Swadro 800/26 Krone Swadro 800/26 Specifications & Technical Data (2005—2016)

One can count on

In order for work to run smoothly in the field, competent preliminary construction work must have been performed. High quality, excellent workmanship and innovative details are characteristic for all KRONE products. Of course, this is also true for the Swadro model rotary rakes – the name synonymous for performance and smooth output.

Clean Operation

Absolutely clean. Nothing is left behind on the ground, not even in heavy silage. A pin/hole setting system adjusts rotor tilt on either side of the rotor.

Running Gear Importance

It starts with the running gear: The larger the rotor diameter the more important the running gear becomes. For clean raking, the tines must travel across the entire working width at a uniform height above the ground. Ground unevenness or ridges may cause forage contamination, which in turn can lead to a severe deterioration in silage quality. For this reason, KRONE offers balanced tandem axles as standard equipment on its range of single rotor rotary rakes. For a much improved contour following, a front support wheel is available as optional equipment.

Flexible and Agile

Flexible and agile. This rake does a clean job. With a steering angle of 20°, the corners are also covered as the following rotor will not miss anything, forming perfect windrows even in the corners. This is a key advantage, because KRONE Swadro single rotor rakes are often utilized in small, winding fields.

Maneuverability

Exclusive: The patented tracking system steers the KRONE rakes through the tightest turns. A swing combined with accumulator arms implements a steering angle of about 20° for excellent maneuverability and large lift-out height.

Automatic Lifting

Comfortable and automatic: the machine is lifted for transport. For this purpose, the shock-absorbers come to a stop and secure the rotor in the center position behind the headstock. No securing the rake by hand is necessary.

Hydraulic Lifting

Aiming high: the lifting of the rotor is done hydraulically. The construction of the tandem running gear and the lifting cylinder linkage means a high ground clearance of around 600 mm (2') – ideal for driving over already deposited windrows.

Swadro 700, 800/26, 900

In order for work to run smoothly in the field, competent design and build quality must be right from the start. With KRONE, you can rest assured that you will always have to hand first-rate machinery, the technology of which is impressive. This is also true for the KRONE center delivery rakes with working widths of 6.80 to 8.80 m (22'4" to 28'11"). They are easy to service and maintain, work-hungry, yet gentle on both forage and swath.

Gentle and Efficient

A center delivery rake provides advantages where forage quality is concerned. It operates in a very clean fashion because the forage is handled from both sides only across one rotor width. The box-shaped, extremely uniform windrows are ideal for feeding into following harvesting machinery. With a center delivery rake, one can drive fast and achieve a large raked area. The Swadro 900 with its big diameter rotors and 13 tine arms on each is a high output machine easily attaining work-rates of approximately 8.5 hectares (21 acres) per hour. The Swadro 700, 800, and 900 are highly impressive with their simple operation, very good driving and tracking properties, and their compact, clearly arranged design.

The KRONE Jet Effect

Clean landing, clean start! The trailing rotor linkage, combined with the cardanic suspension, makes perfect sense: as when the rotor is lowered, the rear wheels of the tridem axle touch the ground first and then the front wheels – when lifting this occurs in the reverse order. This is why the tines are unable to drop into the ground, damaging the windrow or contaminating the forage during the lowering and lifting process. This KRONE solution guarantees high quality forage.

Professional Machinery

Using professional machinery is a must if you seek high-quality forage. Contractors and large-scale farmers not only look for large area outputs without losses but also for a high quality of work, which is a critical factor in the profit equation. The KRONE rotary rake models Swadro 700, 800/26, and 900 feature a high number of clever details that cater for exactly these requirements – cardanic rotor attachment, tridem axles, four reinforced 10.5 mm (0.4") diameter double tines on each arm, and cranks adjusting the rotors to accurate work depths.

Rigid Arms

Rigid arms. All rotors on the Swadro 700 and 800/26 center-delivery models are also available with rigid tine arms – an intriguing option if machine height is not an issue.

