Patent ID: 7975631

Claim:
An agricultural machine configured for seedbed preparation over a working width of the machine, sowing, and final damming, comprising: a planting device, said planting device comprising a storage container, an extraction device, and a setting plow; a loosening tool disposed in a traveling direction of said machine before said planting device; a damming device disposed in a traveling direction of said machine after said planting device; and a wheel configuration disposed in a traveling direction of said machine before said loosening tool, said wheel configuration configured for supporting said machine as it travels in the traveling direction and having a wheel surface width that spans substantially the entire working seedbed preparation width of said machine; and wherein said wheel configuration comprises a plurality of individual wheels having a combined width that defines the wheel surface width, groups of said wheels being pendulously suspended relative to said machine on an individual respective axis so that said groups separately contour to uneven soil beneath the wheel surface width.