BV 210 Pro Kuhn BV 210 Pro Specifications & Technical Data (2018—2021)

A unique delivery system

Side delivery is provided by a single pitch or double pitch wormscrew driven by a hydraulic motor directly connected to the tractor outlet. The wormscrew rotation speed is adjustable to adapt to working conditions according to the quantity of grass and forward speed.

For orchards: single side delivery

This is the ideal solution for large plantations such as orchards. The SDS with single side delivery lets you work back and forth between each row. All SDS with single side delivery have an offset attachment equipped with hydraulic side shift for delivering the mulched product closer to the plants.

For vines: delivery on two sides

Suitable for vines from 2.25 m/7’5” to 3.00 m/9’10”, the SDS with two side delivery is used to shred and deliver grass to the row in a single pass. In this version, the machine’s attachment is rigid and central.

For Each Use a Shredder!

Requirements for shredders, intended for the maintenance and recovery of prunings and inter-row residues, differ according to the shredded material, intended use, prevailing conditions and operator demands. In the wide KUHN range of vineyard and orchard shredders, you will find a model matching your needs.

Why shred?

In vineyards and orchards, shredders have multiple areas of operation and agronomic benefits. Adapted interrow management is just as important as shredding prunings, which can moreover be recovered to serve as heating fuel. Above all, fine shredding is the key: to accelerate decomposition and conversion into humus, and to control certain pests, diseases, and weeds.

Supporting the soil means supporting the plant

A green grass cover between the rows is an important measure in vineyards and orchards to prevent erosion and to increase the soil’s humus content. Fine shredding contributes by increasing the surface area for the soil microorganisms to attack and transform the organic matter into humus. Strong points for high humus content include: more nutrients available to feed the crop, increased soil fertility, improved soil structure and stability, and increased biological activity.

Reducing the use of herbicides

Shredding the inter-row grass cover is an important maintenance measure that effectively prevents weeds from spreading when it is performed before they can develop their seeds. This mechanical weed control means reduced application rates of herbicides between the rows. With the KUHN SDS range, the shredded material can also be delivered as mulch along the row, providing effective weed control not only between but also in the rows.

Ensure water supply in dry periods

Shredding is also a main measure to reduce water evaporation and protect the soil surface from direct irradiation during droughts. In this way, the scarce water resources can be kept in the soil and therefore stay available for vines and trees.

Kuhn advantages for optimal shredding

Concrete technical solutions are numerous and versatile, as is the product range of our vineyard and orchard shredders. Each one is optimally adapted or adaptable to its intended use and prevailing conditions. However, all of them feature common specifics for improved shredding work as well as more robust and reliable machines. KUHN’s vineyard and orchard shredders are developed based on two main challenges: robust machines for a long service life and high shredding quality, meaning complete and adapted shredding of prunings while maintaining the plantation inter-rows.

Making shredded grass useful

The SDS (Side Delivery System) range has been developed to shred grassy areas in plantations and deliver the shredded grass as mulch on the row. This enables you to control grass growth on the row mechanically, provide organic matter for the plants, and preserve humidity at root level. The use of mulch as an alternative to weeding reduces the application rates of phytosanitary products in vineyards and orchards.

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Practical height control

The height is adjustable and controlled by skids and a roller. The latter is fitted with removable ends as standard, so that you can carry out any necessary maintenance or repair quickly and easily at reduced costs.

Coping with stony situations

In flat grassy fields, the height is adjusted by a roller: the machine remains stable when passing over ruts. In stony ground, fixed or semi-pivoting wheels absorb the shocks of uneven ground.

A flexible headstock

Thanks to the shredder's central gearbox with integrated double free wheel, the reversible head can operate with the machine attached to the rear arms of the tractor, to the front three-point linkage or in reverse.

A performing front hood

As standard the front hood comes as fixed version. As optional equipment, a hydraulically adjustable front roller can be fitted on the hood that can adapt to the volume of the residues. No doubt: it gets the job done faster!

Shredding vine shoots

If required, the delivery system can easily be removed from the shredder which has only seven screws. After removal, the rear shredder hood is closed to ensure work takes place in total safety.

Prunings are low-cost and sustainable energy sources

They can be recovered, as soon as they are shredded, via easy-to-use harvesting systems. KUHN offers bags and chutes as collecting devices for the shredded prunings. Afterwards they can serve, for example, as an economical heating fuel, sustainably produced on the farm and a renewable source, thus reducing CO2 emissions.

Export the prunings in bulk

The TRP CV models are equipped with a chute for collecting the shredded residues in bulk and loading it onto a trailer. Recovering them means that the entire vine plant can be used, the shredded shoots for example for heating purposes or compost.

Vine shoots: green energy!

