The siega leaves backwards saves time, fuel and pains of back

According to an independent study, use a tractor with the place of reversible driving TwinTrac consumes 12% less than time and 11% less than fuel that segar in sense of advance. Besides, to the segar leaves backwards damages much less the back and the neck of the driver. “For example, in an exploitation of 110 hectares that siegue twice by season, work course backwards can save the equivalent to a workday. This can have a decisive impact for the quality and the planning of the harvest regarding the atmospheric conditions”. Besides, “the saving of fuel of more than 10% is a data that it is necessary to have very in account”, explains Swindle Mattila, director of Marketing and Product of Valtra.

This study also considered the quantity of twists to which subject the back and the neck during an operation of siega normal. It discovered that the quantity of time that happens driving with the wry back deletes almost completely, whereas the quantity of twists of the neck reduces to the half.

The study llevar with two tractors T163. One instrumented with a segadora acondicionadora Elho Duett of 7,3 metres with which worked course backwards and the another with a segadora acondicionadora Elho of 3,7 metres joined up in the elevador leading and another equal in the backside. For the study, segaron in total 70 hectares in six exploitations during the summer happened in the sudeste of Finland. The study was realised by the institute TTS (Työtehoseura). The final report is available under request through the TTS. Valtra Has manufactured more than 6.500 units with the place of reversible driving TwinTrac during the last 20 years.