New Ploeger CM4240 self-propelled merger / swather | Raking Grass Silage Reinvented

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Excellent video sir! Nice machine! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!!!

[@AhTechus]

Agriculture technology has so much potential. Excited to see what’s next

[@goliathprojects7354]

I have no idea how big your farm has to be for you to say "Yes, I need a self-propelled *everything* "

[@correctcut3002]

Just need a self propelled Tedder yet...

[@bluebutterfly6394]

I need a self propelled tractor

[@whiterazer1]

For all the people comparing this with the Krone big M: That is a mower! This machine is designed in such as way that the action all happens in front of the vehicle, offering a lot more control and precision as compared to a pulled rake. Furthermore it is very flexible as it can put the swath down in different positions. On top of that it can make very clean swaths, because the crop is not dragged across the field, but lifted up and moved on a belt.

[@Skorpychan]

It is, however, a mower that swaths it's own mowings.

[@Omer-ir6hu]

🇹🇷🇹🇷 We are watching fondly Greetings from Turkey

[@shanetrent3242]

I'll bet the smell in the air is incredible.

[@ayseakbaba1392]

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[@JimmyC74]

I bet that cut grass smells amazing!!!

[@FaPlaatsman]

Prachtige video Martijn met een prachtige machine. Hij neem zo mooi elk beetje gras mee als hij de hoekjes even opslaat op de banden. En het is lekker opschieten met 12 meter tegelijk. Bedankt voor het delen en een fijn weekend 💪🏻

[@turtle19g]

Idk much of anything about farming however, if I had this I'd be out all day lol this looks fun

[@TractorCambodia]

Nice machine 👍🤠

[@InfoJatt]

Good

[@marcoscheider2272]

why should someone buy a self-driving swather with 260 hp, when you can just add one to your tractor?

[@patrickverkley323]

If you're big enough, this is a bit more nimble than a tractor mounted or more typically towed merger. Last 5 years there has been a big shift locally to these merger machines for making alfalfa/haylage. Much less crop damage than a rake.

[@cruelroalex6722]

If a big part of your activity revolves around forage, or there's more farmers in your association who are doing it, then this is better.

[@laurier3348]

Ya, but what else could one do if he has too much money ?

[@gkloepper]

Same thing has been said about self propelled mowers... and look at those Krone Big M‘s. I wouldn‘t write this off too quickly, it‘s a pretty smart machine

[@gkloepper]

tnywragge to me the output seems to be huge! Not comparable to tractor pulled mergers or rakes. Only to that Krone six rotor rake maybe, but thats no good in small scale areas. With this one the visibility and manouverability is exceptional plus the ability to shut down the belts in corners while still picking up grass with the pickup is a pretty handy feature.

[@piperdoug428]

I'm developing an add on for traditional swather where a small pickup 8ft can be attached ahead of the cutter bar turning a swather into a merger, whether it's a self propelled or a pull type unit.

[@matthewdowd4686]

This is an incredible video! I’m subbing based solely on the quality of this video. Very well shot, great sound. Fascinated me immediately!! Amazing work sir!! 🤘😎

[@xSCHEF]

He's the king of agriculture machinery on KZbin. Doesn't hurt that the Netherlands provides him with a crazy arsenal of customized machinery, they are on top of the game and masters of maximizing crop yield in such a relatively small country. Hyper modern farming can't think of a single country that has such an extreme approach to the job.

[@AR86608]

Very nice video mate 😃

[@Jorrie86]

This machine would be great value for money if you could unhook the merger and hook up a disc mower of the same size ... One machine doing two tasks

[@Serfalon]

Well from the looks of it, it's based on a Krone Big M Chassis, so It looks like it shouldn't be too big of a deal to exchange the swathers for mowers

[@serba_serbi]

Very nice.. And interesting jobs💪💪👍👍

[@shirleytwsw]

Sweet machine ….agricultural equipment engineering would be a blast designing things like this!

