CLAAS smashes back-to-back world records
A-maize-ing effort by US farmers in breaking not one but two world records in corn harvesting with a LEXION harvesterA US family-owned farming operation has set two new Guinness World Records by harvesting 1,111 tonnes of maize in eight hours and then 1,620 tonnes in 12 hours using a CLAAS LEXION 760 TERRA TRAC combine harvester equipped with a 16-row corn front.
In doing so, the team at Stewart Farms Partnership from Yorkville, Illinois, cruised past the 1300-tonne, 10-hour record they established eight years ago.
The feat represents a remarkable throughput of almost 135-tonnes per hour or one truckload every 12 minutes.
Harvesting commenced at 9am in less than ideal conditions, with 12mm of rain falling the previous day.
The grain bin was emptied at precisely eight, 10 and 12 hours.
The 1379-tonne recorded at the 10-hour mark represents a six per cent improvement on the 2010 record, which CLAAS said is thanks to ongoing improvements to the LEXION platform.
According to CLAAS, the current LEXION 760 features significantly higher power, a more efficient cooling system, a larger grain tank and several operator assistance systems compared to the 2010 version.
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