Wedoany.com Report-Feb 13, Vervaet has updated its four-wheel Q-616 beet harvester, with a fresh cab, slicker hydraulics and new break-back protection for the shares.
With supplies of the old Claas X10 cockpit exhausted, the company had no choice but to ditch it for the X11 version that debuted on the German manufacturer’s Trion combines.
That’s no bad thing as far as operators are concerned, as it’s bigger, quieter and better equipped than before.
And, with the change, Vervaet has taken the opportunity to revamp all the electrics and software.
Everything, including the lights, now runs through the canbus control system, the main cab screen has grown to 10in and, thanks to an in-house software rewrite, it should be easier to navigate.
Rather than having to wade through several page layers to find required settings, they’re now accessed simply by tapping one of the home-screen icons.
Buyers get the choice of Claas’s own rugby ball-shaped joystick – as found on all its high-horsepower, self-propelled machines – or a more conventional upright handgrip.
Visibility has been improved too, with new fully electric mirrors and more cameras added to the tail end. These are viewed through a set of three pillar-mounted displays, one of which includes a 360deg bird’s eye perspective that stitches several wide-angle feeds together.
Handily, the live footage automatically switches between cameras trained on the lifting gear and those associated with unloading.