[@thomaspittler6353]

Incredible how far farming has come. We used MF 65 and side delivery rakes 😢

[@NaTech94]

*I'm working on an extension for the conventional swather, allowing for the attachment of a small 8ft pickup ahead of the cutter bar, transforming a swather into a merger, whether it's self-propelled or a pull-type unit*

[@IGotsBadFeeling]

There's something therapeutic about farming machines. Especially at 3:50.

[@VoiceOfJatt]

Amazing video

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video awesome machine

[@Aliagriculturefarm]

very nice amazing grass eraser machine good working !!!!!!!^^^^^^^^!!!!!!!!!

[@rataiii]

i dont know, but maybe add some overshoot protection on the end? or is it ok to have widther grab?

[@VolmerFilm]

Prachtige machine. Iets bekend over capaciteit in hectare per uur met harken?

[@philippredlich5114]

Die Idee dahinter ist nicht schlecht und er hat ne gute Arbeitsbreite und echt schnelle Arbeitsgeschwindigkeit! Aber mit einem Traktor mit Schwader ist man einfach flexibler

[@femanvate]

Next time I get annoyed with the burdens of modern life, I'll remember what human life would be if these machines didn't exist to do the work for us.

[@Nurkz-v2i]

лю

[@ahyanaytekin5294]

ok ko

[@Alex-pd4dk]

Ahhhh good times

[@farmingf8270]

great job good luck👌👍👍👍

[@jamesomahony1771]

It’s a great video, but I’m struggling to see how anyone could justify the cost. It’s 280 hp. I’m guessing that it’s no cheaper than buying a 280 hp tractor and a large conventional rake and you could use the tractor 365 days a year for whatever else you needed. This has a, maybe, 4 month use window doing solely one job. And I’d hate to imagine the resale value given there would be so few users for a machine this size. Love to drive one though!

[@jeanrunkle1059]

This needs to be put in farming simulator 19

[@d.8683]

@@amazingtalk1044 no

[@berryhaddeman]

I think that is a far better looking machine than the oxbow model and appears to outperform it as well. Great job . Gaaf video 🚜👍😊.

[@austinkalgren4533]

Have to remember the markets, this is a European company, Oxbo is a mostly US company.

[@pavelkubes1]

Great maschine,very nice video.

[@branonjohnson9337]

Another million dollar machine that is parked for 51 weeks outta the year... Hard to justify that kinda cash on a machine that only does one thing. Especially when that one thing is raking. Other then that it's super cool

[@kendal5210]

Branon Johnson they probably do a lot of contracting to be fair

[@kendal5210]

Branon Johnson or it’s leased/demoed

[@d.8683]

@@amazingtalk1044 no

[@raphoostvogels5712]

milloin dollar😂😂😂

[@AltijdMatthijs]

*Euro*

[@lovejcdc]

Wow what a great machine! I think that is a far better looking machine than the oxbow model and appears to outperform it as well. It almost looks like a KRONE Big M lol which is awesome. Great job with this build.

[@ryanlawrence8305]

That’s one expensive rake you got there!!

[@zggtf211]

What are the disk looking devices at the bottom? They look like mowing disks. Are they like wheels for the header?

[@InfoJatt]

Wow

[@ユイタ]

スケールがデカイ😱😱😱😱😱 かっこいいなぁ!!

[@yohannbalcou1926]

Woua, you have always very great machine, good working ,super vidéos everytimes .you are great man !💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@cgmillington]

Looks ideal for grass clippings on the flat, what's it like on a slope with a heavy crop?

[@InfoJatt]

Wow

[@joshuabarteaux1449]

The concept is there but why bother making a whole self propelled unit when it could easily be redisigned as a header to be installed on a self propelled swather. That way it would be way more cost effective and most large farms already have swather. It's pretty much a draper header with the real and knife removed and a baler style pickup installed.

[@johnhanna9430]

She's good at making lumps

[@DJ.XU.666.RADIOWEB]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@sarah-nm6dt]

Expensive rake

[@surlyogre1476]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. a very high-tech, and hugely expensive replacement for a simple windrower on your three-point hitch. Mooi video, though. Thanks, Tractorspotter.

