mounted compost turner.
Processing rows 3-meter-wide x 1,5 meter high and of any length,
Uses 12mm thick professionally and dynamically balanced drum. The body doesn't shake when turning the compost.
Uses Bennox Steel spatula blades of specific size simple shape and all same weight. Angle mounted with 90 degrees mounting support for best breakup, lift of compost, fluffing compost and replacing old air with new fresh oxygen laden air. This all done without breaking blades because of weighty overload, which also is detrimental for gearbox.
Composter turns 675 cubic meters per hour at 300 meters per hour ground speed. This is the speed of the crawler gear on a tractor at 1700 rpm which customer must please have.
TM3 Compost turner has a water application drag line attachment point with piping directed exactly to centre of housing immediately above compost row being turned so that all water is turned in without overflow/runoff.
Compost Turner Ritlee TM3
Tractor mounted, model TM3 (Compost Mixer, compost turner)
Our TM3 compost turner is a very stable, virtually no vibration, efficient, low torque used, durable, tractor mounted mixer/slicer/oxygenator/fluffer.
TM3 Compost Turner Specifications & Requirements for composting
Ritlee TM3 compost turner supplied with, as standard!
Supplied with 2 PTO shafts (1x with slip clutch)
Has 50 mm water hose clamp with water connection
Has a centrally located applicator hole mid mounted in turner housing.
Water exit on compost row is located immediate above compost row being turned — Mixes water in immediately throughout row of compost. (Ideal 60% moisture content)
Hydraulic hose connectors to your tractor coupling point for hydraulic lift & lower of turner rotor.
Rubber curtains to contain ‘flying’ objects therefore make turned rows look neat.
Application tank with dropping boom with on/off control — This is an optional.
Tractor coupler mounted at weight section of tractor then stabilizer bar specially measured and welded with turnbuckles for ideal tensioning and line up of turner.
Weights and measure:
480 cm long x 170 cm wide x 240 cm High.
Will easily fit into 20ft container with a 225 tractor mounted wood chipper
Weight with tank 1750kg
Additional tank mounted: 500 litre with drop piping!
Turner performance at ideal operation:
Turns Rows 3,00 meters wide x 1,5 meters high
Turns 675 cubic meters per hour at 300 meters per hour ground speed
Tractor requirements:
Min 45 kW tractor 2 or 4 weel drive is fine!
If area very slippery when wet, consider a 4 wheel drive.
MUST HAVE A CRAWLER GEAR.
On average for above tractor PTO set at 540 RPM and revs at 1,700
Turner is fitted with 90° (degree) gearbox with the correct ratio to rotor from 540RPM from your tractor PTO settijng. 130 KW angle drive gearbox
Composting Site Requirements
Sized a minimum of the size of a soccer field of some 60 meter and larger if you have the ideal area!
This area to be free of protruding rocks to prevent damage to turner rotor and spatulas when in operation will require from 20mm from ground level.
Very slightly embanked area to allow leachate from compost rows to be run off, run down and collected at lowest point and obviously allow rows to drain off excessive moisture.
Preferably not a clay like area as this will cause tractor to slip in wet conditions which will happen.
Building new rows:
Each row should be roughly 1,8-meter-high x 3,8 metrer wide. This will stabilise to 1,5 x 3,0 rows.
Distance between rows should be width of tractor + 500mm.
If area at a premium. Build 1x Row then 1,2-meter space then next row, then the space for the tractor, then repat the 2 rows again! — The 1,2-meter space is to allow the swivel wheel to travel both Up and Down while tuning rows.
Be sure to have a water point close by, OR, have a water trailer for feeding the required water to the turner!!
TM3 Compost Turner Specifications & Requirements
Tractor min 45 kW tractor and MUST HAVE A CRAWLER GEAR –
If area very slippery when wet, consider a 4 wheel drive.
On average for above tractor PTO set at 540 RPM and revs at 1,700
Turner is fitted with 90° (degree) gearbox with the correct ratio to rotor from 540RPM from your tractor. 130Kw angle drive gearbox
Supplied with 2 PTO shafts (1x with slip clutch)
Supplied with 50 mm water hose clamp with water connection that also has a centrally located applicator hole mid mount on turner housing.
Is Located immediate above compost row being turned — Mixes water in immediately throughout row of compost. (Ideal 60% moisture content)
Hydraulic hose connectors to your tractor coupling point for hydraulic lift & lower of turner rotor.
