Available in diesel, electrical and pto models, on wheels or on a frame...
The DS 540 is rated amongst the best in the world. This implement harvests grass, lucerne, beet tops etc, which is suitable for making silage, directly from the land. With the Double Chop action one gets high quality silage. This implement is robust and very sturdily built, with a high output and outstanding features, that none of its overseas competitors have.
This machine has additional wearing and final re-chopping plates, to ensure a finer cut, and to get more material into the trailer. Can harvest wet or dry material and cut grass into a windrow.
Can pick up directly from the swath – handles anything from grass to maize stalks.
SPECIFICATIONS:
| Power requirement | 37 – 70 kW |
| PTO speed | 540 r.p.m |
| Cutting flails | 36 |
| Flail rotor speed | 1655 r.p.m |
| Flywheel diameter | 810 mm |
| Flywheel speed | 1258 r.p.m |
| No of drive belts | 3 |
| No of cutting blades | 6 |
Staalmeester DS 540 (Download brochure .pdf format, 4,24 Mb)
The DS 540 Double Chop forage harvester cutting grass - see the video
The DS 540 Double Chop forage harvester cutting wheat residue - see the video