KAJIAN PENGGUNAAN CULTIVATOR TIPE MOTOYAMA MTE 70NL UNTUK PENGOLAHAN TANAH DI LAHAN KELOMPOK TANI SYALOM DESA PINASUNGKULAN KECAMATAN MODOINDING

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Cultivator Motoyama MTE 70NL is an agricultural tool and machine provided by the
Government of South Minahasa Regency for farmer groups in Modoinding District, for the
development of upland projects. This cultivator is used for secondary tillage. Meanwhile, it is
necessary to know the performance of the tools distributed to farmers, so a study is needed to
understand how the performance of the Motoyama MTE 70NL cultivator is like for tillage both
in conditions without rain and in rainy conditions. Rain conditions are used as a parameter to
compare cultivator performance with conditions without rain. In the treatment of soil conditions
after rain, the calculation of rainfall is not carried out, even so after the rain is adjusted to the soil
conditions, if the soil is too wet, it will be waited until the soil conditions can be processed. The
purpose of this study was to analyze the performance of the Motoyama MTE 70NL type
cultivator for tillage in 2 treatments, namely treatment 1 on soil conditions without rain and
treatment 2 on soil conditions after rain. The area of research land used is 5m x 30m on a flat
expanse. The variables observed in this study include: depth of tillage layer, speed, working
width of the tool, travel time, head land, fuel oil, and tool rpm. The results of this study indicate
that tillage using the Motoyama MTE 70NL cultivator in the first treatment resulted in a travel
time of 12.49 minutes, a head land of 49 seconds, fuel oil 213.14 ml, a depth of tillage layer of
30 cm. In the two treatments, the travel time was 13.13 minutes, the head land was 50 seconds,
the fuel oil was 219 ml, and the depth of the tillage layer was 30 cm. The engine RPM is 2,416.2
r/min and the slow rotary gear rpm is 74.4 r/min. In treatment 1 KLT 0.074 ha/hour, KLE 0.071
ha/hour, EL 95.94%. In treatment 2 KLT 0.074 ha/hour, KLE 0.069 ha/hour, EL 93.24%.
Keywords: Cultivator, Soil Processing