A wider pick-up and a new rotor design unveiled at Agritechnica 2017 have further improved the efficiency with which Strautmann’s Giga Vitesse CFS 3602 forage wagon collects and carries cut grass.
The wider 2.25m pick-up means that in fields where grass has been poorly raked and left in wide swathes, and also around headlands and corners, drivers will find efficient pick-up much easier. The new rotor design further enhances the action of the CFS by ensuring an even grass density at the outside of the chopper rotor which in turn densely fills the full width of the wagon.
In this new model range, the conveying unit has been completely revised. The camless pick-up with six V-shaped tine rows is equipped with plastic strippers preventing early tine wear and improving smooth running.
The guide wheels have also been modified; they can remain in position during road travel and do not need to be retracted. Furthermore, their height adjustment has been made easier, and hence the operating height of the pick-up is now also more easily adjusted.
The new chopper rotor features eight helical rows of feeder tines which convey the material into the cargo space, across a width of 1,600mm. Side augers, 250mm in width, have been incorporated at either end of the rotor. They reliably convey the material from the outsides of the pick-up inwards to the rotor tines. Thus, the working width of the rotor reaches an overall width of 2,100mm.
The rotor drive has also been revised: on the right-hand side, an oil-bath gearbox transmits the tractor power to a planetary gear set integrated in the rotor. Thus, the speed is only reduced at the rotor, which prevents high torque in the power train.
The new model Giga Vitesse 3602 retails at £88,998+VAT (correct at November 2017).
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