Krone’s butterfly mowers ideal for short-harvest windows

These triple-mower combinations come with conditioners as a standard feature and can be equipped with cross conveyor units. Combined with Krone’s four-metre front-mounted mowers, the EasyCut B 1050 CV (Collect) achieves a maximum working width of up to 10.45m. The mower combinations are hitched to the tractor by means of an optimised three-point attachment, telescopic outrigger arms ensure optimal front mower positioning and the standard conditioners in combination with cross conveyor units form a perfect combination for swathing.
The outrigger arms of the EasyCut B 880 CV/CR (Collect) can be adjusted mechanically in two positions to a working width of 8.52m or 8.72m. The EasyCut B 1050 CV (Collect) is even more variable. Thanks to hydraulically telescoping outrigger arms, the working width can be adjusted steplessly from 9.30m to 10.45m. Depending on the working width of the front-mounted mower that is used, the overlap can be adjusted to suit field conditions. This ensures a consistently neat cut with the highest possible acreage output, according to Krone.
With unpredictable harvest windows, the use of a conditioner has proven to be advantageous for shortening the time the grass is left on the field. The EasyCut B 1050 CV (Collect) and B 880 CV (Collect) are equipped with Krone’s tine conditioner, currently the largest on the market with a diameter of 64cm. Its tempered on-grip V-shaped steel tines condition the mowed material intensively facilitating reduced drying times. The tines have floating suspension, so they can avoid foreign objects. The conditioning can be adapted to the crop by adjusting the rotational speed (600/900 rpm) and the distance from the deflector sheets to the optimally arranged tines. This is a simple but also very efficient process, says Krone.
The EasyCut B 880 CV/CR Collect and B 1050 CV Collect mower combinations are equipped with hydraulic cross-conveyor belts, making it ideal for light crops of grass and for harvesting whole crop silage. The cross-conveyor belts have very large dimensions and bring the mowed material together to form a uniform swath.
Adjusting the belt speed from the tractor cab will alter the width of the swath to suit the harvester. The belts can be switched on and off individually while working. This allows for even more set-down modes in addition to swathing, such as clearing field edges or wide spreading on one side. For the latter process, the Collect models set the grass down in two passes so that a Krone four-rotor rake can form a finished swath in one additional pass. This reduces sward damage and saves time and fuel.