[@gkloepper]

Surly Ogre but also much much quicker and more gentle than a simple rake! I‘m pretty excited to see how those will perform on the market!

[@Ravenlord79]

Everything is expensive if have no money. But cowfarmers have lot of money.

[@d.8683]

@@amazingtalk1044 no

[@greenmountainfarmer3164]

@@Ravenlord79 no cow farmer dont have a lot of money where did you get your information the market is so flooded with milk

[@morrisdemicheli9069]

è UN MOSTRO DI MACCHINA AGRICOLA

[@Pawlito37]

Ploeger DLC for fs19 would be great

[@AgryVideo]

Very nice Thank you

[@correctcut3002]

Impressive...this machine is capable of producing some pretty massive windrows! Looks like 78ft spacing in this video as he's doing 39ft each pass into two... imagine if you had a really light crop and needed to get it off quick before a rain storm or something, you could theoretically combine 4 passes into 1, leaving behind 156ft spaced windrows lol

[@leosypher9993]

Wow, it that thing can move hay! But what's the leaf loss like? Not bad? As good or better than a rotary rake?

[@georgetomlinson9922]

SilverStone better less crop damage as well

[@morrisdemicheli9069]

bello e utile in al cuni casi se non puoi usare il ranghinatore

[@ArchersView]

Wow great great video!! A Very interesting piece of machinery!! Could this become more commonly used in the future??

[@danishtimelapse62]

I’m sorry to say but a tractor and a windrower in the same size is a lot cheaper then this set-up so I don’t think so

[@patrickverkley323]

These mergers are becoming very popular here in Ontario Canada. With all the alfalfa that is grown for dairy, these mergers are much more gentle on the crop than a rake is. This also kicks up less stones which saves on harvester repairs. However most of the mergers locally are all trailed units, being pulled by tractors.

[@gkloepper]

Danish Timelapse i don‘t think so! From what this looks like you would need two big windrowers to be as productive as one of these because it can go much quicker and is easier to handle because of the Pickup being in frint of the vehicle and the rear steering axle. Plus it is better for forage quality

[@danishtimelapse62]

@@gkloepper A windrower is much cheaper, can't be discussed. Yes the belts are more handy but if you buy one of these you have a belt standing on a what looks like a pretty pricey machine in the winter there just is in the shead. A tractor can you use to diffrent things and make you the moneys during the winter. Let's make perspektive: You got a machine to 200.000€ like this belt windrower there's doing nothing in the winter. Another farmer got a new tractor to 150.000€ a plow and a windrower to all in all 200.000 that means this farmer now can plow for people but you only have the windrower to 200.000€ so you have to raise the price to keep your moneys save. Then people start to leave you cause your to pricey and go to the farmer because he earned a lot of moneys from the plowing and now got the moneys to lower the windrower prices so he get more klients Hope you understand or i'll see if i can simplify it lol

[@TYSuggested]

Nice video. I imagine you need to do a lot of forage work to justify buying/leasing one of these though! Can't be cheap and probably not that much more efficient than a tractor with a widrower.

[@thechickenmaster6543]

Well most agricultural business in the netherlands is gras/hay related so when you own a company that leases this equipment with the people to drive it it could be a very profitable business seeying as this machine looks very nimble and not to mention has a big pickup area

[@nielsrooiman772]

Contractors

[@Cheiff117]

Question , the stumps in the field he drove around? why not flatten them ?

[@thewippit2400]

So does it cut as well or just row the cut field?

[@InfoJatt]

Good

[@davidveith1385]

Is it possible to mount a mower instead of a merger?

[@САИД-ц2б]

МОЛОДЦЫ ВОТ ЭТО ТЕХНИКА.