SWADRO 710/26 T The Variable Side Delivery Rakes

The KRONE 710/26 T twin-rotor side delivery rake with 13 tine arms not only offers excellent value for money but excellent quality of work. Swadro 710/26 T forms single and double windrows as well as two narrow windrows. Naturally, it offers a hydraulic system that adjusts the main frame to set the work width and thus windrow width.

Adjusting Rotor Tilt

Adjusting rotor tilt: clean forage movement without loss must be ensured even in the heaviest of forage. The transverse slope of the rotor can easily be adjusted via a spindle so that each rotor works cleanly because as the crop is transferred in the direction of the swath curtain, the tines have to move more mass.

Ingenious Solution

Ingenious solution: A cardanic linkage of the front rotor via a float position on the hydraulic cylinder integrated in the drawbar and for the rear rotor via an elongated hole on the rotor suspension. The impressive result: a large pendulum travel for the best rotor following.

Cardanic Rotor Suspension

The cardanic rotor suspension: this is raking technology at its finest. The cardanic suspension of the rotors ensures that the rotors always optimally follow the ground conditions, both side to side and front to back. The KRONE Swadros pick up all the crop in a clean and tidy manner every time, whether in hilly or rolling terrain, leaving nothing behind.

Front Support Wheels

Front support wheels for perfect rotor guidance in combination with the cardanic linkage: they are trailing, adjustable in height, and additionally, depending on the amount of forage, can be moved sideways if necessary.

Ground Clearance

Ground clearance galore: The placement of the main rotor drives next to the support frame enables a quicker and higher lifting of the double tines above the ground. This provides more clearance when driving over already formed windrows.

Rotors Connected in Series

Rotors connected in series: during lifting and lowering, the front rotor is always placed into headland or working position first, followed by the rear. The length of time taken to drop during the lowering operation is adjustable.

Manufactured for High Demands

Manufactured for high demands: the box-section frames of the Swadro 807, 809, and 810 slope to be higher in the center. In this way, there is even more ground clearance when driving over already raked windrows.

Perfect in Heavy Crops

Perfect, also in heavy crops: Each of the large and sealed rotors runs on six castering wheels. An optional electric depth control and pin/hole tilt setting system ensure cleanest rakes and highest productivity.

Adjustable Coil Springs

Adjustable coil springs for rotor suspension: They shift much of the jib and rotor weight to the main frame to ensure positive tracking on the slope as well as light and soft running.

KRONE Swadro 907

The KRONE Swadro 907 is a high-end side delivery rake. Boasting an area output of 8 ha/h (20 acres/h) and 16.00 m (52'6") work widths, this machine gives you the edge in foraging. The leading rotor operates at a higher circumferential speed than the rear unit to the end of forming the most uniform and fluffy windrows. The job gives the lifted rotors a high ground clearance, an important detail when running on raked crop. The rear rotor lifts out with delay to the leading rotor to provide a uniform windrow at the end of a pass. This model features cardan suspension for the rotors, too. The special KRONE Jet Effect translates into clean forage and an undamaged headland.

Swadro 1010 The Side Delivery Rake with Three Rotors

A double windrow of nearly 20.00 metres (65'7") – these are ideal windrow conditions for a high-performance forage harvester. The KRONE Swadro 1010 three-rotor side windrow rake takes this task on completely and convinces with a potential work-rate of up to 10 hectares (24 acres) per hour, making the crop chain even more efficient. Thanks to the wide tracked running gear with steering axle, this large-scale rake is extremely agile and is very easy to maneuver.

Guidance at its Best

Guidance at its best: the combination of tridem running gear and cardanic rotor suspension ensure clean raking, also on uneven ground. The following front wheels, connected via a track rod, follow round even the tightest of curves.

Perfect Alignment

With rotors that are perfectly aligned with each other: in order to create a clean side windrow, on a working width of 9.70 m (31'10"), everything must be right. For this reason, the Swadro 1010 has different rotor diameters with different speeds. The front rotor is equipped with 10, yet the center and rear rotors are each equipped with 13 tine arms. The front and center rotors have higher peripheral speeds, and this results in a better flow of forage. The slowly rotating rear rotor is equipped with 5 double tines per arm because it must move more volume of grass and is responsible for the shape of the windrow.

