The Continuous ROC merger represents the symbol of a revolutionary raking system because it’s designed to be work frontally to the tractor of a windrower. It has got a variable working width going from 5,9 m up to 8,35 m thanks to a double hydraulic rocker arm system that allows to change the distance between the two pickups, even during the working phase without the need to stop the machine. This system allows the merger, when the pickups are one next to the other, to download one belt on the right and one belt on the left or both the belts on the right or on the left, whereas when the pickups are separated and far-between, it allows to download the crop between the two elements, or to download one belt on the right and one belt in the middle, or one on the left and one in the middle and finally on both sides. The main difference, compared to traditional rakes, is represented both by the pick up system: the RT 840 M lifts the crop in order then to transport it on a conveyor belt, whereas traditional rakes drag the crop on the ground up to the windrow; and by its own position: in fact, the RT 840 M, unlike the other rakes, can be used on reverse drive or in front of a tractor (only while using it in the field).
These differences lead to:
•less stripping and contamination of the crop, caused by the tractor’s wheels which tread on it. The RT 840 M is the only merger among the RT Series to have the possibility of being hooked in front anticipating in this way the harvest before trading on the product.