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24-35m³ Zelon Forage Wagon
The Zelon, which offers the unique Continuous Flow System, offers a loading capacity from 24m3 (DIN). Given the increased fuel costs, the Zelon forage wagon is able to gain the significant benefit compared to other harvesting methods. The Continuous Flow System unit enables you to load more tonnage per m3 - with less time and lower running costs.
This entry-level forage wagon is perfect for dairy farms with their own machinery or machinery cooperatives.
● Loading capacity, medium compression 44 - 65 m³ ● Continuous Flow System accelerator drum ● Helical rotor ● 37 double-sided knives ● Power required from 95P
Continous Flow System Due to the interaction of the different components, the Continuous Flow System unit ensures excellent loading performance and a low power requirement. The pick-up, Continuous Flow System roller, rotor and double-cut cutting unit are optimally matched to each other. This results in an excellent cutting quality and power efficient drive, saving time and money. |
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Low power requirement The newly developed pick-up and the Continuous Flow System drum spreads out and disperses the swathe and feeds it over the entire width of the rotor and the cutting unit. The rotor, which is mounted 100mm higher, conveys the pre-wilted green fodder through the shortened conveyor duct into the cargo space, thus saving energy and reducing the power requirement by approx. 10%. |
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Full width filling Thanks to the Continuous Flow System roller spreading the forage over the whole rotor width, the material is loaded into the cargo space over its entire loading space. We measured 10% more weight per cubic meter. The Continuous Flow System gives more weight than the competitors at the same capacity, making the tonnage capacity more important than the cargo space volume. |
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High Performance A better filling spread also affects acreage performance. The areas to be harvested can be cleared quicker and the fodder is moved faster to the clamp. After all, time is money. |
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Optimum adaptation to ground contours Due to the design of the Continuous Flow System drum, the pick-up is at a very shallow angle, such that the pressure exerted on the feed rollers is very low, which enables the pick-up to better adapt to the contours of the ground. Furthermore, the green fodder is continuously and gently picked up due to the V-shaped helical arrangement of the pick-up tines. Tines are always picking up, but the V-shape means not all tines are touching the ground at the same time, preventing power peaks. |
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Protection of drives Due to the homogeneous and continuous flow of material, the Continuous Flow System conveying unit runs very smoothly and consistently, meaning there are hardly any peak loads. And if there are no peak loads, the complete drive unit will be free from excessive forces ensuring a long service life of the conveying unit and therefore of the entire forage wagon. |
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Longer service life of knives As the Continuous Flow System spreads the grass evenly across the chopping rotor there is an even load on each of the knives. This means that knives wear more consistently and the sharpening interval is extended. On machines without a Continuous Flow System system the central knives become blunt and reduce machine performance, this does not happen with a Strautmann Continuous Flow System pick-up. In addition, the knives are designed so that you are able to sharpen or replace only the blades that you need to, rather than all of the knives. |
Conventional conveying unit: The picked-up green fodder is delivered to the rotor without spreading-out effect. The rotor and the cutting unit are partially loaded. |
Continuous Flow System conveying unit: The picked-up green fodder is dispersed by the pick-up and the accelerator drum and fed to the rotor and cutting unit over the entire width. |
● Robust conveyor drum with helically arranged conveyor fins with Hardox tine plates ● Smooth operation, with no peak loads due to the helical rotor design ● One-sided, torsion-free drive of loading rotor due to low-maintenance gearbox ● Wide strippers with Hardox plates.
Distributor drum between the pick-up and rotor. ● Delivers fodder from pick-up to the rotor ensuring low hp requirement ● Even, full-width spread of material due to the helical welded layer, so the entire rotor width is utilised, keeping a minimal and constant load on the machine.
● Picking-up width of 1.8m ● 5 tine rows placed in a V-shape for smooth and even material flow ● Camless pick-up with very few wearing parts and low maintenance, compared to traditional Cam pick-up systems ● Plastic strippers for minimum tine wear.
A new cutting system with a cutting edge on both sides of the re-designed double-sided blade - a 39mm chop-length is reliably guaranteed. The knives have a rapid-trigger protection function, which automatically retracts them from the chop channel if a foreign object is detected.
They then return automatically to their working position, maximising work-rates while minimising damage to the knives. Exact-cut is now standard on all Strautmann forage wagons, from the smaller Zelon through to the Magnon 10.
