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Tedders available in two working widths (8.70 m and 10.80 m) for medium to large-sized farm productions. They are equipped with the HLC (Headland lift Control) rotor lift system for fast and effective manoeuvres.
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Benefit from the HLC system that raises the rotors at headlands. Your central rotors will reach a height of 50 cm and the outer ones will rise even higher.
You’ll feel more confident and gain work output with these easy and manouverable teddersl:
The high ground clearance of the rotors prevents any forage build-up when passing over larger swaths.
Whether on roads or in the shed, our new tedders have been designed to save space and to be easy to manoeuvre operator comfort is a must!.
(3 meters wide and 3.15 and 3.30 meters high respectively for the GF 8712 T and GF 10812 T) These machines are very easy to handle.
The 3-point linkage system and cleverly placed transport wheels provide just the right weight balance between the machine and the tractor for rotor lift during windrow crossing or folding/unfolding.
Wide transport wheels (300 mm) located close to the machine’s pivot axis enable easier manoeuvring. They make these machines reactive when turning and easier to drive.
When a KUHN engineer invented this drive concept, tedding entered a new era.
From that moment on, it became possible to drive a very large number of rotors and fold them to an incredibly compact size, and all this without any maintenance. A real revolution!
Since the launch of the DIGIDRIVE finger drive system twenty years ago, more than a million rotors have been working all around the world, tedding forage with exceptional reliability. The DIGIDRIVE system is made of case-hardened steel and requires no maintenance.
The guidance is done large-diameter, double-row angular ball bearings (1). Thoroughly sealed to prevent lubricant leakage and impurities getting in (2). Robust mounting on the rectangular frame with spacers and long through-bolts (3). With these rotor housings, greasing points are limited to a few pivot points, allowing you to spend more time in the field and less doing maintenance!
Operating in young sugar-rich crops or long late-season crops can be a challenge. Forage can get wrapped around the wheel columns resulting in downtime spent cleaning it off. Benefit from crop deflectors, for models from GF 5902, that prevent forage getting wrapped around the wheel columns.
The HLC system improves tedder reactivity considerably when reversing and manoeuvring. This ensures the quality of your forage over the entire plot, even in the narrowest field. The impressive height of the HLC rotor lift system means you can:
Experts are convinced. Small rotors produce better quality forage. According to the Weser Ems Chamber of Agriculture in Germany, they provide 33% faster drying time. The experts from the DLG (Agricultural techniques organisation) say that small rotors provide complete crop inversion and produce uniform grass distribution. View the test results!
Experts are convinced and those who use them swear by them. For farmers whose goal is to harvest a first class crop there are so many advantages to having small rotors:
The individual rotor joints, identical spacing and asymmetrical tines ensure that all the forage is tedded, even when it is long or dense and on uneven ground. Adjust pitch angle in just 2 minutes (no tools required) to adapt to the quantity of forage.
Asymmetrical tine length with longer outer fingers produces high quality tedding. The outer finger moves into the forage earlier compared to a symmetrical design. This ensures a more complete tedding operation, even on field borders and between rotors, due to better tine overlap in this tricky area. Moving into the forage earlier means that the actual working width of each rotor (therefore the machine) is larger.
| GF 8712 T | GF 10812 T | |
|---|---|---|
| Working width DIN (m) | 8.70 | 10.80 |
| Overall width in working position (m) | 9.12 | 11.20 |
| Number of rotors | 8 | 10 |
| Number of tine arms per rotor | 6 | 6 |
| Transport width (m) | 2.99 | 2.99 |
| Transport height (m) | 3.15 | 3.30 |
| Oblique wheel position setting | As optional equipment (rods+cylinder) | As optional equipment (rods+cylinder) |
| Raising the rotors on headlands - HLC function | As standard | As standard |
| Wheel deflectors | As standard | As standard |
| Tine guards | As standard | As standard |
| Pitch angle adjustment - without tool | 2 positions | 2 positions |
| Rotor drive | By exclusive DIGIDRIVE multiple finger couplings | By exclusive DIGIDRIVE multiple finger couplings |
| Secondary PTO shaft | With torque limiter | With torque limiter |
| Free wheel integrated in the central gearbox | As standard | As standard |
| Tyres on central rotors | 18 x 8.5 - 8 | 18 x 8.5 - 8 |
| Tyres on outside rotors | 16 x 6.50 - 8 | 16 x 6.50 - 8 |
| Tyres on transport undercarriage | 26 x 12.00 - 12 | 26 x 12.00 - 12 |
| Setting into transport position | Hydraulic vertical folding of the rotors followed by frontward pivot and positioning of the wheel train | Hydraulic vertical folding of the rotors followed by frontward pivot and positioning of the wheel train |
| Hitch | 3-point Cat 2 | 3-point Cat 2 |
| Required tractor hydraulic connections | 1 DA with floating position | 1 DA with floating position |
| Theoretical tractor power requirement (kW/hp) | 36/50 | 40/55 |
| Road lights and signalling | As standard | As standard |
| Approx. weight (kg) | 1760 | 1980 |
