Leader in forage harvesting, New Holland expands its range of front attachments for self-propelled forage harvesters FR9000

Leader in forage harvesting, New Holland expands its range of front attachments for self-propelled forage harvesters FR9000.
In addition to the 400FI range of maize headers and the 200FP range of pick-ups for harvesting grass from windrows, New Holland now offers new harvesting tools, particularly for immature cereals.

New direct cut cutterbar 570FW
Made up of a cutterbar of 14 discs with 2 knives each, this cutterbar offers a cutting width of 5,50 m and allows high forward speeds (up to 10-12 km/h), even in the mixtures that are most difficult to cut, such as vetch.

Already fitted to New Holland self-propelled mowers on the North American continent, this cutterbar, built in the United States, benefits from the expertise of the American research and development teams.

Fitted to FR9000 forage harvesters, the 570FW header uses discs with an individual protection for each knife called ShockProTM. In the event of a collision, the ShockProTM safety system allows the knives to retract without damage.

Behind the cutterbar, an auger carries the freshly cut crop to the feed rollers. An intermediate adapter frame makes it possible to couple this harvesting head to the forage harvester.

To improve crop flow, an additional feed roller is hydraulically driven. The FW570 direct cut header is driven by a double pump on the forage harvester and two hydraulic motors placed on each side of the cutterbar.

A belt drives the auger from one of the two hydraulic motors.

For header washing operations, five independent removable covers lift up to give easy access to the cutterbar. Thanks to them, cleaning is no longer a chore.

Combine harvester front attachments fit on the FR9000
With the same intermediate roller adapter frame, New Holland offers an adapter kit to fit all the cereal cutterbars of New Holland High Capacity, Extra Capacity and Varifeed combine harvesters.

Although a cereal header provides a lower work rate than a direct cut header, it still offers a very good compromise in terms of operating costs for agricultural contractors or CUMA cooperatives harvesting only a small area of immature cereals.

At the end of the season, the adapter frame is still useful for maize ear silage. Combined with an adapter kit, it allows fitting of New Holland fixed or foldable maize headers.

It should be remembered that all these front attachments benefit from the standard lateral pivoting positioned just in front of the chopper unit. They follow ground irregularities perfectly, so as to leave a clean field after harvest.

Thus, New Holland has the widest range of front attachments for a forage harvester on the market, totaling about thirty pieces of equipment.

New Holland is consolidating its position as leader in the self-propelled forage harvester market, giving agricultural contractors and CUMA cooperatives the means to get the maximum return from their self-propelled machines, as well as from all the available front attachments.