Matched Working Width

In perfect alignment with each other with a matched working width of 9.70 m (31'10"): no forage is run into the ground as the tractor pulling the Swadro 1010 runs nicely in the wheel tracks of the KRONE BIG M high-performance mower-conditioner.

Magnificent Windrow

The windrow is magnificent: with the Swadro 1400, the peripheral speed of the front rotor is higher than that of the rear rotor and this optimal matching of two rotor speeds is a KRONE innovation, the result of which is a perfectly even, box-shaped, loosely made windrow.

Professional Use

For professional use: with 13 tine arms per rotor, four double tines per arm, ground-covering tridem axles, and the cardanic rotor linkage ensure an optimal ground alignment in all directions.

Clearance Galore

Clearance galore: the linkage of the suspension arms coupled with the horizontal position of the main frame enable additional lifting power and thanks to a sequenced actuation, the front rotors are always lifted or lowered first.

Work Width Flexibility

11 m - 13.5 m (36'1" to 44'4") work widths: The system gives you the flexibility you need to operate in varying conditions and to different requirements. You can vary window widths from about 1.40 m to 2.20 m (4'7"- 7'3") by adjusting the rear rotors. The working width of the front and rear rotors is set hydraulically via telescoping arms. As these also reposition the right-angle gearboxes that drive the front rotors via driveshafts, the system ensures optimum overlapping of the telescoping arms.

Unique KRONE Design

A unique KRONE design – the four leading rotors feature 13 tine arms that spin at higher speeds than the following rotors, each boasting 15 tine arms. It is this difference in rotor speed (3,300 mm (10'10") rotor diameters) that leads to cleanest rakes and fluffy windrows.

Perfect Control

Perfect control. The tridem axles account for clean forage, because the wheels run closely behind the inner tines and provide optimum ground following. The castering wheels follow every bend and protect the turf.

Perfect Support

Perfect support: The swinging arms run on unsteered 15.0/55-17/10 wheels, which mount on the ends of the arms and swing up for transport. The arms swing in to rest on the main beam and lock into position.

How You Do It

First, lift the rotors to headland position. Then retract the two rotor arms at the rear. At the same time, the two leading beams with the front and central rotors swing in as well. All action is synchronized by the sliding carriage on the main beam, an ideal system for slope operation. Extra guidance and stability come from the unsteered wheels on the ends of the arms. The wheels swing up for the swinging arms to rest on them along the side of the main beam. As a last step, the rotors fold into vertical position and the machine is ready for safe and compact road travel.

Double-Pivot Steering

Double-pivot steering on the transport running gear allows for wide steering angles and therefore excellent tracking. It makes the combination very nimble and also offers high stability on the slope.

Anti-Tine-Loss System

An anti-tine-loss system is available for all KRONE rotor rakes. The system traps the tine when it breaks, so that it is not lost in the windrow, where it will cause further damage in the following harvester.

Easy Adjustment

Easy adjustment: the final adjustment of the working height of the rotor is infinitely adjustable. This is being done quickly and easily from the tractor seat by means of a crank handle. The result is clean crop transfer without anything left behind.

Optimal Windrow Width

Always the optimal windrow width: the adjustment of the swath curtain is simple. Depending not only on the heaviness of the crop, but also on the desired windrow width, the swath curtain can easily be extended or retracted via a telescopic link arm.

Road Safety

Safe on the road: high traffic volumes and faster tractor speeds make high demands on mounted machinery with regard to traffic safety. KRONE rakes meet these demands fully. With folded tine arms and a fold-away swath curtain, Swadro single rotor rakes are quite compact and can be converted for road transport quickly and safely.

Practical Design

Practical: a large over-dimensioned tension spring eases the lifting of the swath curtain up into the transport position. Simultaneously, the rotor is prevented from turning by a locking strap. This ensures the low transport width with its laterally folded tine arms is maintained.

