Better soil protection with CLAAS JAGUAR TERRA TRAC forage harvesters

CLAAS is launching the JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC with tracks integrated into the forage harvester at the factory. This innovation ensures optimal soil protection in all circumstances. The headland turf protection system preserves pasture soils and allows the forage harvester to be used throughout the season.

Soil preservation, even in pastures
The JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC is an innovation in turf protection. Using even the narrowest tracks (635 mm) doubles the ground contact area (greater than 1,3 m2) compared with 800 tyres.

Also fitted at the factory with the central tyre inflation system for the rear tyres, the JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC ensures optimal turf protection. In difficult wet conditions, it leaves shallow tracks, which also makes access easier for all the other transport vehicles in the harvesting chain.

Two other track widths of 735 mm and 890 mm are also available. The headland turf protection system of the TERRA TRAC tracks makes it possible to harvest grass on pastures without damaging the turf.

When turning, the hydraulic pressure on the central rollers increases and part of the tracks lifts, which reduces the ground contact area of the tracks by a third. The shearing effect on the turf during headland manoeuvres is visibly reduced. The ground pressure of the tracks with the support rollers lowered is lower than that of a wheeled machine.

Optimal integration of the tracks into the forage harvester and narrow road width
The machine chassis has been lengthened by one metre to make this possible. The pendulum suspension of the forage harvester allows use even in the most difficult conditions. The tracks can oscillate by +10° upwards and -13° downwards. On the road too, the JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC is an innovation.

With 635 mm tracks, its overall width does not exceed 3 m, which allows it to be approved for road use. With 890 mm tracks, the forage harvester keeps an overall width of less than 3,5 m. The fully suspended tracks allow a maximum speed of 40 km/h and optimal road comfort. The longer wheelbase increases the size of the service area and ensures excellent accessibility. The corn cracker can be removed very easily over the right-hand track.

Optimal crop flow and innovative automatic functions
The JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC delivers the same chopping performance as the JAGUAR 900. The variable drive of the front attachment is hydrostatic and allows efficient power transmission at all speeds. If the chop length changes, the system automatically adjusts the speed of the front attachment. The crop flow therefore remains very even and the cutting quality is always optimal. After adjustment, the shearbar is hydraulically locked and stays in position. The cutting quality therefore always remains consistent.

The forage harvester is also equipped with an automatically adjusting rotor floor. Mounted directly on the anvil and on another pivot point, the rotor floor is adjusted automatically when the shearbar is adjusted.

The gap between the rotor floor and the knives remains constant along the entire length of the rotor floor, which ensures an even forage flow, regardless of the condition of the knives.

This also saves fuel and reduces wear. Thanks to the CLAAS AUTO FILL system for side loading of the trailer during harvesting, forage losses during loading are kept to a minimum and the task of the trailer and forage harvester drivers is made much easier.

A high-resolution camera on the discharge spout continuously detects the contours of the trailer and automatically adjusts the crop stream according to the contours and the fill level of the trailer.

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