Multi-tasking with the brand new Case Optum 340 CVXDrive

As tractor energy scores inexorably climb, there’s a want to regulate our perspective on what truly constitutes a multi-purpose tractor, Case has raised the bar to 340hp.

The corporate has come to the conclusion that 340hp is now not the protect of enormous tillage farmers searching for tractors devoted to cultivations, it’s, the corporate feels, now truthful recreation for the final function tractor.

Weighty issues

To this finish the corporate has launched a brand new 340hp flagship mannequin for its Optum vary which maximises the Optum idea of a excessive energy / low weight design that may be ballasted as required.

Regardless of a lot of enhancements, this newest tractor, the Optum 340 CVXDrive isn’t any heavier than the prevailing 300 and 270 fashions, but it surely does present extra energy, productiveness and the flexibility to deal with a variety of duties.

Case means that the Optum 340 CVXDrive is right for top draft and PTO (energy take-off) functions, whether or not they be tillage or grassland oriented with transport additionally being recognised as an everyday job to which it’s nicely suited.

Energy for all seasons

This new mannequin has, the corporate believes, one of many quietest cabs available on the market and is nicely outfitted with digital options, together with 5 years AFS Join superior telematics.

The Optum 340 is focused firmly at giant farmers and agricultural contracting companies which require a tractor with a excessive power-to-weight ratio giving it the flexibility to tackle a variety of duties.

Energy comes courtesy of a 6.7L Stage V FPT engine which includes the Hello-eSCR2 emissions discount system.

Additionally included is Case’s Automated Productiveness Administration (APM) function which optimises the CVXDrive ratio and engine pace to go well with energy output necessities.

Revised drive for Optum 340

Case IH has outfitted the Optum 340 CVXDrive with an upgraded CVXDrive transmission which includes enhancements to the hydrostatic unit and management software program, driveline parts, rear differential and rear PTO.

The corporate has embraced the idea Tractor Implement Administration (TIM), which permits licensed implements to mechanically management particular tractor features.

Though not fitted as normal, the software program may be upgraded to accommodate this function.

The rear linkage can elevate 11,058kg whereas the entrance linkage has a most capability of 6,016kg. The 2-speed entrance and four-speed rear PTOs are in step with this being a multi-purpose tractor.

Peace and quiet within the cab

The cab is claimed to be one of many quietest out there at 66dB(A). It has good all-round visibility and comes with a keyless ignition fob together with an automotive normal of inside trim.

The brand new AFS Imaginative and prescient Professional working system is claimed to allow precision farming performance, tractor techniques and connectivity to match the required working preferences.

The Optum 340 CVXDrive shall be seen in public at varied exhibits throughout Europe over the summer season and autumn.