Transport Efficiency

Easy as pie – wide in the field, narrow on the road: the outer tine arms are folded in for road transport. This is done quickly and easily – effortlessly.

Power and Load Management

The output of a single-rotor rake is not limited by lack of pto power but by the fact that the machine takes too much load off the tractor’s front axle as it is raised out of work. The answer to this problem is Swadro 38 T, 42 T and 46 T. These trailed models suit small and light tractors and applications in sloping fields. They stand out for low tractor power input and easy attachment and removal – either via floating or linkage drawbar.

Narrow Transport Width

Narrow transport width: The tine arms on the sides of Swadro 46 T fold up easily to provide a compact transport width and safe travel.

Optimized Depth Control

Optimized depth control – all Swadro 700, 800/26 and 900 rotors have cranks that allow setting their depth variably and conveniently. Accurate depth control is essential to achieve clean rakes without losses.

Hydraulic Functionality

These will tackle any job: Over-dimensioned, single-acting hydraulic cylinders fold the rotors into the headland or transport position. Coil springs are used on Swadro 800/26 and 900 to reduce the ground pressure on the gauge wheels.

Simple Operation

Straightforward system. One single-acting spool will do to operate a Swadro 700, 800/26 and 900. The Swadro 800/26 and 900 models have a valve that is operated from this handle to select one or both rotors.

Flexible Work Widths

Flexible work and windrow widths. Work width on Swadro 800/26 and 900 models is adjusted mechanically, and the rotors move in/out as you operate a mechanical crank. A hydraulic work width control system is available as an option.

Safe Road Travel

Wide in the field and low on the road – folding tine arms are always a safe bet in areas where road travel involves passing under low bridges and gateways. The arms fold quickly and easily.

Cab Control

Cab based control – electric servomotors control machine depth on the go, giving you a superior command of the machine and clean, loss-free rakes.

Convenient Control Box

Convenient – the electric control box on Swadro 700 Plus, 800/26 Plus and 900 Plus serves two purposes: it controls the depth via electric motors and it preselects the left or right rotor for separate lift-out.

Manual Adjustment

Manual – Swadro 700 Plus uses a crank on its telescopic arms to adjust the working width. The system allows you to select the desired working width and set the ideal windrow widths for the following harvester.

Variable Widths

Variable widths – Swadro 800/26 Plus and 900 Plus feature double-acting rams that adjust work and windrow widths infinitely variably and form windrows of ideal sizes for the following harvester, boosting harvester efficiency and cutting the overall costs of the harvest chain. On the headland, the operator quickly raises the rotors from the tractor seat. The rotors lift out high, giving plenty of ground clearance to travel over massive windows. Using only one rotor? No problem! It’s easy for Swadro. After all, this is often necessary in low yielding crops, awkward fields and when raking along boundaries.

Safe Connection

For a safe connection to the pick-up hitch or to the tractor’s trailer eye: the drawbar can be adjusted in height with the hitch being controlled via a parallelogram linkage. The hydraulic cylinder on the hitch keeps the front rotor level during mounting and lifting.

Single Windrowing

In position for single windrowing towards the right: ideal for harvesting machinery with large intake capacity and in light yielding crops.

Hydraulic Pivoting

Rear rotor over to the left – rear rotor over to the right: this is done quickly and easily with the hydraulic pivoting cylinder from the tractor seat. The working width during single windrowing can also be varied via this cylinder.

Versatile Swadro 710 T

Reasons for choosing Swadro 710 T with 26 tine arms: It is versatile. The working width is variable for single windrowing. Furthermore, two individual, small windrows may be left during one operation, which is ideal for tidying up at night, or for following harvesting machinery with a low output capacity. Experts report that the 710 T makes possible, extremely accurate front to back raking. Also lauded are the compact transport dimensions, the easy assembly and disassembly, but also the lack of any need to convert from work to the transport position.

Comfortable Operation

Perfect – raking to the right: since the operating controls are also grouped on the right side of the tractor cab, these rakes provide the highest degree of driver comfort.

