The productivity gain was clear for all to see as an 18 metre Midwest Durus front made a meal of mung beans in a Cecil Plains, Queensland trial run.
Midwest was granted demo time on GD Farming’s mung bean harvest and the results impressed.
GD Farming’s harvester operator, Jim Hesbrook, said the performance compared to the standard 12m front was surprising. “It is much more stable when you are making a turn at the end of a run where it's been hilled up and you go just a little bit too quick, the movement is slow and gentle.”
The Durus is constructed around a single super strength steel hollow section beam and is fitted with two carrier wheels and two control wheels to manage the ground height while airbag, strut and spring suspension dampens movement.
The front was fitted to GD Farming’s John Deere S690.
“We’ve been going 13.5 kilometres an hour which gives you an average of 24.5 hectares an hour,” Mr Hesbrook said.