Shredding and collecting vine shoots has many advantages: It is an economical energy source. The shoots are produced on the farm and can be used as heating fuel. Using this source rather than heating oil or electricity considerably reduces CO2 emissions. Collecting vine shoots helps reduce wood diseases.

Shred and collect prunings

Designed for recovering woody residues in vineyards and orchards, the TRP RT is an overground shredder equipped with a specific nylon bag with a capacity of 800 litres. The patented bag material is perforated to limit fermentation. A practical advantage: The shredded residues can be stored directly in the bag to dry for example for energy purposes.

Extreme Reliability

The new hammer knives are designed to avoid marking the rotor tube in the event of impact and hammer return. The risk of vibrations, tube deformation, and rotor imbalance are reduced.

Three Criteria for Impeccable Shredding

A large diameter rotor, sufficient overlap between the tools and high linear tool speed: If these three features are combined, nothing stands in the way of superb shredding results. KUHN meets these criteria with its rotors, adding also heavy and aggressive shredding tools, which shred woody residues, but also grass, effectively to your satisfaction.

The Art of Shredding Also the Thickest Branches

The BV 100 PRO models are designed to shred pruned wood in orchards. They are particularly adapted to work in high volumes of thick branches, such as olive, orange, and walnut trees. Being ideal working tools for specialized orchard farms, you will benefit from their perfect shredding quality. These aggressive shredders with an exclusive rotor design are available in working widths of 1.69, 1.86, and 2.04 (5’7”, 6’1” and 6’8”).

A rotor designed to tear everything into pieces

The heavy-duty rotor of the BV 100 PRO shredders has a diameter of 457 mm and is driven by four belts. Equipped with two notched counter-blades, very aggressive tool holders and heavy hammer knives (2), it is able to shred branches of up to 10 cm in diameter. Especially the collecting tines allow a uniform grab of the woody remains and keep them inside the chopping chamber until complete and fine shredding is achieved. In addition - when shredding large windrows or large-size prunings - the collecting tines act themselves as fixed blades. The optional collecting teeth (3) are essential to guide all branches into the casing. The helical tool arrangement (1) improves suction of all material into the rotor. All this contributes to a fast, complete and high-quality shredding action.

How to cope with stony working conditions

These over-ground shredders shred vineyard and orchard prunings efficiently, also in difficult conditions, such as on bare soil. The TRP models are fitted with a pick-up, which carefully rakes all residues to be shredded into the casing, while keeping impurities such as stones out. Its robust design and components also contribute to a superior shredding performance. For very stony grounds, the pick-up can be fitted with collecting tines. The TRP models are available in four widths matching according inter-row spacings: 0.95 m/3’1”, 1.20 m/3’10”, 1.45 m/4’8” and 1.73 m/5’8”.

Reduced wear in stony conditions

In very stony ground, the pick-up can be fitted with collecting tines. It is held off the ground to avoid collecting stones. For a more precise use, the tines are adjustable in height.

The wood crusher

The TRP 175 PRO REV is up to the task in the most challenging waste shredding conditions, ensuring quality shredding in a variety of woody crops, such as from olive, orange, citrus and almond trees, as well as thick residues. Fruit growers thus have the possibility to shred large volumes of residues as well as thick branches at high speed and without damage to the underside of the tractor. The shredder can be mounted at the front or at the rear and can be used as well with reverse drive-station tractors.

A robust tool to shred also large branches

This rotor (457 mm Ø) is unique: equipped with 1.65 kg heavy hammer knives, which are mounted with 25 mm pins, it can reach a speed of 3100 min-1. A special feature are the toothed heavy hammer knife holders that are welded on the rotor tube in a helical arrangement. These holders allow uniform grab of the woody remains and keep them inside the chopping chamber until complete and fine shredding is achieved. In addition - when shredding large windrows or large-size prunings - the toothed holders act themselves as fixed blades. Therefore it is possible to obtain a fine shredding result of large windrows in a single pass at high working speed. Three counter-knives contribute to high-quality work results.

A high capacity tool

The shredder with a large-volume casing is fitted with a hydraulically driven pick-up with adjustable speed, which promotes good collection, even on stony ground and at high speed. The two rear grids made of high strength Domex steel with 60 mm holes, ensure for very fine shredding. The upper sieve is hinge-mounted so it can easily be opened for access to the rotor.

Shredding of exceptional quality

The shredded material must be uniform in size for optimal boiler supply. A rotor with eight rows of heavy hammer knives working at high speed and a shredding box equipped with four counter blades contribute to a high shredding performance of both TRP CV and TRP RT series.

Optimized Shredding Casing

To work in vineyards and orchards, the casing is fitted with two counter-blades. Combined with the heavy hammer knives fitted to the rotor, they are especially efficient in reshredding grass and vine shoots to avoid any jamming of the transfer wormscrew.