New Holland Agriculture has extended the top end of its Forage Cruiser range with the new flagship FR920 model. High capacity and productivity result from the powerful new engine and improved crop feed, while the industry-leading HydroLoc technology delivers best-in-class chop quality.
There is a choice of three crop processors with the new machine, all available in different roll configurations and covering every requirement from biogas applications to shredded silage. This all comes with outstanding operator comfort.
“New Holland has been at the forefront of forage harvesting for more than half a century,” the company’s head of harvesting products, Lars Skjoldager Sørensen, said. “Over the years we’ve introduced a host of pioneering innovations and industry firsts.
“Today, with the new flagship FR920, we’re offering forage harvesting on the largest scale combined with excellent durability resulting from the new heavy-duty drives and processors. The FR920’s productivity and best-in-class chop quality comes with outstanding total cost of ownership.”
The FR920 features the all-new FPT Industrial V20 engine developed for forage harvesting applications. It delivers a massive 911hp maximum power at 1,600 to 1,800rpm, 4,095Nm maximum torque and a productivity-boosting 44 per cent torque rise at 2,100 to 1,600rpm. The power curve, specifically mapped to match the precise requirements of foraging applications, ensures the best transient response, so that the FR reacts fast to changing load. The V20 engine delivers its most fuel-efficient performance in the 1,600 to 1,900rpm working range. This, together with low maintenance costs, results in the machine’s excellent total cost of operation.
The overall crop feed system has been improved and now features a 12.5 per cent bigger intake channel thanks to higher lifting potential of the intake rolls delivering ultimate capacity at any given crop condition.
New heavy-duty driveline
The in-line concept and direct driveline logic of the FR Forage Cruiser ensure that all the power from the new V20 engine is efficiently transmitted to the driven parts and, ultimately, to the ground. The entire driveline and components on the FR920 have been reinforced to manage the greatly increased engine output of the new flagship model.
The FR920 features a new heavy-duty four-wheel-drive system developed to deal with the increased power and traction requirements. It increases the maximum torque transferred to the wheels by 60 per cent compared to the standard four-wheel-drive system, delivering all the traction this powerful machine may need in the toughest field conditions, while ensuring field surface preservation. It features new heavy-duty axles that are guidance ready and a reinforced steering axle support. The new system also meets the increasing customer demand for being able to mount larger footprint steering tyres.
The engagement of the new heavy-duty four wheel drive on the FR920 is controlled by the standard Terralock feature, which automatically activates and deactivates the four-wheel-drive axle depending on the steering angle setting, minimising damage to the field surface during headland turns and reducing operator fatigue in long harvesting days.
The FR Forage Cruiser delivers ultimate crop quality with its unparalleled processing performance, now further enhanced with a choice of three crop processors across the range. New Holland is introducing the new DuraCracker and DuraShredder heavy-duty crop processing systems, which are now available in addition to the standard crop processing rolls.
The new DuraCracker system has been designed with reinforced frames and drives to deliver uniform kernel cracking and outstanding processing performance to match the high outputs of the most powerful model. The DuraShredder adds a further element: rolls with additional spiral cuts that shred the crop and deliver more intensive processing to both kernel and stover.
This system is responding to the latest nutritional requirements demanding for more intensive processing of maize kernels and additionally stover processing when harvesting at mid-to-long cutting lengths.
These processing systems, combined with the patented HydroLoc technology that ensures constant chop length independently of throughput and crop type, and the ActiveLoc system that automatically adapts chop lengths to moisture content, deliver premium forage and biomass quality.
The new 9.0m row-independent corn header equipped with six big drums is designed for tall corn and matches the capacity of the FR920. The ideal crop flow of the header contributes to the excellent chop quality. The header features a fast double folding function and a fully hands free support wheel attaching function.
For more information visit: www.newholland.com.