Hydraulic Adjustment

Comfortable: the hydraulic swath curtain adjustment for the rear rotor. The adjustment for differing windrow widths is done from the tractor seat. For road transport, the curtain is retracted hydraulically.

Large Working Width

Depending on the desired windrow width, the working width when driving to and fro is up to 15.00 m (49'3"). This results in a large enough windrow to satisfy even the most high capacity of harvesters, even in the 3rd and 4th cut.

Hydraulic Crop Deflector

From the tractor seat: The left rotor features a hydraulic crop deflector setting system, which moves the deflector into a low transport position and adjusts it to different crops and yields.

Low Transport Height

Low transport height for safe travelling on public roads: The outer tine arms on Swadro 907 fold up fast and easily. With tines in their fold-up position, the rake passes easily under bridges and passageways.

Immediate Adjustment

Contaminated forage? No thank you! Changing application conditions often require immediate adjustment of the working height. This can be done while driving via the weatherproof electric actuators, which can be adjusted by the driver via an electronic control box.

Optional Specification

The drawbar on Swadro 1400 features a ball hitch and hydraulic height adjustment. Tractor attachment and removal is easy. No link arms required. No jolting. All operation is safe and absolutely comfortable.

Spring Compensation

Spring compensation: tension springs displace a large part of the weight of the front telescopic arms and rotors back onto the main frame. This prevents the rotors from sinking in on moist ground and ensures that the rake follows in the tractor tracks in hillside situations.

Premium Electronic Control

Premium-level electronic control – the ISOBUS compatible board computer allows operators to use their preferred KRONE operator terminal – Alpha (only for Swadro 1400), Gamma or CCI – or an ISOBUS compatible tractor terminal.

Alpha Terminal

The Alpha terminal for Swadro 1400 is used to control work depth and width as well as the width of the windrow. Simply press a button to raise and lower one rotor or both rotors sequentially. Swadro 1400 is compatible with the tractor’s load sensing system.

Gamma Terminal

The Gamma terminal with a backlit digital display screen provides an excellent overview of all machine functions and allows Swadro 1400 Plus operators to have all rotors automatically adjusted to a programmed height.

Terminal CCI 100

CCI-ISOBUS is one control box for all. This terminal comprises not only all Alpha and Gamma functions but provides universal control on the ISOBUS machines from a large number of manufacturers.

Swath Deflector

The swath deflector in the middle is an option. It helps forming perfect windrows, also when raking with one rotor raised out of work. The deflector curtain folds automatically into transport position to provide good ground clearance.

Electric Comfort Control

Electric Comfort rotor height control. Select from the cab the depth for the first rotor. After that, the servomotors set the remaining rotors automatically to identical depths.

Transport Position Control

Move the rotors in transport position from the tractor seat. The hydraulic height control system lowers the axle to a less than 4.00 m (13'2") transport height, so that Swadro 1400 Plus has no requirement for folding the tine arms. The tine arms are rigid on this model.

Quick Transport Setup

Lowering the transport height to less than 4.00 m (13'2"), the hydraulic axle quickly converts Swadro 1400 for road travel, saving time and boosting operator comfort.

Convenient Depth Adjustment

Convenient – electric motors adjust the working depth, either on each rotor separately or automatically one after the other. The function is carried out from the tractor seat for quick adaptation to current conditions.

Hydraulic Work Width Control

Hydraulic windrow width control allows operators to telescope the two rear rotors in or out to vary the distance between them and match window widths to the capacity of the following harvester and boost efficiency and profitability.

Gigantic in Work – Compact in Transport

Gigantic in work – compact in transport: Working at widths of up to 19.00 m (62'4") and folding into a narrow transport width of 3.00 m (9'10"), Swadro 2000 is an impressive performer both in the field and on the road. Featuring six rotors, this machine is a new symbol of efficiency. Swadro 2000 caters for a wide range of applications including large-scale farms and contract work, which involves frequent travelling between sites and therefore frequent changeovers. For that reason, Swadro 2000 features tine arms that do not require folding. In addition, it provides for in-cab control of the entire changeover process.

