Independent magazine carried out a field test during harvest season. The Profi magazine took a T670i with a 9.15 m Premium Flow header to the Groß Walmstorf Estate in north east Germany for 13 hours of non-stop testing. Close to the shores of the Baltic Sea, harvesting can suffer from many of the farming issues of coastal areas with dry crop on top and green wet straw underneath.
Three fields with a wheat variety called RGT Depot were cut in total with yields as high as 9.9 t/ha. Moisture levels were typically around 13-14% throughout the day, but as you would expect, they rose sharply in the evening and by 11.30 pm moisture was up to 32%.
In total, 640.0 t of wheat had been harvested in 14.5 hours. When fuel stops and the odd break were taken into account, average throughput was 49.9 t/h. A result many could not imagine would be delivered by a 6 walker combine.
6 окт 2024
