PÖTTINGER has been offering the MULTITAST jockey wheel system on rakes for over three decades. The most important objective is to produce clean forage for healthy, high-yield animals. At the same time you conserve the sward.
The MULTITAST wheel tracks the ground immediately in front of the tines and responds to each undulation. On a rise, the MULTITAST wheel lifts the rotor. The ideal gap between the tines and the ground is maintained.
In addition, the size of the rotor's support triangle is greatly increased. This makes the rotors run more smoothly and suppresses vibrations. In addition there is less force acting on the arm control rollers and tines, which extends the service life of your machine.
The DLG Focus Test "Ground tracking and forage contamination in grass silage" confirmed this back in 2013: The PÖTTINGER MULTITAST wheel delivers ideal ground tracking and clean forage.
By comparison, the tines on the rotor without the MULTITAST wheel had five times more ground contact over a test distance of 60 metres.
At the same time, the tines on the rotor without a jockey wheel skipped over the raking elevation three times more often and caused raking losses.
During the test, dirt ingress was reduced by up to 2.3 % when raking with the MULTITAST jockey wheel. This means that for an annual yield of 9 tonnes of dry matter per hectare: 207 kg less crude ash in the forage.