Machine can help farmers stay in the fields longer
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Kuhn Krause introduced the Excelerator 8005 to its vertical tillage machinery line.
New features of the Excelerator 8005 include Peer Tillxtreme maintenance-free bearings.
“No daily grease maintenance is required for the Excalibur gangs,” the company said in a release. “No daily grease features allow the operator to convert hours devoted to daily maintenance into additional field time for added tilled acres per day.”
Kuhn Excelerator 8005 Specs
| Transport Width | 19'4" / 5.88m |
| Transport Height | 14'9" / 4.5m |
| Number of blades | 153 |
| Working Width | 50' / 15.2m |
| Blade Spacing | 8" / 20.3cm |
| Hitch | Guardian Hitch 2-3/4" Pin Hole |
| Wing Fold | (2) 5" x 40"
(4) 4-1/2 x 24" |
| Depth Control | Center: (2) 4-1/2" x 10"
Inner Wing: (2) 4-1/4" x 10"
Outer Wing: (2) 4 x 10" |
Kuhn says an innovative, patent-pending and easily adjustable constant-flow hydraulic wing down-pressure system can help increase reliability, eliminate wing cylinder shear pins and decrease folding cycle time for transport.
Other features include high flotation metric tires with increased weight carrying capacity for folding models, new heavy duty 24/7 flat and round bar conditioning reels and a new articulating ball cast clevis hitch.