Automatic soil sampling · Since 1998
The future is in the soil.
Superior soil samples in every soil type and condition, taken by the fastest automatic samplers in the field.
- Depth
- 25–200 cm
- Samplers
- 7
- Countries
- 29
- Made in
- Thisted, DK
Wintex Agro · Thisted, Denmark
We develop and build automatic soil samplers that take the same sample, at the same depth, every time. From the driver’s seat, in every soil, on almost any vehicle.
Working worldwide, we know virtually every soil type and geological condition, and the strict requirements for collecting samples and documenting them. Systematic sampling is the basis for that documentation, for better soil quality and for site-specific fertiliser management.
Even large areas are sampled fast, efficiently and precisely. We build our equipment to be economic, highly reliable and easy to use, with minimum maintenance.
- First automatic sampler, the Vindél 100
- 1996
- Deepest standard sampling depth, Wintex MCL3
- 200 cm
- Countries with a local Wintex representative
- 29
- Holes on one Wintex 1000 in four seasons, with no wear plates to replace
- 82,000
Sampling depth
We go deep. As deep as necessary.
The principle
A probe, not a drill.
Every Wintex takes its samples with a probe. That is why each sample is completely homogeneous.
A soil drill always takes more material from the top layers than from the lower ones, and that skews the analysis. A probe cuts the same volume from every centimetre, at exactly the same depth, stick after stick. The result is a sample the laboratory can trust, and a fertiliser plan you can build on.
Drill
The spiral fills from the top. Top soil is over-represented.
Wintex probe
An even core through every layer. The same share from each depth.
The range
Seven samplers. One principle.
Designed to take the strain out of sampling and make it fast, accurate and cost-effective. Mounted on virtually any vehicle, run from the driver’s seat, with few wearing parts and low running costs.
Carrier vehicles
Mounts on almost anything.
ATVs, UTVs, pick-ups, tractors, tracked carriers and trailers. Quick couplings on and off, and every function from the driver’s seat. These are our customers’ own machines.
Any soil, any season
Sand, clay, stone. Even frost.
- Sand to clay
- Adjustable down-pressure and programs for every soil type.
- Stony and hard
- A hydraulic hammer takes the probe to depth where others stop.
- Frozen ground
- The 1000s, 2000 and up keep sampling after the frost sets in.
- Same depth, every stick
- Consistent depth is what makes soil tests reliable.
From the field
All user stories“Our first Wintex 1000 hit over 82,000 holes on the counter. None of the wear plates needed replacing.”
Local, worldwide
A representative in 29 countries.
Sales, demonstrations and service close to your fields. Every marker is a Wintex representative, linked to our head office in Thisted.
29 locationsHead office, Thisted
Your down-to-earth partner
Built by a farmer who was tired of sampling by hand.
Torben Vinther, farmer and agronomist, built the first automatic sampler in 1996. Thirty years on, Wintex samplers work on every continent, and since December 2024 Wintex Agro is part of the Swedish technology group Sdiptech. Torben still develops the products in Thisted.