- 37 knives ‘Exact-Cut’ unit
- 39mm theoretical cutting/chop length
- Tool-free knife change
The Zelon forage wagon can be optioned with the new ‘Flex-Load’ pick-up which has six rows of plastic tines arranged in chevron formation. The pick-up is powered hydraulically for infinitely variable adjustment.
- Less breakage of tines
- Minimised tine wear
- Change of tines in under a minute
- Tines flex to adapt to ground contours
- Gentle pick up for ground protection
- Less contamination of fodder
More information on the flex-load pick-up can be found here.
● Tandem axle assembly ● Spring-loaded tandem axle (40km/h) for optimum driving characteristics and easy towing ● Optional: Tandem steering where the rear axle freely follows the movement of the tractor and wagon. Active steering axle that utilises a second ball-joint on the drawbar which activates the rear axle as the tractor and wagon turns, helping prevent excessive tyre wear.
Electro-hydraulic easy-to-use control. The hydraulic valves are controlled via a control-box which is easy to operate and is mounted next to the tractor driver. Control lights for all vital functions ensure safe operation.
The optional ISOBUS control offers the driver easy operation without having to familiarise themselves with a new control box. Of course, the ISO suitability also creates the option of operation via existing terminals on the premises or on the tractor. Thus, interesting advantages of the valuable control terminals can be transferred to the machine use.
● Centralised grease lubrication system for all lubrication points on the vehicle.
● Easy cutting cut due to optimum geometry between the cutting knives and rotor ● Knife protection without use of tools ● Turn-able knives due to double-sided blade for longer sharpening intervals and better cutting quality ● Individual knife protection with knife quick-change system ● 37 knives, on one level for a cutting/chop length of 39mm ● In case of shortened knives, readjustment of the entire knife bar via upper link ● Hydraulic extending and retracting of the entire knife bar.
Strautmann knife protection - in-work | Strautmann knife protection - safety break-back |
Instead of the knife being pressured into the rotor, the knife is set up with a cam clutch tyre system. The spot-on triggering, without the spring counter tension, means a foreign object will trigger the knife to roll out of the work position, thus only blunting or damaging one point on the blade. A conventional knife protection will cause the foreign object to travel the entire length of the blade before releasing it, blunting or braking a large portion of the blade.
● Divided transport floor with 4 transport floor chains ● Hydraulic transport floor drive with two 10 mm high-strength chains and handy U-shaped steel sections ● Breaking load of 13 t per chain ● Automatic transport floor chain tightening ● Optional 2-stage feed motor ● Standard bumper buffer
Solid tailgate
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Effective dosing drums
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Robust drive
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Short-cut Zelon Forage Wagon Continuous Flow System 250 / 290 / 360 (DO) |
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Technical data |
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Model |
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Zelon 250 |
Zelon 290 |
Zelon 360 |
Dimensions |
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Length (without/with dosing unit) m |
m |
7,79 |
8,59/9,33 |
9,99/10,73 |
Width, Chassis 13t, tyres 620/40 R22.5 (Chassis 16t, tyres 710/40 R22.5) m |
m |
2,71 (2,8) |
2,71 (2,8) |
2,71 (2,8) |
Height with silage extension, Chassis 13t, tyres 620/40 R22.5 (Chassis 16t, tyres 710/40 R22.5) m |
m |
3,65 (3,75) |
3,65 (3,75) |
3,65 (3,75) |
Loading capacity according to DIN 11741 |
m3 |
24 |
28 |
35 |
Loading capacity, medium compression |
m3 |
44 |
51 |
65 |
Gross vehicle weight rating |
kg |
15,000 |
15,000 |
15,000 |
Dead weight, standard equipment |
kg |
5,600 |
5,900 |
7,000 |
with dosing unit |
kg |
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6,500 |
7,600 |
Power required from |
KW/HP |
70/95 |
77/105 |
88/120 |
Dimensions of tyres |
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560/45 R 22.5 |
560/45 R 22.5 |
560/45 R 22.5 |
Please click here to visit the Zero Grazing Upgrade page for the full upgrade information for the Zelon.
Rachel and Joe Horler, Somerset
A move to DIY silage-making using a forage wagon has helped one organic Somerset dairy get milk from forage up over the 5000-litre mark.
Proving that point, Somerset producers Rachel and Joe Horler have this year breached the 5000-litre barrier for milk from forage, taking the average yield from their 85 Holstein Friesian, Jersey and cross-bred cows to 7800-litres/year.
“We’re on a liquid organic contract with Coombe Farm and so our main driver has to be volume, but to do that we have to concentrate very hard on making sure our cows are as well fed as possible,” explains Mrs Horler.