The pressure on producer prices for milk has increased enormously over the last few years. This has caused professionally-operated dairy farms to take a critical look at all factors in their production costs. This is reflected, among other things, in the continually increasing sales figures for loader wagons during the last years.
In several independently-conducted tests harvesting basic feed with the loader wagon has proved that this procedure - especially in the case of short distances between farm and field up to 5km - can achieve a cost advantage of up to 15%. Given the current trends in energy prices, this difference will continue to become more evident in the future.
A high yield is the basic requirement for the production of high-quality silage. Brief periods of fine weather must be taken advantage of and after only a few hours' shrinkage the feed must be collected in order to achieve ideal silage quality.
This trend goes hand-in-hand in with the increasing amount of contract work being done on dairy farms. The contractor is regarded as a partner and because of the longer periods of use of his machinery, he can offer a whole fleet of the latest agricultural equipment, thus providing a high performance.
Nowadays, with today's agricultural transport vehicles (LOF), one has more to do with the legislative restrictions of the Road Code. These comprise such things as both vehicle dimensions and permitted overall weight; this especially includes the axle weight.
If required, the Giga-Vitesse und Giga-Vitesse plus loader wagon series can be fitted with a Tridem chassis with single-wheel independent suspension and active steering.
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The single-wheel independent suspension offers particularly exceptional driving characteristics here and distributes the weight equally onto all six wheels.
This means the highest possible protection for the ground and because of the lower traction requirement, reduces energy costs per ton of harvested feed. If the vehicle is equipped with the optional fully-electronic height control system, it is stabilised by the transverse coupling of the hydraulic cylinder when being driven on slopes.
The special feature of this chassis is in the combination of a Tridem chassis with single-wheel independent suspension and active steering of the first and third axle. This means that the individual wheels can move independently of one another and that through the link via the hydraulic system there is equal pressure on the ground at any given time.
The active steering ensures that the vehicle leaves no scars on the ground when travelling round a curve and that the vehicle cannot swerve when being driven on the road. A further advantage compared with a steering axle is that the vehicle can be steered even when being driven backwards. This is a special advantage on narrow farm yards.
When 2/3 of the vehicle's load has been unloaded, the first axle can be lifted. This increases the bearing load, which means that the tractor can produce more traction when unloading the rest of the load.
With the Tridem chassis the vehicle can be made road-worthy with a total permitted weight of 30t. This will accommodate the enormous volume of up to 44 m³ (according to DIN 11741). An additional factor is the subject of safety. Even when being used to cut up maize, the vehicle cannot be overloaded. |
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