Rubber curtains to contain ‘flying’ objects therefore make turned rows look neat.
Application tank with dropping boom with on/off control — This is an optional.
Tractor coupler mounted at weight section of tractor then stabilizer bar specially measured and welded with turnbuckles for ideal tensioning and line up of turner.
Weights and measure: 480cm long x 170cm wide x 240cm High with tank x 1750kg
Turns Rows 3,00 meters wide x 1,5 meters high
Turns 675 cu meters per hour at 300 meters per hour ground speed
Benefits of compost
Compost rebuilds your soil structure, it manages your soil compaction and water retention.
Compost improves nutrient retention and promotes healthier plants because it reduces the need for chemicals and most fertilizers!
The one i love is that it Rebuilds microbial and fungal life in your soils– This is so very important and tome what composting is actually all about!
Please Note: The beneficial microbes responsible for composting are naturally occurring and live in rich oxygen laden conditions.
Uncomposted manure has NO area for oxygen laden air– With a Ritlee TM3 the crusty heavy clay like manure is broken up and fluffed to allow penetration of oxygen and fresh air!
To populate your row with beneficial microbes, it is suggested to use your local microbes contained in local dung, urine, soils, clay, chipped wood, grasses etc.
Correctly composted organic matter is a stable, aerobic, microbial, eco-friendly and well balanced nutrient source.
Moisture holding capacity increases (1% organic matter in soil increases water holding capacity by up to 170,000 litres per Ha) (80 to 90% of its composted weight).
Despite some losses, composting does retain most of the nutrients provided by the raw material, and stores them as stable organic compounds.
<p>Ritlee manufactures and supply a wide range of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery specifically suited to the Southern African climate and agricultural needs. All our products undergo rigorous testing and research to ensure they meet the requirements needed.</p><p><strong>Compost Turner – Tractor Mounted -TM3 3 x 1,5-meter rows</strong></p><ul><li>Is a 3-point tractor mounted compost turner.</li><li>Processing rows 3-meter-wide x 1,5 meter high and of any length,</li><li>Uses 12mm thick professionally and dynamically balanced drum. The body doesn't shake when turning the compost.</li><li>Uses Bennox Steel spatula blades of specific size simple shape and all same weight. Angle mounted with 90 degrees mounting support for best breakup, lift of compost, fluffing compost and replacing old air with new fresh oxygen laden air. This all done without breaking blades because of weighty overload, which also is detrimental for gearbox.</li><li>Composter turns 675 cubic meters per hour at 300 meters per hour ground speed. This is the speed of the crawler gear on a tractor at 1700 rpm which customer must please have.</li><li>TM3 Compost turner has a water application drag line attachment point with piping directed exactly to centre of housing immediately above compost row being turned so that all water is turned in without overflow/runoff.</li></ul><p>Compost Turner Ritlee TM3</p><p>Tractor mounted, model TM3 (Compost Mixer, compost turner)</p><p>Our TM3 compost turner is a very stable, virtually no vibration, efficient, low torque used, durable, tractor mounted mixer/slicer/oxygenator/fluffer.</p><p><strong>TM3 Compost Turner Specifications & Requirements for composting</strong></p><p><strong>Ritlee TM3 compost turner supplied with, as standard!</strong></p><ul><li>Supplied with 2 PTO shafts (1x with slip clutch)</li><li>Has 50 mm water hose clamp with water connection</li><li>Has a centrally located applicator hole mid mounted in turner housing.</li><li>Water exit on compost row is located immediate above compost row being turned — Mixes water in immediately throughout row of compost. (Ideal 60% moisture content)</li><li>Hydraulic hose connectors to your tractor coupling point for hydraulic lift & lower of turner rotor.</li><li>Rubber curtains to contain ‘flying’ objects therefore make turned rows look neat.</li><li>Application tank with dropping boom with on/off control — This is an optional.</li><li>Tractor coupler mounted at weight section of tractor then stabilizer bar specially measured and welded with turnbuckles for ideal tensioning and line up of turner.</li></ul><p><strong>Weights and measure:</strong></p><ul><li>480 cm long x 170 cm wide x 240 cm High.</li><li>Will easily fit into 20ft container with a 225 tractor mounted wood chipper</li><li>Weight with tank 1750kg</li><li>Additional tank mounted: 500 litre with drop piping!