"Cleaner tedding simply does not exist"
"Cleaner tedding simply does not exist"
Frerk Francksen is a contractor and cattle farmer in Butjadingen. In 1990 he started with 150 milking cows and his farm consists of 200 hectares of arable land as well as 100 bulls for breeding. At his farm, Mr Francksen employs six people as well as two apprentices. As a contractor, he has built himself an excellent reputation by offering high quality contracting operations as well as being reliable and punctual. Due to his beneficial experiences with Lely's arable farming equipment and all positive stories about the Lotus 1020 Profi, Mr Francksen was already convinced into purchasing a Lely Lotus 1020 Profi tedder.
The first feature that the contractor noticed was the gentle crop treatment by the hook tine and the resultant perfect tedding pattern. At the time of the demonstration Mr Francksen drove some circular bouts and even then the Lotus 1020 Profi provided a perfect tedding pattern without forming heaps of grass. So far, he has operated the machine at an exceptionally high output on 600 hectares. "Especially after the second and third cut of grass we could drive much faster", says Mr Francksen. "We even managed an output in excess of 12 ha/h on fields with an average size of 4 hectares without any loss of tedding quality." In spite of its width, the Lotus 1020 Profi with its special Profi drawbar can be very easily manoeuvred in the field as well as during road transport. In addition, tedding round corners in a field is surprisingly simple, because the machine can be lifted hydraulically into the headland position while its rotors keep turning.