Optional Functions

Anything is possible. Swadro 2000 offers a range of optional functions: lift/lower only one rotor or one after the other or all rotors at the same time. Sequence control functions make headland turns a piece of cake. All rotors swing up 90° into transport position.

Hydraulic Carriages

In 'sync' – the swinging arms are linked to the main beam via hydraulic carriages. The system not only adjusts the working width but also swings the rotors in transport and work position.

Comfort Height Control

Comfort height control: The electric control unit has a digital display screen, where the operator sets working and windrow widths and all rotors to a preset level.

User-Friendly Control Unit

The easy-to-use control unit operates all major functions – work width, rotor lift/lower via customizable sequence control and operates the individual rotors.

Big Tires

On big tires: the Swadro single rotary rake is optimally equipped with its 16 x 6.50, 6 ply super balloon tires. These tires offer excellent running and soft treading to protect the turf.

Tandem Axle

This one balances out: the Swadro single rotary rakes have a tandem axle as standard equipment with the wheels mounted as close to the rotating tines as possible. This guarantees the best contour following and cleanest raking on uneven ground.

Guided Support Wheel

Perfectly guided: an additional, height adjustable castor support wheel is available as an option so that when fitted the rotor is aligned even better to the ground contours especially on undulating ground.

Controlled Guidance

Optimally controlled: different top link pin positions ensure the optimum guidance of the rotor under any condition. When utilising the front support wheel the elongated hole is chosen for the top link for additional float potential.

Damped Action

Damped is better: shock-absorbing link rods ensure a smooth trailing action under all conditions, in curves, at high speeds, as well as when raking downhill.

Height Adjustment

Everything is picked up: the adjustment of the working height is simple and is done via extendable, adjustable supports where a simple pin and clip is slipped into a series of holes.

Tandem Axle with Large Tires

The tandem axle with large dimensioned 18" super balloon tires as standard equipment: Even in heavy forage crops everything is picked up, the transverse rotor angle can also be fine-tuned via a spindle.

Best Raking Results

For the best results when raking in all conditions: the optional front support wheel. It trails – which is ideal for tight curves. The working height can be easily adjusted with a pin adjustment in a hole segment.

Single Axled Undercarriage

A single axled undercarriage for the Swadro 700 with 18 x 8.50 – 8/6 PR-RT tires comes as standard equipment: the large tires of the extra wide axle run closely to the working tines, which is ideal for clean raking.

Wide Track

Wide track: the tridem axle is gentle on the swath and makes for clean forage. The front wheels are castor-steered and connected to a track rod. This results in smooth running whereas the fixed rear wheels stabilize the driving behavior on slopes.

Tandem Axle Layout

With tandem axle: a broad layout with 18" tires for optimum contour following. For the best possible slope stability, the front tires are each positioned in the farthest outer position. Adjustment of the working height is carried out via adjustable supports that are positioned with pins up a series of holes.

Agile Maneuverability

Agile through and through: the Swadro 807, 809 and 810 rake up everything due to their high maneuverability, even in restricted areas. With a wide wheel track on the running gear and a steering axle, they can master any corner.

Optimal Equipment

Optimally equipped: the large 10.0/75-15.3 8 PR tires and track-following linkage ensure absolutely smooth and stable travelling – an advantage when working on slopes or at high driving speeds.

Steering Rear Axle

A rear axle that steers: for an optimal tracking behaviour and excellent agility. The over-sized running gear with large 15.0/55-17/10 PR implement tires stands for safety and is gentle on the turf.

Drawbar Features

Jammed on the drawbar? This won’t happen with the parallelogram controlled, height adjustable drawbar for the tractor drawbar or pick-up hitch. The hydraulic ram on the drawbar levels the rotor during lift and lowering.

Frame Robustness

It holds up: the main frame with its box-section profile is robustly designed to withstand huge stresses. This provides a safety margin when driving at high speeds on poor quality roads and while working under difficult conditions.

Gearbox Access

Direct and frictional: All gearboxes and shafts mount outside the beams for easy access. The rotors are protected by star ratchets and the drivelines by standard overrunning clutches.

