Watch the New Holland CR11 combine launch into harvest 2024
30th July 2024
The new flagship New Holland CR11 combine, previewed at Agritechnica 2023, was present at the official harvest 2024 launch of the new design.
Built at the company’s combine Centre of Excellence in Zedelgem, Belgium, the New Holland CR11 features innovative new technology designed to help the largest farming enterprises maximise output, minimise losses and reduce total harvesting costs.
The CR11 features a 20,000-litre grain tank and a 15.9-litre FPT Cursor 16 engine producing 775hp. Beyond additional power and grain capacity, the key features that take this combine into a new league in terms of output, sample quality and loss minimisation include longer twin rotors and the new Twin-Clean cleaning system.
More capacity
The CR11 combine is designed to handle larger crop volumes. Cutterbar width options range from 10.6-15m (35-50ft) in fixed, flexible knife, movable knife and draper formats. Other choices for corn/maize heads of 12-16 rows are also available, and unloading auger lengths can be specified to match all header widths.
There are three driveline options to meet all header requirements – standard with fixed drive, standard with variable drive, and a variable heavy-duty system. On the variable driveline, a CVT drive unit on the engine gearbox allows header/feeder speed to be varied depending on crop and field conditions. Feeder/header reversing is achieved via with a hydraulic motor on the fixed speed driveline, and with the CVT drive on the variable speed driveline.
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Dynamic Feed Roll system
The elevator is equipped as standard with front face adjustment and lateral tilt remote controlled from the cab. From here the crop is fed to New Holland’s proven Dynamic Feed Roll system, which can now be reversed – simultaneously with the elevator and the rotors – in the event of a blockage.
The DFR accelerates the crop and splits it into two even streams to feed the two longitudinal threshing and separating rotors that follow. A large stone trap in front of the DFR can be emptied either manually or, optionally, remotely via hydraulic activation from the cab.
See our September 2024 issue for a full write-up of the New Holland CR11.
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