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Pre-series LINER 4800 Alyn Pierce, Holywell, Clwyd
Alyn and Gareth Pierce
Ease of operation, smoothness and its quietness are just some of the stand-out features of the new pre-series LINER 4800 BUSINESS rake for contractors AS & JA Pierce.
“The biggest difference between the LINER 4800 and the LINER 3600 it replaced or our other 3500 is the functionality and how easy it is to set-up the rake to the crop and the field,” explains Gareth Pierce who has mainly operated the LINER 4800. “The BUSINESS specification for me would be a ‘no-brainer’ because it makes it so easy to adjust the rotors or to even just alter the rotors individually. If you make it easy to do then it will be done, but with a handle an operator is not going to fine tune the rake maybe just for five acres.” “The thing that impresses me is the build quality,” adds Alyn Pierce. “The frame is massive compared to the LINER 3500 or 3600 and the new driveline layout and Y-gearboxes have made it noticeably quieter. I also really like the ‘Jet effect’ lowering where the rotors glide down into work with the rear rotors landing first. It’s so smooth compared to the LINER 3500. It’s a big transformation and not nearly as hard on the rake and the tine arms.” Working in fields that at times are only a few acres in size, in good going Gareth reckons to typically cover about 8.0ha an hour and up to 80ha in a day. “The ability to quickly and easily alter the working height and width on LINER 4800 is important. I like the way that you can pre-programme up to four settings and that it automatically remembers the last setting. Where a crop has been cut with a mower conditioner it will sit up better, while many of our customers will mow with a straight mower which often will need to be raked harder. So it’s important to be able to easily fine tune the working height to the crop conditions to achieve a clean rake without any soil contamination.” “Overall I have been really impressed with the LINER 4800 and it’s the ideal size. The BUSINESS spec is really the way forward and I think will be a best seller for CLAAS because it is so flexible and easy to use,” concludes Alyn.
