Controlled floating pick-up
The controlled floating pick-up has an effective width of 1.800 mm (DIN). It ensures clean and reliable crop collection even in the most difficult operating conditions.
V-belt drive
Two V-belts are responsible for the floating pick-up’s low-maintenance and durable driveline.
Cam track control
The cam track control provides perfect crop take-up and transfer. It ensures reliable swath collection even on steep terrain.
Crop press roller
The crop press rollers deliver optimum crop flow even at high travelling speeds.
Jockey wheels
The rigid or trailed jockey wheels ensure an optimum guidance height on rough terrain.
Jockey wheel chassis
The jockey wheel chassis mounted behind the pick-up, for which optional accessories are available, guarantees best-quality forage even on the most challenging terrain.
The floating pick-up on the BOSS 2000 ALPIN has an effective width of 1.800 mm (DIN) and the 5 tine carriers are controlled by a steel cam track. This design has the following advantages:
Slightly trailing tine angle for better contour tracking without scraping the ground
Active forage transfer to the loading unit by using the full length of the tine
The tines dip down at a right angle to prevent the forage from being drawn in
Less combing of the forage due to lower speed for better chopping quality (fewer lengthwise stalks)
Reduced ejection due to low speed
Reliable collection driving downhill
Maximum conveying performance at high driving speeds
Reliable intake, even in difficult harvesting conditions
The suspension of the pick-up allows side-to-side movement of 170 mm. In addition, the pick-up can also move down in the direction of travel, which ensures the crop is collected cleanly, even in deep troughs or over ridges. Because the pick-up has a long travel path, it adapts perfectly to the ground. Even high volume swaths are collected cleanly and tidily and cornering is made easier.
Crop take-up can be further optimised thanks to the automatic control of the parallel lift drawbar, which constantly keeps the pick-up's floating action within the optimum range. In addition, a trailing jockey wheel chassis is also available to prevent the pick-up from touching down in the centre.
Because the various components can adapt to the ground contours, they ensure a reduction in forage contamination and at the same time protect the machine.
The pick-up is driven by two V-belts. These can adapt perfectly to the movements of the pick-up. At the same time, they serve as overload protection.
At headlands the loading unit switches off automatically when the pick-up is raised, making it easy to drive over swaths and into the clamp without snagging. This means that the wagon can also be driven across deep ruts and over ridges without worrying about forage loss, or damage to the pick-up or the sward.
The swath roller together with the synthetic crop transfer rods deliver optimum crop flow even at high travelling speeds. This is standard on the BOSS 2000 ALPIN and can be adjusted to match different sizes of swath.
The angle of the roller can be adjusted according to the harvesting conditions.
The transfer rods ensure that dirt is filtered out of the forage, reducing forage contamination and protecting the chopping system as a result.
The BOSS 2000 ALPIN is equipped with rigid jockey wheels as standard. These are recommended for working on slopes and for fields with few curves. Castor-type jockey wheels are available as an option for optimum conservation of the sward, even when cornering.
The height of both jockey wheel versions can be easily adjusted using a pin-in-hole matrix. This adjustment system allows an additional selection between optimum ground tracking at the point of tine engagement, and optimised clearance to make it easier to drive over the clamp, or through difficult field entrances.
An optional jockey wheel chassis behind the pick-up ensures reliable guidance on bumpy terrain and prevents the side jockey wheels from sinking into wheel marks.
This stops the tines from scraping the ground even in the toughest conditions and minimises dirt ingress.
The synthetic wheels have rounded rims. This prevents dirt from sticking and ensures smooth cornering.