Claas forager with triple mowers

[716tom]

Hi all. Just wondering if somebody has any information on a claas 8700? We’re they made in factory or just a mower added to a scraped forager?

 

[Gerbert]

I take it you mean the ecut 8700?
They where made by wittrock in germany, a big claas dealer. Made out of used jaguars (as far ad I know) with all chopping gear removed and a fair bit of length added for balance.

 

[Speedstar]

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Hi all. Just wondering if somebody has any information on a claas 8700? We’re they made in factory or just a mower added to a scraped forager?

They were a 870 forager skid unit with a set of class triple mowers fitted , not sure if they still make them , seen a few sets from about 2004 on wards

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is it not possible to set it up yourself with an old forager and the intake removed

 

[grass man]

I think a 8700 was a new unit purpose built for reverse drive mowers. Probably based on a standard forager but without any chopping components. I saw a used one once and from memory it had a hyd or shaft driven fan to clean the radiator screen rather than using the crop accelerator . A great machine I think and I saw one advertised somewhere recently

 

[daveydiesel1]

Why not just get an xerion and put them on it. Theres a contractor round here has that set up think he mabe has 2 of them now. Seen it workin side be side with a big m once and it would mow the arse of a big m

 

[philib]

Old school setup
Same man has two more rigs to n a 880 and a 860 both covering 1000s of acres a year

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[716tom]

So the 8700 mowers are just the triple mower unit

 

[716tom]

Th

They were a 870 forager skid unit with a set of class triple mowers fitted , not sure if they still make them , seen a few sets from about 2004 on wards

So she was a mowing unit from the beginning?

 

[Speedstar]

Yes made for mowing only

 

[Scrapjockey]

Claas in this video not using butterfly mowers,they fold horizontally for transport.

 

[benferg]

The mowing unit could be fitted to any claas chopper of that age. Several contractors in nz had an 850 or 870 that had done it’s time as a forager and then they remove the drum entirely and mount the mowing unit on it.
It did need a stack of wafer weights put on the rear to balance it.

The mowing unit is sadly no longer in production.

 

[716tom]

What hp is an 870 chopper

 

[benferg]

 

[farmer pickles]

Why not just get an xerion and put them on it. Theres a contractor round here has that set up think he mabe has 2 of them now. Seen it workin side be side with a big m once and it would mow the arse of a big m

Is that the farmflix one?

 

[benferg]

What hp is an 870 chopper

438 hp

 

[716tom]

Has anyone driven one? They look cool to drive as the mower are in front of you there is plenty of power then

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is that the farmflix one?

I dont know if it is but its owned by lyons contracts. I dont watch farm flix so dont know if there on it

 

[farmer pickles]

I dont know if it is but its owned by lyons contracts. I dont watch farm flix so dont know if there on it

I think it's townleys outfit that was featured. The cab turns around 360 ?

 

[Lofty1984]

I think it's townleys outfit that was featured. The cab turns around 360 ?

Yes it’s townleys