Reliability, hydraulic speed, size, lift capacity and power, allied to dealer support, are all key features that Nigel Armstrong looks for in a telehandler and why he runs CLAAS SCORPION today.
With up to 10 different crops to cut and a harvest that can stretch right through from early July until late October, the team at HJ Fairs and Son and Fairking Ltd in Essex know the importance of having versatile, dependable equipment.
Brixworth Farming was one of the first UK businesses to invest in TELEMATICS on its combines some 15 years ago, predominantly as an early diagnostic aid for any arising problems.
With a range of both forage crops and combinables spread across some 1,500 ha, the team at Robert Davidson and Son are making the most of the information delivered to them via yield mapping and crop quality monitoring.
“We’ve got a long history of running the highest capacity CLAAS combines and we know they’re rock-steady reliable. And, with Peter Bassett to look after us, we know we’ve got the back-up should we need it."
Flicking through Farmers Guide last May, Adrian Lavendar saw a MANNS advert for a new ARION 610C with an on-farm price of £60,000 and decided to contact MANNS Norfolk for more information.
Investing in their own JAGUAR 970 forage harvester has given Robert Davidson & Sons (RDS) total control when harvesting the maize and rye crops
grown for a nearby gas-to-grid AD plant.
Having run VARIO cutterbars on LEXION combines for the last two decades the team at Essex arable outfit GA Stevenson know the potential these headers have to offer. No surprise then that the business was selected to evaluate a pre-series VARIO 1380 this season.
Having just completed its third harvest, Raynham Farms’ LEXION 8700 has proved itself to be more than capable. Tasked with clearing in excess of 800ha (1976 acres), the high output HYBRID appetite hasn’t disappointed, regularly clearing 45-50ha a day.
We joined Duncan Lee, Farm Manager of Ramsbury Estate near Marlborough, who has been evaluating a pre-production example of the CLAAS AXION 960 TERRA TRAC.
For the last 18 months CEMOS for Tractors has proved itself in the field, helping Leicestershire father-and-son team Stephen and Ollie Hill cover more
ground while burning less fuel.
It has improved our work-rates – shaving precious seconds off cycle times has made a huge difference. With this latest machine I think
CLAAS has really got the handler job nailed.
This season is the second harvest for Little Mongeham Farms’ LEXION 8900 which has the task of single-handedly knocking down some 1,425ha (3,520 acres) of combinable crops.
When it arrived on farm early last summer, there were big expectations for LF Papworth’s new LEXION 8700. Replacing a pair of CLAAS Hybrids – a 750 and 760, it needed to be capable of comfortably handling the workload previously dealt with by two machines – some 1,300ha (3,212 acres) of combinable crops.
This latest generation of LEXION are different beasts altogether. It’s a combination of all sorts of things from simple bits like the header pitch function to the really clever CEMOS AUTOMATIC setting system.
What’s so impressive is that the new combine is doing similar tonnages on about half the fuel. I’m convinced that’s all down to the smoother crop flow through the threshing gear. The bigger drums and concaves make all the difference – it never feels pushed.
On one of the main farms in an East Anglian producer group, a new TORION 1410 Varipower is
helping create the material to grow mushrooms supplied across UK supermarkets, restaurants and caterers.