Fracture Tine

A solid, heavy duty, rectangular slit-chisel type tine, with one side angled at about 45 degree towards the lower part of the blade. These tines might have a thickness of about 12mm and be slightly offset from a central line to encourage a disturbance of the soil, or a ‘fracturing’, when penetrating the soil. The thickness of the tines enables them to be used on more compacted surfaces, at renovation time to aid better incorporation of top-dressing, in contrast to when using slit tines, and without removing soil cores as when using hollow tines. Surface disturbance will, however, be greater than using narrower slit tines or punch action solid tines.