Tractor mounted stem crop mower - has tipping hopper with inlet port and discharge opening at top in working position

摘要

The mower is partic. for stem crops, and comprises a chassis (1) accommodating a cutting head (2) with knives (21) also a box (3) for the cut vegetation, tipped by a ram etc. between the working and the dumping positions. The box comprises a hopper (31) with an inlet port (312) from a transfer passage (32), and also a discharge opening (311). In the working position, the transfer passage inlet (321) is at the bottom and near the cutting head, and the discharge opening and inlet port are at the top. The cutting head can have hinging knives, and the rams can tip the box about a horizontal axis at right angles to the travel direction and into an upper position to the rear of the machine.