Agricultural ridge former, tractor and use thereof

摘要

Agricultural ridge former (1) for forming a ridge (15) along a moving direction (2) with an adjacent furrow (16) comprising a ridge forming element (3) for forming ridges (15) and adjacent furrows (16) in soil, a separate dam forming element (4) for forming dams crossing the furrow (16), the dam forming element (4) being provided so that it travels along a furrow (16) created by the ridge forming element (3) and is movable between a first (5) and a second position (6), the dam forming element (4) in the first position (5) being provided to scrape up soil into the furrow (16) such as to form a dam, the dam forming element (4) in the second position (6) being provided to be moved over the previously created dam, and an actuator (7) provided to the dam forming element (4) for moving the dam forming element (4) between the first (5) and the second position (6), characterized in that the actuator (7) is a fluid powered actuator (7).