[@jeffkingston5211]

Very very nice Machines

[@vishalchauhan3900]

So Beautiful smart farming I love you

[@آحمدآمينخزعللفته-ت5ن]

شكرا جزيلا لجهودكم على خير و عمل شغل ممتاز جدا أحمد أمين خزعل المشعل السواعد

[@livingatvillage500]

Wow super exclent sir

[@aamerkhazemalabady]

Very very good

[@ВасилийВодилович]

Молодец!!!!Красивая работа!!!!!!👍👍👍👍

[@meditatingmemes4397]

Superb machine bro 😍😍

[@jonasbrock3959]

What's the benefit of a self propelled swather?

[@jo-han]

Greater working width, more efficient, higher working speed, more automation, but a bit more expensive. Once self-driving software is ready its basically just a software update and this can go on its own. Whether that's possible with this version I don't know, but its quite feature ready for it.

[@jonasbrock3959]

@@jo-han the working width isn't greater, there are pulled swathers with working width of nearly 20 meters.

[@jo-han]

@@jonasbrock3959 That could very well be, there are so many systems around :)

[@xSCHEF]

Mainly the quality of the silage material. Never before has there been such a clean way of swathing which will ultimately lead to higher yields.

[@jonathanskeeles6164]

Yeah it would have to be an extreme high volume application, And I wonder how this machine would work with divots/uneven ground in the field. The field looks like it have to be really flat, I'd like to see this machine try the swath our fields. Lol

[@BengkelVlogCemplongan]

Greetings from Indonesia

[@correctcut3002]

What if there was a self propelled chassis like this one that could hook up to anything? One machine that could hook up to mowers, a tedder head, a merger head... the only thing extra you'd need is the chopper as it's a specific machine, and tractor/buggies. Or even self propelled tillage...no more pulling but pushing lol

[@OCDFarming]

Need this in farming sim 19. You should get in touch with Giants and get paid for ppl using this in a video game 👍 would be perfect for mowing around trees and big boulders!

[@brettshields7292]

I need something like this for the rocks/stone on my block!!

[@bakubaku8443]

Why in Holland there is so small amount of electric poles on fields? I saw only high volatage poles on fields, are there small volatage poles? Or electricity is deliverd to houses by cables in the ground?

[@gekkedirkie]

mostly under the ground

[@cruelroalex6722]

Low voltage lines usually follow the roads, like if they're overhead, easier to access, maintain and it can double down as public lighting

[@scoob2569]

like dirk said, our low voltage electric is all underground

[@sanderjansen5632]

@@cruelroalex6722 yes. Nice all those poles. 1 tree that falls and entire city have no electricity

[@petrmikulik9915]

Krásná práce

[@Cr1TiKaLArchive]

Trông chiếc máy thật tuyệt quá

[@santiagoschanzenbach3349]

De donde son?,o sea que país?

[@christiankuppler6643]

Footage made in the Netherlands

[@Populiervogel]

El constructor de maquinas y las imágenes son de Holanda.

[@normie8895]

An amazing machine cutting a grass crop little heavier than a domestic lawn, what an overkill.

[@chazzmccloud36]

Does that machine mow too or is it just for windrowing?

[@nielsrooiman772]

It only merges but it’s owned by a company that has lots big machines and help farms out the farmers ofcourse pay there work

[@sterlinghao1492]

That is an awesome machine

[@samuelremarkable]

Great video, but is there that much of a shortage on hay that they need to cut it when the crop is so short? They need it right away? Seems like a waste of time for such a small yeild.

[@robertfelton8374]

They weren't cutting the hay, it had already been cut, and was laying in the field drying. The machine was putting it in rows to be baled.

[@samuelremarkable]

I can tell that Bob. I can see that it was a windrower. What I don't understand is why they Waco through all that effort for such a small yield. And not wait for the crop to get bigger

[@xSCHEF]

@@samuelremarkable no sand in the silage material means higher milk yields. That's how competitive farming in the Netherlands is honestly. A big contractor will buy one and farmers will flock to him to increase dairy yields. This machine will ultimately be a succes its really obvious to me as a Dutch farmer. Great move by PloegerOxbo

[@samuelremarkable]

@@xSCHEF Awesome. Well it makes sense then. Had no idea it would be any better for the dairy.

