Record attempt under new conditions
Back in 2010, a CLAAS LEXION achieved a record for harvesting grain maize over a ten-hour period on Steward family land. At that time, the final volume was almost 1,300 t. However, the LEXION 760 has changed quite a lot in recent years. Increased power output, a larger grain tank and a more efficient cooling system made the new record attempt easier than that of 2010. The record-breaking crew also had access to CEMOS AUTOMATIC, a unique and powerful driver assistance system in the LEXION. In addition to adjusting all the threshing settings, the system also uses CRUISE PILOT to determine the ground speed, thereby always ensuring optimum utilisation.
The requirements have also changed. The current Guinness World Record rules stipulate eight and twelve hours for harvesting records. The team decided to target both these records and also therefore broke the existing ten-hour record, almost in passing. This meant that a comparison could be made between 2008 and 2018.