</li></ul><p><strong>Turner performance at ideal operation:</strong></p><ul><li>Turns Rows 3,00 meters wide x 1,5 meters high</li><li>Turns 675 cubic meters per hour at 300 meters per hour ground speed</li></ul><p><strong>Tractor requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Min 45 kW tractor 2 or 4 weel drive is fine!</li><li>If area very slippery when wet, consider a 4 wheel drive.</li><li>MUST HAVE A CRAWLER GEAR.</li><li>On average for above tractor PTO set at 540 RPM and revs at 1,700</li><li>Turner is fitted with 90° (degree) gearbox with the correct ratio to rotor from 540RPM from your tractor PTO settijng. 130 KW angle drive gearbox</li></ul><p><strong>Composting Site Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Sized a minimum of the size of a soccer field of some 60 meter and larger if you have the ideal area!</li><li>This area to be free of protruding rocks to prevent damage to turner rotor and spatulas when in operation will require from 20mm from ground level.</li><li>Very slightly embanked area to allow leachate from compost rows to be run off, run down and collected at lowest point and obviously allow rows to drain off excessive moisture.</li><li>Preferably not a clay like area as this will cause tractor to slip in wet conditions which will happen.</li><li>Building new rows:</li><li>Each row should be roughly 1,8-meter-high x 3,8 metrer wide. This will stabilise to 1,5 x 3,0 rows.</li><li>Distance between rows should be width of tractor + 500mm.</li><li>If area at a premium. Build 1x Row then 1,2-meter space then next row, then the space for the tractor, then repat the 2 rows again! — The 1,2-meter space is to allow the swivel wheel to travel both Up and Down while tuning rows.</li><li>Be sure to have a water point close by, OR, have a water trailer for feeding the required water to the turner!!</li></ul><p><strong>TM3 Compost Turner Specifications & Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Tractor min 45 kW tractor and MUST HAVE A CRAWLER GEAR –</li><li>If area very slippery when wet, consider a 4 wheel drive.</li><li>On average for above tractor PTO set at 540 RPM and revs at 1,700</li><li>Turner is fitted with 90° (degree) gearbox with the correct ratio to rotor from 540RPM from your tractor. 130Kw angle drive gearbox</li><li>Supplied with 2 PTO shafts (1x with slip clutch)</li><li>Supplied with 50 mm water hose clamp with water connection that also has a centrally located applicator hole mid mount on turner housing.</li><li>Is Located immediate above compost row being turned — Mixes water in immediately throughout row of compost. (Ideal 60% moisture content)</li><li>Hydraulic hose connectors to your tractor coupling point for hydraulic lift & lower of turner rotor.</li><li>Rubber curtains to contain ‘flying’ objects therefore make turned rows look neat.</li><li>Application tank with dropping boom with on/off control — This is an optional.</li><li>Tractor coupler mounted at weight section of tractor then stabilizer bar specially measured and welded with turnbuckles for ideal tensioning and line up of turner.</li><li>Weights and measure: 480cm long x 170cm wide x 240cm High with tank x 1750kg</li><li>Turns Rows 3,00 meters wide x 1,5 meters high</li><li>Turns 675 cu meters per hour at 300 meters per hour ground speed</li></ul><p><strong>Benefits of compost</strong></p><p>Compost rebuilds your soil structure, it manages your soil compaction and water retention.</p><p>Compost improves nutrient retention and promotes healthier plants because it reduces the need for chemicals and most fertilizers!</p><p>The one i love is that it Rebuilds microbial and fungal life in your soils– This is so very important and tome what composting is actually all about!</p><p>Please Note: The beneficial microbes responsible for composting are naturally occurring and live in rich oxygen laden conditions.</p><p>Uncomposted manure has NO area for oxygen laden air– With a Ritlee TM3 the crusty heavy clay like manure is broken up and fluffed to allow penetration of oxygen and fresh air!</p><p>To populate your row with beneficial microbes, it is suggested to use your local microbes contained in local dung, urine, soils, clay, chipped wood, grasses etc.</p><p><strong>Correctly composted organic matter is a stable, aerobic, microbial, eco-friendly and well balanced nutrient source.</strong></p><p>Moisture holding capacity increases (1% organic matter in soil increases water holding capacity by up to 170,000 litres per Ha) (80 to 90% of its composted weight).</p><p>Despite some losses, composting does retain most of the 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