High-capacity tedder
According to Kverneland, the new 85156 C offers greater productivity in all crop types. With close to 16m working width and 14 rotors, it is designed with high output and excellent crop quality in mind. All elements of the 85156 C are dimensioned with intensive usage in mind, focusing on providing more productivity and reduced downtime.
Featuring 14 small diameter rotors, the company notes that this tedder is designed for excellent crop turning in almost any conditions. The small diameter rotor design provides a generous overlap between the rotors, giving an efficient pick-up and turning of the crop as well as equal distribution over the complete working width.
The company states: “Accurate ground following is paramount to achieve an excellent feed result. Especially in challenging and demanding field conditions. You want to efficiently turn the crop, not the soil. The Kverneland solution to following the ground across the full working width of 15.6m is the new TerraFlow solution. This new ground following system provides a highly flexible frame allowing each of the 14 rotors to accurately follow ground contours. With its new solution for connecting tedder unit and carrier frame, the rotors are able to flex and adapt to ground contour independent of the carrier frame. This means tine distance to ground remains constant providing clean and accurate work and a uniform crop flow.”
The Kverneland 85156 C is fitted with generous 380/55-17 tyres to give enough stability of the tedder and ensure good ground protection. 500/50-17 tyres are available as option. To cut downtime to a minimum the Kverneland 85156 C is specifically designed for easy operation and maintenance. The operator of this tedder will enjoy its easy maintenance specifications with long service intervals. Greasing points are limited to a minimum and driveline (except the PTO), rotors and most of the joints are maintenance-free. All it requires to operate the Kverneland 85156 C is a single-acting valve ram for raising and lowering the tedder and a double action valve ram for the folding action, so this tedder is suited for most tractors. The 85156 C folds into a transport width below 3m and it driven like a trailer on road smoothly following behind the tractor.
QuattroLink triple-mower conditioner
Kverneland has expanded its offering in the triple-mower segment with two new triple-mower conditioner combinations: two 8.75m combinations with the innovative QuattroLink suspension concept specifically designed for long productive working days. The heavy-duty build Kverneland 5387 MT is based on the 3300 series platform and includes well-established features like QuattroLink suspension concept, SemiSwing steel tine conditioning and dual adjustment of conditioner plate. The company notes that the 5387 MT is developed for maximum productivity and offers excellent ground tracking, easy operation, and outstanding versatility. Comprising two 3.2m mowing units, each with eight round Kverneland discs, this combination can be operated by tractors starting from 180hp. The 5387 MT is easy to handle and operate and is available with simple mechanical controls as standard, or the extra comfort of the Dual Lift Control joystick for electro-hydraulic folding and unfolding as an option.
“The Kverneland 5387 MT takes all the strong features of the well-established 10m triple mower 53100 MT into a more compact package. This is a productive, easy to handle and versatile mower,” explains Jelle Hospes, product manager, disc mowers.
Kverneland 5387 MT is available in a BX version with belt merger for efficient crop collection. The belt merger offers significant possibilities to improve productivity and quality of output. The swath belts are designed for work with massive volumes of crop, including heavy first cut silage. Featuring high-speed belts that will operate up to 1500rpm, they can carry high crop volumes and place the grass into even, narrow swaths. Open centre tractor hydraulics and the pre-selection control box, which comes as standard with the machine, power the Kverneland 5387 MT BX.
According to Kverneland, the QuattroLink suspension provides accurate ground-following ability and generous working range, while the four-arm suspension concept provides the mowing unit with exceptional flexibility in adapting to demanding ground contours. The mowing pattern is flexible with a vertical working range of 400mm upwards and 300mm downwards and a transverse adaptation range of 30°.