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7/31/2008 4:52:17 PM
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NIKON D3
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This press release has just come in. Care to beat it (if the weather improved...)?
On 31 July 2008, New Holland set a new world record with its latest flagship rotary combine, the CR9090 Elevation. The 591hp/435kW CR9090 Elevation harvested 451.2 tonnes of wheat in an eight hour period with peak rates up to 78t/hr, creating a new World Record recognised by Guinness World Records.
The previous record, set in the UK in 1990, stood at 358.09 tonnes of wheat in eight hours. The CR Elevation harvested 451.2 tonnes in the same time before going on to harvest a total of 569.44 tonnes in 10 hours.
The previous record was achieved using a stripper header, but in addition to the grain, the CR Elevation harvested 387 tonnes of straw giving a total throughput of 1014 tonnes during the 10 hours.
The challenge was undertaken using just one driver, New Holland demonstrator, Rene Heidig, with the machine operating continuously and without refuelling, with the fuel consumption averaging 15.14 l/ha.
Taking place at the farm of Ugo Portmann, a New Holland customer based near Leipzig in central Germany, the record was set under the watchful eyes of local German notary, Peter Lorenz and Kristian Teufel from Guinness World Records.