Kverneland 3400 S

Innovations

Kverneland “TTS” (Trailer Transport Solution)

• The plough behaves like a trailer. Turnable cross shaft max. 45° mutual offset during transport.
• Safe: maximum security for anything/anyone around and for the driver. No tilting out when driving in curves.
• Easy conversion from transport to ploughing.
• The Kverneland TTS is an option

Aero-profile legs

• Special design for best soil flow.
• 80 cm leg height to prevent potential blockage in heavy residues, manure, cover crops or when ploughing deeper.
• Robust legs: pre-shaped components limiting weldings.
• Low pulling requirement and hence fuel consumption thanks to low weight hollow legs.

Auto-reset system

• Unrivalled Kverneland mechanical leaf spring system for Non-stop ploughing.
• No Maintenance.
• Legs, plough and tractor lives are protected and lengthened.
• Quality ploughing: legs release independently one from another and come back to the correct position.
• Easy adjustment of releasing forces: unscrew 2 bolts to add or remove springs.

Smart skimmers adjustment

• Unique: central adjustment of skimmers working depth.
• Quick operations: right and left skimmers adjust simultaneously.
• High ploughing performance: the correct adjustment of skimmers contribute to a quality ploughing.
• Disc coulters also available: plain or notched (18”/45cm or 20”/50cm)

Unique frame robustness

Importance of heat treatment

• The frame is an essential part of the plough construction. For Kverneland quality standards, a non heat treated part is a weak part!
• Kverneland frames are heat treated by induction twice. The temperature transfer to the steel is closely monitored. The frame gains 3 times as much strength. This unique Kverneland induction processes provides robustness and flexibility while ensuring an outstanding durability.

Stronger but not heavier

• For the equivalent Kverneland robustness, competitors would use more steel in thickness or in dimensions, therefore producing a heavier frame.
• Heavier frame impacts negatively pulling forces, wearing of parts, lifting capacities, tractor life time, and fuel consumption.

Long lasting

• Weldings are also a critical weakness for a plough frame. Kverneland frames are supplied as one sole part!

Vari-Width® (Variomat) System

Stepless Vari-width® system for infinite adjustments of working width. Kverneland’s world patented system is available either with hydraulic or mechanical furrow adjustments.

Benefits:

• Easy variation of ploughing capacity
• Perfect match at all time between tractor capacity, implement and soil conditions
• Time saving: up to 30% more capacity
• Cost saving: up to 18% reduction in fuel consumption in relation with increased ploughing capacity
• Better work: plough up to the hedges, fences, trees and ditches
• Minimum wear: unique non-wearing linkage joint between the beams and the mainframe section
• Perfect line of pull at all time. Kverneland’s Vari-width offers the correct parallel linkage along the whole plough. Therefore, lower draft requirement, minimum wear and tear.

Plough Bodies

Excellent Ploughing Quality

They are renowned all over the world for their:

• excellent ploughing quality
• outstanding wear resistance
• low draft requirements

Bodies of a unique steel.

Kverneland Technology: 12 hours carburising heat treatment process for:

• optimum wear resistance (sharp as a diamond)
• the necessary flexibility to absorb impacts

Body No. 8 – “Universal body”
for light to heavy soils
good trash burial
easy pulling
Depth: 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12”)
Width: 30 to 55 cm (12 to 22”)

Body No. 9 – “Deep Universal body” 
for heavier soils and deeper ploughing
well turned and packed furrows
easy pulling
Depth: 15 to 35 cm (6 to 14”)
Width: 30 to 55 cm (12 to 22”)

Body No. 28 – “Wide tyre body”
suits all soils; even heavier soils than body 8
very wide empty furrow for tractor wheels up to 710 mm
good turning and well packed
easy pulling
suitable for Depth: 15 to 30 cm ( 6 to 12”)
Width: 30 to 55 cm (12 to 22”)
 
Body No. 30 – “Finger body”
for sticky-stony soil and abrasive soils
good work in heavier soils
best crumbling effect
wide furrow bottom,
Depth: 20 to 35 cm (8 to 14”)
Width: 30 to 55 cm (12 to 22”)

Body No. 34 – Plastic mouldboard
Long and slim shape (similar to body 28)
For soils with high humus content without stones
Advised for tactors with large tyres
Easy pulling
Working depth: 12-35cm
Working width: 30-55cm
Landside / mouldboard: 40 degree

Body No. 38
universal body – easy to pull
for any soil conditions
recommended for tractors with large tyres
from deep to shallow ploughing
perfect turning of the furrow slice
working depth: 12-35 cm
working width: 30-55 cm
landside / mouldboard: 40°

Heat Treatment

Kverneland Heat Treatment Technology:

• more than 140 years of experience
• steels that withstand the toughest of conditions
• best robustness/weight ratio on the market
• for equivalent robustness, competitors would add more steel and therefore more weight, quicker wear, dissappointing ploughing results

Kverneland Steels:

• Benefits from less weight:
  easier to pull/lower fuel consumption/lower lift requirement/reduced wear and stress for the tractor/more economical …
• Benefits from more resistance:
  minimum breakage/less maintenance/lower rotation for wearing parts/time saving/highest 2^nd hand plough value/longer life for the plough/more economical…

Problems always happen when the plough is being used, when the work must be done!

A Kverneland plough is a peace mind!

More info: Kverneland Technology