With throughput rates of up to 500 tons per hour, Claas’ new Jaguar 1000 Series forage harvester lineup can shred. Four models — the 1080, 1090, 1100 and 1200 — provide horsepower options from 850 to 1,110. The new self-propelled equipment line was built from the ground up.
“We didn’t just tweak the old platform — we reimagined everything,” says Matt Jaynes, product manager at Claas of America. “These machines feature a truly ground-up engineering approach, with wider crop flow, a more intelligent drive system and significant advancements in chop quality and cab comfort.”
Claas engineers worked with North American farmers to design a region-specific self-propelled forage harvester. Complementing its high-throughput capacity, the Jaguar 1000 Series has a wide crop flow channel.
A pre-compression system and four pre-compression rollers create uniform feeding of its 35-inch knife drum, which is wider than previous models, for consistent chop quality and machine efficiency. Growers can fit the knife drum with various knives for a wide range of cutting lengths. A 12.2-inch-diameter roller conditioning system ensures optimal grain and stover processing, even at high throughput rates.
“We asked our customers what they needed, and they told us: more capacity, less downtime, better spout flexibility and less maintenance,” Jaynes says. “This is a system where every component was engineered to work in sync.”
Powering the machine through the field is a transversely mounted 24-liter V12 MAN engine, which provides high torque and reliable power across all harvesting conditions. Intelligent engine load management and all-wheel drive help the harvester adapt in real time to changing field demands.
“With this machine, everything is designed to move more crop, more efficiently, front to back, start to finish. Our belt-driven system keeps losses around 1%, giving operators more usable power where it counts — at the drum,” Jaynes says.
The Jaguar 1000 Series will be showcased at this year’s Farm Progress Show, Aug. 26-28 in Decatur, Ill., at Claas Lot 339. For more information, visit claas.com.