Since May this year, brothers Henk and Marinus Hertgers have run a TIM-compatible Deutz-Fahr 6185 TTV tractor and Krone Comprima CF 155 XC variable baler-wrapper combination.
‘Already indispensable’ Once set and activated, the baler gives a stop command to the tractor when it’s time to tie the bale. The tractor then stops automatically – quite abruptly. When you reverse, put the gearbox in neutral or stand up from your seat – TIM automation is deactivated and you will get the pop-up screen with ‘cancel’ and ‘ac- cept’ again. Press ‘accept’ and it is active again. Nonsense? Far from it, according to Henk and Marinus. Despite the fact that they didn’t want it at first. Marinus: “Normally I keep my right foot float- ing above the brake pedal and keep a close eye on the bale filling indicator on the termi- nal. As soon as this reaches 80%, I pay close attention to the baling progress to hit the brakes right before the net or film binding starts. This is now automated and the tractor always stops at exactly the right moment. This gives me peace of mind and it reduces stress because I don’t have to pay attention to the terminal all the time. And my right foot is much less tired after a long day of baling. It’s also ideal when swaths vary in thickness, and
there’s no risk of trapping silage or straw be- tween layers of film. I don’t think our throughput per hour has gone up, but I can concentrate better on following the swaths
Baling with TIM
Together with an uncle, brothers Henk and Marinus Hertgers run a farm with several en- terprises (beef cattle, pigs and rearing heif- ers) in the East of the Netherlands. In addi- tion they offer agricultural contracting in the area. At the beginning of this year, they switched from silage preservation in silos to baling and wrapping, in order to better manage labour requirements and to be less dependent on the weather. Marinus: “Last year we hired a contractor to make 450 bales. That also got us thinking. We wer- en’t as flexible as we wanted to be. Moreo- ver, we needed at least two people to get the job done. Wrapped bales can stay in the field for a while, even when the weather changes.” The baler had to be variable in
and on the baling. And we have fewer failures, because TIM always stops the trac- tor exactly on time. We already find it indispensable!”
“With TIM we have fewer failures because it always stops the tractor exactly on time.”
order to be able to bale 1.50 m bales (for themselves) and 1.25 m bales for customers, and it had to have film binding. “With larger bales, film consumption is lower and that makes quite a difference, because we need about 1,300 bales annually.”
▶ FUTURE FARMING | 20 November 2020 13
PHOTO: KOOS GROENEWOLD
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
