2024 John Deere 2510H Applicator Base

2024 John Deere 2510H Applicator

• Single disk opener

• Speeds up to 10 mph

• Low soil disturbance allows sidedressing right after planting to 30-inch tall corn

Features may include:

• In many areas, a conventional anhydrous application is a pass through the field at 8 km/h to 12 km/h (5 mph to 7.5 mph). To increase productivity, a few options are available:

• Increase the operating speed, which is not always possible due to horsepower limitations, and at the same time keep the knife from tripping up or soil disturbance at faster speeds

• Operate a wider applicator, which also requires more horsepower

• The 2510H’s single-disk opener design has a lower draft requirement and allows anhydrous application up to 16 km/h (10 mph).

• For example, an 8530 Tractor coupled with a 15-row opener 2510H can cover up to 40 acres per hour at a 16-km/h (10-mph) operating speed.

• The single-disk opener on the 2510H utilizes a 559-mm (22-in.) blade that is angled 4 degrees to open a narrow slot for anhydrous application.

• Reduced soil and residue disturbances provide a increased accuracy and placement during anhydrous application:

• In highly erodible land areas

• With no-till/min-till practices

• Looking to save money side-dressing with anhydrous application

• SIDE-DRESS OPPORTUNITY

• Productivity and low soil disturbance are two of the three ingredients for a successful side-dress application. The third is clearance under the frame and around the wheel modules.

• Certain challenges exist when side-dressing using a conventional applicator:

• Very short window

• Soil disturbance

• Crop clearance

• Early side-dress application with a conventional applicator can cause too much soil throw and damage or small corn plants. With a single-disk opener, soil disturbance is very low for early side-dressing, as early as right after planting.

• As the season progresses and the corn gets taller, underframe clearance becomes vitally important to side-dressing using anhydrous application. The underframe clearance on the 2510H is 762 mm (30 in.) and there are no tandem wheel axles with low clearance. The 2510H increases the side-dress window by nearly 300 percent.

• The 2510H has configurations for off-row and on-row fertilizer banding in 16-row configurations. With a working width of 12.2 m (40 ft), the 16-row 2510H can be used for pre-planting and fall applications to apply on row. This allows for better matching of the tracks from application with subsequent tasks like planting. It also makes execution of banding easier.

• The 2510H High-Speed Applicator is truly a three-season machine: fall, spring, and side-dressing.

• Traditional thinking is that anhydrous ammonia must be placed 203 mm (8 in.) deep in the soil. The 2510H High-Speed row unit places anhydrous applications at 114-mm (4.5-in.) depth, which is quite a difference from traditional thinking.

• John Deere has tested this placement across the Corn Belt in real-world field applications and plot-size treatments. More than 10000 acres of spring pre-plant anhydrous ammonia application yielded no reports of seedling damage.

• To further evaluate shallow placement, plot-scale studies were initiated with three university cooperators that put the concept to the test by planting right over the anhydrous application track seven days after application.