[@patrickverkley323]

It's not all just about plant height either. Sometimes when the weather hasn't been favorable there won't be as much biomass but the point in the growth cycle of the harvested crop necessitates cutting in order to ensure the plant cycles again for another cut. Also, while maybe not in the Netherlands, here in Ontario Canada we grow a lot of alfalfa which is high in nutrients for the dairy cow but isn't a super big biomass crop.

[@DVAgra]

Mooie video!

[@АртемКопельман-ц4г]

Отличная техника кто не понимает !!!

[@СергейГраф-й4е]

Я уже успел прочитать в коменте какая она хуевая для руских полей. аргумент-на руских полях железяки,кочки и посреди поля насрано.одно слово ХУЕВАЯ ТЕХНИКА,НЕ ДЛЯ РУСКИХ ПОЛЕЙ.

[@АртемКопельман-ц4г]

@@СергейГраф-й4е Дело не в полях а отношения к земле , порядок должен быть во всём и техника будет ходить долго и надёжно !!!

[@agri_67]

Great Video !

[@tolkuchi]

Безумно красиво, но безумно дорого. Скорее всего.

[@navdeepkang8733]

Amazing machinery Amazing Video

[@fredferrari1818]

nice video

[@thesteelrodent1796]

SIP's idea of putting a merger on the front of a tractor and towing a flexible merger on the back seems far more sensible than a self-propelled machine that can't do anything else

[@JinxLiam]

What are the major benefits to a self propelled merger?

[@xrude7875]

yeah why pay over a $200,000 to do the same job as a $20,000 rake ?

[@buntymodifywheelworks]

Amazing machines

[@sbmixfarming4962]

Very good

[@habichvergessen8511]

Kann das Ding nur Seiten Ablage ?

[@watthederp]

New generation of those really square looking swathers basically, ja?

[@kiwidiesel]

Would be interested to compare operating costs for this vs Claas liner 3000 series 15m swathers?

[@Xlaxsauce]

you'd think it more cost effective to buy one of those big Krone mowers of a similar design with a swather rather separate the 2. Still a cool machine, but costly to buy an expensive self propelled machine that can do such a limited task

[@larsharmsen9353]

We cant because of the wheater the silage needs to dry a bit

[@yuriisyvko768]

I like it!

[@HartzGaming]

Pretty sure oxbow already made one?

[@jerrykinnin7941]

What's the advantages of a merger.

[@Agrifilmer]

Erg mooie video weer!

[@bikinglikebecker]

why don't normal combines have a swather head, or a 3 point hitch swather for a tractor, on the front too with PTO

[@Boodieman72]

Does it de-thatch lawns too?

[@surlyogre1476]

Only if your lawn is big enough.

[@ZKFARM3]

I am use this video and uploade our chanal pleas reply

[@vishalchauhan3900]

Where are you from Sir

[@willemvanbeek4551]

He is from the Netherlands

[@funnypete5731]

I can't see any difference between an pulled merger and this, except for the point that this one needs no tractor and is in front of the driver

[@Bartjebart2]

you don't run over the crop before merging, so less loss of leaves, fewer wheels on the ground, easier to turn. Very expensive nonetheless.

[@flmylit.myoutube7571]

This is my iccperins 2 years ago sir my wark in Saudi Arabia

[@kuhrti1]

i think oxbo built the same thing many years ago……….the oxbo 4334

[@xSCHEF]

@@jeremyhardy7707 Ploeger bought Oxbo. And the 4334 wasn't a belt merger was it? It's patented this year so it has to be new tech.

[@xSCHEF]

@@jeremyhardy7707 apparently the patent concerns the header/belt.

[@ปรียาภัทรคําสุม]

@@jeremyhardy7707 ๅๅยกดขจจภภตถตุตัตัะ