Claas Cargos self-loading and forage transport trailers

Claas is offering the new Cargos trailer in three different sizes: the Cargos 9400 with 38 m³, the Cargos 9500 with 44 m³ and the Cargos 9600 with 50 m³.
The Claas Cargos can be used as a self-loading trailer or as a forage transport trailer for green fodder or maize.

Claas has built an all-new loading system into its new Cargos models, with a theoretical cutting length of 38 mm.

The novelty lies in the conveyor located behind the loading rotor. The floor of the machine is lowered towards the front by a few 50 cm in the direction of the loading rotor. This reportedly allows a huge reduction in the drive forces at the rotor, which greatly increases loading capacity.

A further advantage of the lowered floor is better use of the loading volume. Unlike other standard loader wagons, the cut forage is not pressed vertically into a narrow loading channel, but guided towards the centre of the machine.

The rear volume of the trailer can thus be better utilised.

In addition, this new solution allows the forage to be handled much more gently.

To switch from the self-loading trailer to the silage trailer, Claas engineers came up with a very special idea. The complete loading and cutting assembly can be removed in record time (approximately 15 minutes).

To do this, the entire front section is lowered onto a trolley. The remaining opening of the trailer is closed with two wedging plates. The major advantage is the reduction in weight and an increase in payload of more than 2800 kg.

All settings are retained during fitting and removal.

The optionally available metering rollers are reportedly just as easy to fit and remove. The three silage rollers mounted on one unit can be removed easily, for example with a front loader (fitting/removal time of only 15 minutes, weight saving of approximately 500 kg).

For comfortable operation, Claas offers the Isobus COMMUNICATOR control terminal. Processes that are repeated, for example during loading, transport or unloading, can thus be automated at the push of a button. All functions are easy to recognise and clearly identifiable thanks to symbols.

The automatic loading system, adjustable with the COMMUNICATOR, works with a roof plate fitted with a pressure sensor and with control governed by the torque demand of the drive system.

Depending on the type of crop and moisture, the advance of the moving floor is therefore regulated according to the presettings made. The torque-controlled automatic loading system is also important for better use of the loading volume.

According to Claas, the new CARGOS is characterised above all by its low power consumption and its loading capacity.

It would fit perfectly into the professional harvesting and transport logistics of farming contractors and large farms, since the ease of fitting and removing the loading unit and the silage rollers makes it extremely flexible.

The very stable structure and a refined maintenance concept complete the offering for professional use.

Depending on the axle, bogie or hydropneumatic, tandem or tridem, with the first and third axles being steered, the GVW of the Claas Cargos is between 24 and 34 tonnes.