Has anybody seen the NEXAT machine that Germany Company Kalverkamp are testing at the moment? Have a look at their website nexat.de (best press the english speaking button) The machine has just won a gold medal from this years Agritechnica awards. It looks really quite remarkable. Somewhere on You Tube U saw a very good video in English of it working (maybe somebody else can find the link)
Two 540 HP engines, 12 metre working width. They are talking about combine outputs of 130-200 tonnes per hour! and have a 70 metre Dannman sprayer that fits on it.
Gantry machines are not new- I remember seeing one operating in Warwickshire in the 1980's but the NEXAT machine appears to move this concept onto a whole other level. I am sure the price tag will be huge but imagine replacing a combine, self propelled sprayer and main tractor with just one machine.
Obviously very much a broad acres type machine but I could see this machine having big potential on the very largest of farms.
What do people think?
Two 540 HP engines, 12 metre working width. They are talking about combine outputs of 130-200 tonnes per hour! and have a 70 metre Dannman sprayer that fits on it.
Gantry machines are not new- I remember seeing one operating in Warwickshire in the 1980's but the NEXAT machine appears to move this concept onto a whole other level. I am sure the price tag will be huge but imagine replacing a combine, self propelled sprayer and main tractor with just one machine.
Obviously very much a broad acres type machine but I could see this machine having big potential on the very largest of farms.
What do people think?