Kubota rolls out updated hay and tillage offerings for 2023

Kubota Australia is starting the year strong with a range of new and existing equipment on offer for 2023.

Part of the new range is Krone’s latest fifth-generation Big Pack Square Baler with six knotters.

The balers have been tested in Australian conditions and provide the same level of performance with improved comfort of operation and reduced cost of ownership, Krone said.

“The new PowerClean knotter fan system with positive pressure ensures the top and sides of the machine remain clean, allowing you to get on with the job at hand,” said Krone Product Manager, Ash Swayn.

“The new V Knotter is now available on all Gen 5 Big Pack Krone balers making it a game changer for the environment, but the double-strength tied knot also makes it excellent for the export market. It leaves no tail and waste, unlike previous models with cut-off dropping to the ground.”

The fifth-gen model now also has a split bale ejector, allowing operators to eject just the last bale or empty the full chamber at once.

Another one of Krone’s additions to its hay range is the EasyWrap 165T trailing wrapper

“The EasyWrap 165T Trailing wrapper follows the EasyWrap 150 model, delivering a high-capacity machine to power through,” Swayn said.

The two arms are reversible and orbit around the bale at up to 40rpm.

Some other benefits provided by the the model include loading arm adjustment without tools, a lower centre of gravity ensuring stability in sloping fields and position-controlled wrapping arms that provide perfect overlaps behind the tractor, Krone said.

Krone’s new ECTC Connect technology for its mowers, unveiled last year, is now available in Australia.

The system allows farmers to connect two ECTC400 (4m) or ECTC500 (5m) trailed mowers to the rear in combination with the new ECF400 – 4m front mower, delivering up to 14m cutting width.

“The mowers can be operated simultaneously or individually from the cab via the control box, making this product a game changer for large-scale mowing jobs,” Swayn said.

On the tillage side of things, Great Plains is offering a two-year warranty across its tillage, seeding and Spartan range.

One of the highlights of the range is the Max Chisel Vertical Tillage implement with two opposing rows of individually mounted 610mm Samurai edge discs, which cut residue and aggressively mix the top 100 to 125mm of soil.

The heavy-duty toggle trip shanks with 1111kg of horizontal trip force work up to 305mm deep, mixing the soil and fracturing density layers. The angled chopper reels size residue and pull dirt into the shank voids to achieve a uniform finish.

The rest of the Great Plains range includes min-till and no-till seed drills up to 9m in working width. The catalogue also features Great Plains vertical tillage solutions.

Also included in Kubota’s 2023 pre-season catalogue are Kubota’s mulcher range, rotary cutters, reversible plough, disc spreaders, compact discs, vegetable planters, power harrows and seeding and precision planters.

View Kubota’s pre-season catalogue here.