The Fendt Slicer Test Reports – Better performance.
The Fendt Slicer disc mowers are formed from Essential requirements. We measure ourselves against the requirement to offer the optimum machine for every application with short harvesting times and constant drive to develop our mowers . Intelligent lightweight construction and high stability are not contradictions for us, but rather ensuring that it’s easy to use and has low fuel consumption. Find out what the experts and the press have to say here.
agrarheute Plant+Technology (10/2024) Fendt Slicer 960 KCB Pro mower combination on test
“Fendt is serious about grassland technology.”
“The brand demonstrates this with the Slicer 960 KCB Pro, which offers more than just a few optimisations.”
The renowned trade magazine agrarheute was the first to have the pleasure of testing the new Fendt Slicer 960 KCB Pro butterfly mower in action - in a large second cut crop. The impression was clear: “The engineers have looked closely at what the market has to offer in terms of premium mowers and have done their homework. With conditioner, swath merging and ISOBUS, it has everything imaginable on board - and a little more.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
“If it says Fendt on a mower, it's Fendt inside.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
The DLG-award-winning automatic adjustment of the conditioner intensity is impressive!
“How aggressively the conditioner squeezes is not determined by the speed, but by a counter comb. We conveniently adjusted the tractor terminal during the journey. An electric servomotor makes this possible. As a result, the slicer masters a function that no other manufacturer offers: the ability to set the conditioner for specific sections.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
“So far, only Fendt
can automatically control a conditioner based on maps.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
Automatic cutter bar relief
“A nitrogen bubble pre-pressurises and relieves the pressure on the cutter bars. “The hydraulic adjustment while travelling also makes other functions possible: the faster the tractor travels, the more pressure it applies to the cutter bars to prevent them from fluttering or bouncing. (agrarheute 10/2024)
“So far, only Fendt can do that.”
(agrarheute 10/2024)
Our slicer mowed quietly at 1,000 rpm without whining or humming loudly. The cutter bar is welded all round and not bolted. Large sprockets are lined up in a row instead of the satellite gears in front of them, as is the case with competitors.
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“The smart rear mower...
...also makes its ISOBUS capabilities available to the front mower through the TIM Hitch tractor implement management (TIM) function, including speed monitoring. At the headland, it receives the order to raise. The rear mower also detects the tractor's steering angle and shifts the front mower when cornering.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
Conveyor belts with BeMove
“Only Fendt
can move them hydraulically to change the swath width.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
top agrar (3/2024) Fendt Slicer 860 KC and 310 F KC in long-term tests
Top quality cut of the robust butterfly-style mower
The German agricultural magazine top agrar carried out an intensive seasonal test with the latest generation of Fendt Slicer disc mowers in the triple combination during the 2023 forage season. The testers tested the lightest model variant of the newly-developed Fendt mower combinations, the Slicer 860 KC with a working width of 8.30/8.60 metres, and the matching 3.0 metre Slicer 310 F KC pendulum front mower. Both models were equipped with the powerful Streamline cutter bar and the optimised tine conditioner. The field test have been carried out over an entire season under different cutting, growing and weather conditions and with different tractor models on a total of around 500 ha. Read the trade journalists’ impressions here.
“To summarise, we can give the Slicer mowers with tine conditioners a very good report.”
top agrar (3/2024)
The lightweight Slicer Triple combination on test
Top cutting quality
“The Slicer disc mowers cut the stalks cleanly in all conditions (standing crop), even with very low growth. The oscillation paths of the mowers (front +/- 7.5°, rear +30°/-19°) were also sufficient when driving through hollows and small ditches. Here, the cutter bar with its construction depth of almost 50 cm guided the blades cleanly over the ground.” (top agrar 3/2024)
“The front mower weighs exactly 1,000 kg, the rear mower weighs 2,340 kg. This makes the machine nice and light. The payload of many four-cylinder tractors such as the Fendt 516 Vario we use is also sufficient.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Quiet Streamline cutter bar
“The cutter bars are fully welded, lubricated for life and suspended on both sides. One of the manufacturer’s claims is that they use large (finely ground) gears with 3.5 teeth in mesh at all times. The goal is to achieve very smooth running. After mowing around 500 hectares, we can confirm that nothing rattled here.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Easy to pull and fuel-efficient
“A reduced speed of 850 rpm was sufficient to be able to work fuel-efficiently in thinner crops. In the second cut in 2023, the consumption of our Fendt 516 Vario (conditioner level 2) used averaged 5.2 litres/ha. We were able to achieve an area output of approx. 5 ha per hour. With the second test tractor, a Fendt 718, we managed an average of around 6.5 ha per hour with a diesel consumption of around 7 l/ha (conditioner level 3) – good values.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Easy to operate
“All in all, the combination is hitched on quickly. In the test, this took around five minutes.”
“There are arrows on the suspension of the right-hand rear mower for the optimum height of the rear power lift – simple and good.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Quick change
“Changing the blade is also easy. The knife blades can be changed very easily using the special tool. Spare blades are stored in appropriate tool boxes on the mowers – good.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Safe and sturdy
“A free wheel in the gearbox allows the mower discs to rotate out after the PTO shaft is disengaged. The conditioners, on the other hand, stop very quickly so that the rear mower can be folded in immediately.” (top agrar 3/2024)
“The rear mower can be unhitched in both work or transport position. The latter saves space in the shed. A double support at the rear and two extendable supports at the front of the centre stand ensure a sturdy positioning.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Test the Fendt Slicer and see for yourself.
Would you like to see the quality and performance of Fendt Slicers for yourself? Our Fendt dealers will be happy to offer you a product demonstration.
Fendt mowers are the cornerstone for valuable forage. With state-of-the-art technology and durable, robust models, we offer a wide range of disc and drum mowers for use in everything from alpine terrain to the largest fields.
The completely redesigned Fendt Slicer 960/1010 series will offer contractors and large farms a wide range of machines with a host of innovative technologies from next season. The automatic adjustment of the conditioner intensity, which every KC-Pro model in the series has and which was honoured by the DLG with the “Innovation Award” in silver, is a pioneering feature.
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