Unique ditch digger | One pass profiling & drilling grass
16-11-2025
Dutch contractor Van Steen developed this self propelled machine for re-profiling ditch banks and sowing them with grass. The base vehicle is a second hand Vredo VT4546 Trac that has been fitted with a turn-able Claas Xerion cab. A Hemos ditch auger is used to re-profile the ditch bank. Once the correct slope has been reached grass is sown using a second arm. There is also a third crane arm fitted to this machine, but it is not in use here.
This machine is especially useful in the Dutch polders where there is a large network of ditches to remove excess water from the fields. Over time the ditch banks can collapse so it is required to put them back in the correct profile.