Product Overview
Publication date: February 2023 - No 157
Format: Downloadable PDF - 24 pages including ads
The cost of a new crop-ready, high-capacity harvester is quickly approaching a million dollar investment. Farm business consultants have estimated the cost of running a class 8 harvester is more than $700 per hour once fuel, depreciation, labour and the chaser bin is accounted for. With lagging supply and high capital outlay requirements, farmers are looking to extract optimal capacity from their harvesting investment. At the same time, loss quantification is essential in determining a harvester’s operating sweet spot. Kondinin Group research engineer Ben White worked with harvester specialists Brett Asphar and Kassie van der Westhuizen looking at options to improve harvester performance utilising both original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket parts.
Includes the following articles:
- Maximising harvester capacity with acceptable losses
- Threshing it out
- Harvest losses hurt the hip pocket
- Initial testing identifies gains
- Concave testing results case study: Dylan Hirsch
- Concave testing results case study: Nick Scotney
- Concave testing results case study: Aaron Buegge
- Concave testing results case study: Barndon family
- Concave development a long journey: Rod Gribble
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