F441M

Versatility and performance provided by the choice of MultiCrop bale chamber

MULTICROP GATE OPTION OFFERS A VERSATILE SOLUTION

F441M with MultiCrop tailgate combines advantages of rolls and conveyor technologies

This baler offers versatility for small and medium farms by enabling the harvesting of wet and dry crops.

Due to the slats conveyor integrated into the tailgate, the MultiCrop gate efficiently grabs dry crops. Even in hot, brittle barley straw, bales are constantly rotating from the beginning of the process to the tying process.

Combined with a front chamber featuring 12 powered ribbed rolls, the F441M MultiCrop provides high versatility for fixed-chamber baling.

CONVEYOR TECHNOLOGY AT ITS BEST

Thanks to clever design, the MultiCrop gate eliminates:

Bad conveyor tracking caused by foreign objects

Rails protect the conveyor chains from stones caught in the crops. The stones can be released by opening the tailgate

Steel-on-steel contact, creating traditional conveyor noise.

The MultiCrop tailgate decreases noise by having rubber conveyor tracks that absorb most of the noise and vibration.

REDUCED MAINTENANCE INCREASES UPTIME

Tensioner optimises chain lifespan

Tensioner optimises chain lifespan

Slats can be easily changed

Slats can be easily changed

Increasing the number of chains is often associated with higher maintenance and reduced lifetime. The MultiCrop gate has two idlers that optimise chain tension, enhancing chain lifespan.

An aperture on each tailgate side allows the operator to check and replace slat bearings. Due to heavy-duty slats (35-mm [1.4-in.] diameter), part bending is rare, and the apertures can be replaced without dismounting the conveyor.

CAM TRACK DESIGN OFFERS THE BEST VERSATILITY The F441M Baler provides operators with a single baler to harvest all kinds of crops, from gliding straw to short, sticky silage. Cam-track technology provides an efficient solution for such needs. The traditional stripper design provides reduced clearance between the pickup tines and the rotor feeder, while the tine motion helps avoid pinching.

The cam-less technology requires long strippers, creating a dead zone between the tines and rotor. Additionally, fixed tines can easily pinch crops in sticky conditions, resulting in plugs that must be manually removed. The F441M Balers feature a 2.0- or 2.2-m (6.5- or 7.2-ft) pickup and galvanised strippers to extend lifespan. The four-tine bars mounted on sealed ball bearings and equipped with 5-mm (0.2-in.) diameter tines meet the picking capacity expected by small and medium-sized farms. The F441M features an HC rotor design that was already used on the previous model, the F440M. This simple design offers several key advantages:

Large-diameter rotor to provide high feeding capacity

Limited distance from pickup to rotor tines to reduce plugging

Reduced number of bearings and distributed loads along the rotor to increase reliability

Hardox® wear plate tines to provide high resistance to wear. The F441M is available without a precutter (Rotoflow HC feeder). MaxiCut HC 13 knives are proposed as an alternative for operators seeking a standard precutter with an 80-mm (3-in.) knife spacing. To ensure quality cutting, knives are individually secured with springs to protect against foreign objects and are controlled by a hydraulic valve conveniently located on the front of the baler. As with the F440M, the drop floor makes removing plugs easy, even those under converging augers. This exclusive design covers the rotor width, so wherever a plug occurs, the unplugging device decompresses the crops and feeds the plug into the baler.

Parallel kinematics provides a consistent 40-mm (1.6-in.) clearance across the entire drop floor, eliminating the narrow pinch points found on front-hinged drop floors.

The drop floor is easily controlled by a hydraulic valve located on the control panel. The drop floor is standard for the F441M when equipped with the MaxiCut HC 13.

For a Rotoflow HC-equipped baler, the drop floor system is proposed as an option. Even without this system, the F441M can be unplugged without the operator having to reach into the pickup. If this happens, the operator needs to declutch the rotor, put the wrench on the rotor, and reverse to remove the compressed crops.

Hardox is a trademark of SSAB Tunnplat AB Limited.

The BaleTrak Easy has been specially designed for small and medium farms and is focused on the following essential functions:

On and off

Bale size setting

Net and/or twine selection

Net and/or twine settings (number of turns, twine spacing, twine space to edges)

Manual tying process launch

Manual net system actuating

The liquid-crystal display (LCD) offers complementary information such as:

Current bale size

Tying status

Total bale count

Resetable bale count

As a member of the BaleTrak system range, the BaleTrak Easy offers expected reliability, allowing longer lifetime. The BaleTrak display is offered as an option on the F441M Baler. The monitor provides the same functions as the BaleTrak Easy, plus additional settings and information:

Independent right and left space from twine end to bale edge

Bale size setting monitoring

Twine feeding monitoring

Full icon description, such as gate status, tying mode, tying status, bale status, battery status, stop alarm.

Five resettable bale counter options

Four factory presets for the wrapping cycle, plus one customizable

MONITOR SUPPORTS

Monitor supports are ordered independently from the monitor. In order to be easily teamed to the tractor, two supports are proposed:

John Deere 60X0, 70X0, 6R, 7R support

John Deere SG2 cab and other brands support (clamped)

Even with long net rolls, a roll is changed at least twice a day. Operators lifting 40-kg (88-lb) rolls over a distance of 2.0 m (6.6 ft) can cause serious injury. A convenient loading ramp allows the operator to easily push the heavy net rolls to the wrapping system and to the roll storage device.

When equipped with net wrapping, the F441M Baler has one roll installed in the device and one roll, up to 300 mm (11.81 in.) in diameter, in storage.

An additional box is available as an option. The additional box is delivered as standard with the net-and-twine option. Once placed in the wrapping device, the net is easy to install. Declutch the net system and push the net between the feeding rolls. Re-engage the system and close the shielding. The process is completed in less than a minute. A convenient loading platform accessible from both sides of the machines allows the operator to easily place the roll and set up the bale-tying system.

Depending on the chosen monitor, any wrapping issues can be communicated by the display.