Load-Bearing Capacity

High load-bearing: in conditions of higher than usual operational stresses are not always ideal. For this reason the Swadro 1400 has a very robust frame, thereby completely meeting the high requirements found in practice.

Driveline Features

Powerful driveline – the gearboxes mount far out on the wings for driveshafts to run smoothly. Swadro 1400 Plus features heavy-duty driveshafts and the rotors are star ratchet protected.

Machine Viability

Machine viability is vital for contracting businesses. Viability refers to high area outputs, quick conversion, low maintenance, fast road transports, long machine lifetime cycles and of course high operator comfort. The four-rotor center-delivery rake Swadro 1400 Plus was designed for contractors. This machine is fully controlled from the tractor seat to get you to the next field quickly and deliver!

Easy Handling

Swadro 2000 also stands out for easy handling and functionality during changeovers, where automatic sequence control and the high operator comfort reduce operator fatigue and lead to higher daily outputs.

Steering Innovation

Innovative steering: The steering linkage moves hydraulically to the side to enable steering. The hydraulic ram is activated as the rotors lift and lower. It extends to activate steering and retracts to inactivate steering.

Maneuverability

Maneuvering and working in awkward patches is made easy thanks to the hydraulic auxiliary steering system that is integrated in the steering linkage and which allows the operator to actively steer the transport running gear from the tractor seat. This increases the steering angle even further for even tighter turns.

Overrunning Clutch

The Swadro 35, 38, 42 and 46 models can be specified with an optional overrunning clutch for the driveshaft, which is ideal on tractors with pto brake. The clutch protects tractor and machine when shutting off the pto.

Swathing Control

For perfect swathing: the control of the tine arms is performed via large dimensioned, sealed for life cam follower rollers. The contour of the cam track stands for smooth performance and exemplary formed box-shaped windrows.

Innovative Design

Innovative: the tine mounting bearing cases are made of aluminium. This saves weight and still guarantees the highest of rigidity. The large spacing between the grooved ball bearings increases load capabilities – a clear advantage when in heavy crops.

Maintenance-Free Operation

Grease nipples on the gearbox, the cam-track, or on the tine arms? No thank you! KRONE rotary rakes not only provide an optimum of performance, but of course, also where maintenance is concerned, the cam-track, cam follower rollers and the tine arm bearings all operate in an enclosed housing and require no maintenance. The Dura-Max special hardened cam-track, the large cam follower rollers, the extra strong tubular tine arms and their bearings in aluminium housings are built to withstand the highest of forces in heavy forage and thus increase profitability.

Easy Assembly

Quick and simple: assembly and disassembly of the complete tine arm with bearing and cam follower roller. After removing only two bolts, the complete unit can be pulled out of the rotor. The removal of two hollow roll pins means that the outer end of the arm can also be exchanged.

Clean Sweeps

Cleanest sweeps – up to five double tines on each tine arm give a trailing action for cleanest rakes. Thick-walled arms and up to 10.5 mm (0.4") tines plus large-diameter coils combine to guarantee outstanding longevity, flexibility and strength.

Lubrication System

Maintenance-free and continuously lubricated: The Swadro rotors are driven via completely enclosed, liquid grease filled bevel gear drives. This ensures uniform and optimum lubrication, and further lubrication via a grease gun is not necessary.

Long Service Life

The basis for a long service life: The Cat I and II lower link hitch points are solidly designed and the headstock connected via the pendulum suspension. The PTO shaft cannot be damaged by inadvertently lifting the lower link arms.

Robust Design

Robust and well thought out: the lower link mounted headstock has pendulum suspension adjusting ideally to all lateral tractor movements. If the tractor’s lower links arms are lifted inadvertently the PTO shaft cannot be damaged. Robust by design, Swadro 2000 hitches to the tractor's link arm. The flexible cat II/III headstock compensates for any humps and bumps while the strong stand provides uncompromised stability. Holders are provided for tidy storage of driveshaft and supply lines.