Conveyor added to centre pivot mower for increased forage harvester output

A conveyor belt grouper that collects two rows of grass for increased forage harvester output has been added to Kuhn Farm Machinery’s 3.1m disc mower conditioner.

The new FC 3160 TCD RA retains the features of Kuhn’s standard centre pivot mower conditioner, the FC 3160 TCD, but the conveyor also forms two rows of grass into a single, layered swath that can be picked up by balers or loader wagons with narrower pick-up widths.

The hydraulically driven grouper belt on the new mower is powered by a pump mounted on the machine’s gyrodine swivelling headstock, and can deliver the cut and conditioned crop to either side of the machine.