Valion seed tube guards
from Exapta
The Valion doesn’t form the furrow by pushing soil—it doesn’t drag below the blades, which can create smearing in the soil. Instead, the Valion keeps the lower edge of the blades at the optimum distance from each other so that the blades create a furrow of useful width. Oftentimes we will hear that our goal is to have a True V trench. This is actually not the case however. If you don’t have a good flat bottom to your trench, your seed will not be at a consistent depth, and if you are using a firmer, it won’t be able to get consistently down to the seed.
Extremely High Wear
Valion™ seed tube guards from Exapta will eliminate seed tube wear and greatly reduce blade flex to create a properly shaped furrow and improved planting depth control. Typically, we find that the OEM seed tube guard will wear out way before the opener disks even do. So rarely do people get them changed when they really need to be. We believe that the seed tube guard is one of the most neglected maintenance items on a planter. We have found that a Standard OEM seed tube guards can wear substantially in just a few hours of use (esp. older John Deere & Kinze). These chrome Valions will outlast OEM guards by 2 to 4X, so that furrows are properly shaped and seeds placed at the correct depth continuously down the row, and all the way through the planting season.
