The Sled Seeder is a precision seeder made in New Zealand and sold in the UK by Logic. The Sled Seeder has been designed to meet the needs of the smaller scale vegetable grower at an affordable price. It’s revolutionary design features two highly abrasive resistant plastic bed skids which level the bed top and cover the placed seed with soil, producing excellent results and performing exceptionally well in both light sandy soils and wet conditions.

Horticultural applications

The Sled Seeder is used to precision-sow crops directly into plots or seed beds.

Product features

All three-point-linkage attachment points join on to the pivoting arms of the seeder which allow the seeder to float independently of the tractor, ensuring accurate bed contour following. The seed metering system is modular. Each metering system can meter seed for 1-6 rows. The seeding rate is controlled electronically, giving increased control and accuracy. The patented Seed Spider seed metering system is noticeably more accurate over a wider range of seed types than virtually all of the existing equipment on the world market. All metering systems on each Sled Seeder are controlled by one electronic controller.

The type of seed in each seed hopper can be easily changed within 60 seconds. Seed Spider Sled Seeders have a full width bed skid front and rear, with two rows of soil openers mounted in between. The front skid levels the bed while the rear skid covers the placed seed with soil, leaving the bed top flat and suitable for mechanical harvesting. The skids are constructed from durable ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, ensuring a long life.

The angle of the skids can be easily adjusted to achieve optimum performance in almost any conditions. Sled Seeder soil openers are made of cast stainless steel. Each soil opener is an individual assembly, and is attached to the toolbar by means of a specially designed clamp. Seed Spider soil openers are unique and designed to form the optimum seed channel with minimal soil disturbance. They form a very fine ‘V’ shaped slot in the soil for the seed. Soil from one row does not fall onto the neighbouring row, as is the case with most other high density seeders. This ensures even seeding depth across the entire seed bed. Individual soil openers can be positioned anywhere across the entire width of the seeder, providing infinite row spacing possibilities. All soil openers are mounted to the same toolbar assembly, therefore adjusting the toolbar using two easy levers sets the sowing depth of all soil openers at once (from 0-50mm / 0-2 inches). The Sled Seeder is available in three standard bed widths: 1250mm (50 inches), 1550mm (61 inches) and 1750mm (69 inches).