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In August, New Holland updated its line of Discbine mower conditioners by introducing the Discbine Plus series.

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“The Discbine Plus models have bold, new styling and yellow accents to signify commercial-grade performance,” said Jordan Milewski, conventional hay tools marketing manager for New Holland Agriculture North America. “… we’ve focused on enhanced cutting and swath controls for greater overall performance.”

The Discbine Plus models continue with the centre-pivot design and use the MowMax II Plus disc cutter bar with the QuickMax knife-change system. This is a newly redesigned cutter bar that delivers a cleaner cut. It’s similar to the one used on the brand’s Durabine Plus disc headers for Speedrower Plus self-propelled windrowers.

The longer knives on the cutter bar have a faster tip speed creating a better quality cut, and the cutter bar is capable of a 30 per cent lower cut height. That gets more crop material into windrows when working in down or tangled crop stands. For cleaner cutting in light- or late-season crops, the reshaped rock guards improve crop-to-knife contact.

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The ShockPro disc drive hubs help absorb impacts from striking rocks or other objects and protect drive components. The design of the cutter bar components makes them quicker and easier to replace in the field to minimize downtime if damage does occur.

The WideDry conditioning system used on the Discbine Plus models is sized for each machine to allow for uniform conditioning and smooth crop flow. And there is a choice of conditioning system options, which include chevron intermeshing rubber rolls or chevron intermeshing steel rolls with a torsion bar pressure system. For grass hay conditioning, NH’s LeaningEdge flail tine conditioning system is still available.

The new Discbines can leave windrows as narrow as three feet or as wide as eight feet. The windrow forming shields are also five inches taller than previous Discbine models and work with the swath gate to produce a tunnel effect. The taller design and greater curvature at the bottom provide more precise windrow control, helping to tuck the edges in for neater-looking swaths with improved dry down.

There are four models of the Discbine Plus mower conditioners available with working widths from 10 to 16.5 feet.

Scott Garvey is a freelance writer and video producer. He is also the former machinery editor at Grainews.

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