Raking has a decisive influence at the end of the harvest chain on how clean the forage remains.
With the ALPINTOP we guarantee the forage stays clean, even in the most difficult conditions. Our rake always rakes precisely with low crop volumes or with heavy, wet forage.
For complete and contamination-free collection of the crop, the perfect contour tracking thanks to the MULTITAST jockey wheel and the long, angled tines function as a perfectly coordinated system on the ALPINTOP.
From the point of view of the tines, the wheels on the rotor chassis inside the tine arc react to bumps in the ground too late. Due to the width of the tine array, the front wheel is located around three quarters of a metre behind the arc of the outermost tine.
The only thing that helps here is a jockey wheel running in front of the tines. The MULTITAST jockey wheel system from PÖTTINGER detects bumps in the ground ahead of the outermost tine and tilts the rotor upwards when there is an incline. On top of the bump, it guides the rotor downwards until the wheel inside the raking arc takes over. This always provides the ideal gap between the tines and the ground. Forage contamination and raking losses are clearly minimised as a result.
The MULTITAST wheel also greatly increases the size of the rotor unit's support triangle. This makes the rotors run more smoothly and suppresses vibrations.