It is fair to suggest that Grimme has a firm grip on the potato market. The company now wants to repeat that success in the beet harvester market and has introduced its Rexor 630 to appeal to both contractor buyers and AD plant operators
Just six years ago, the UK’s sugar beet harvester market accounted for 25 machines/year. Such has been the collapse of the crop that UK sales now account for just eight machines in total. Strange, then, that Grimme has pinned its colours to the flagpole with a six-wheel, six-row self-propelled beast costing around half a million quid. Not really, as UK sales manager Barry Baker points out.
“The quota system comes to a close at the end of the 2017 harvesting campaign, and, while there is some uncertainty, we do see a niche market opening up with AD plants, where energy beet can be used to stimulate digesters,” he says. “There is a distinct possibility that acreages might grow again.”
As a root harvesting company the firm also prides itself on dealing direct with its customers when it comes to the specialist nature of sugar beet harvesting.
“It’s very much a one-visit fix when it comes to logistics and support,” comments Mr Baker. “We don’t turn up and look at a machine, and then go away to order parts. We want customer downtime to be at an absolute minimum.”
Beyond the UK, though, the beet sectors are much more buoyant, and with its eyes on a Grimme Rexor 630 sugar beet harvester: It is fair to suggest that Grimme has a firm grip on the potato market. The company now wants to repeat that success in the beet harvester market and has introduced its Rexor 630 to appeal to both contractor buyers and AD plant operators worldwide market prize, Grimme has pulled out all the stops with an ‘all turbines blazing’ approach to develop the Rexor 630. And where the Maxtron’s tracked running gear was less friendly to contractors, the Rexor 620 with its four large wheels was a step in the right direction.
“The 620 is a six-row turbine machine on wheels, so it better suited the requirements of contractors faced with a lot of roadwork,” he says. “But we needed an additional machine in the range, offering extra capacity for the largest contractors.” Hence the 630
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