Bourgault Industries is proud to announce the release of its latest innovation in customer productivity. At the Bourgault Seeds for Success product introduction in Phoenix, AZ dealers were introduced to the new 7-plex folding 3545 Paralink Hoe Drill™. This new family of products from Bourgault comes in common widths from 80 to 100' and folds conventionally into an ultra-narrow transport envelope. The 3545 is unique as it combines optimized transport dimensions, without sacrificing options, productivity, application rates, flotation, or trash flow. This is Capacity without Complexity.
“When we decided to design the new 100', we knew the demand for a 100' was still there, and for that matter the demand is only going to grow, especially with the improvements we introduced. There are customers that are currently expanding their farm size, and that is not an easy task. If they get enough acres that warrants a second drill, or maybe a third drill, now you are talking about another tractor, another operator, and of course you have to pay for, maintain, store and depreciate all this extra equipment. We had producer cooperators that were hitting 56 acres per hour productivity including their fill times last Spring.” Commented Curtis Hinrichsen, Territory Manager with Bourgault.
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Expect the highest degree of durability with a robust frame construction that is built now to achieve even better inter rank trash flow. The Bourgault R&D Team also ensured this drill unfolds simply and quickly like every other conventional drill on the market, making transitions from the road to the field with ease.
One of the key features that went into the design of this unit was to have the ability to reconfigure the size of the 100' 3545 unit for the total life cycle of this product. When dealers take this drill on trade, they have the ability to remove the outer wing sections, which allows this drill to be sold as an 80' drill. That’s within 4' of the size of the drill that most dealers sell almost 50%+ of the time. On the used side that opens up the size of the market. Dealers can then resell the drill as a 5-plex 80' which is starting to become the width preference in most areas for PHD units.
This is Capacity without Complexity. The 3545 7-Plex PHD will be available for order on Bourgault’s upcoming model year 2026 release. Photo by: Bourgault
This newest family of PHDs from Bourgault are available with all the same exceptional options that producers have come to expect from the manufacturer. Single-shoot, Double-shoot, and TriMax™ configurations are available on all units as well as Mid Row Banders® and 10” or 12” row spacings. Finally an updated and streamlined air kit ensures that those high rates of product per acre that our customers demand are met at operating speeds.
