F441MFixed Chamber Balers
- Low to frequent, versatile use
- High specification build quality
- Multicrop performer
- Bale chamber choice
Offering true multi-crop baling the F441M is ideal for medium volume use or for low volume operations where a narrow timeframe means high capacity and speed are essential. Packed full of features it’s a high value package that will perform reliably, year after year.
There’s a choice of MultiCrop or Silage Special.
Features
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F441M with MultiCrop tailgate combines advantages of rolls and conveyor technologies
Noise absorber makes conveyer silent
Tensioner optimizes chain lifespan
Slats can be easily changed
Left – pickup with cam track / right – cam-less pickup
Four tine bars match good picking capacity
Left - HC rotor / right - classic rotor design
Rotoflow™ HC and MaxiCut™ HC 13 rotors are available on the F441M
Exclusive drop floor removes the worst plugs
Rotor wrench offered as an economical solution for Rotoflow HC
Limited buttons
Advanced settings and information on BaleTrak display
Loading ramp assists roll handling
Very simple net tracking
Convenient ladder access from both sides
Versatility and performance provided by choice of MultiCrop bale chamber
MULTICROP GATE OPTION OFFERS A VERSATILE SOLUTION
F441M with MultiCrop tailgate combines advantages of rolls and conveyor technologies
This baler provides versatility to small and medium farms because of its ability to harvest wet and dry crops.
Due to the slats conveyor integrated in to the tailgate, the MultiCrop gate efficiently grabs dry crops. Even in hot brittle barley straw, bales are constantly rotating from the beginning of the process to the tying process.
Combined with a front chamber featuring powered 12 ribbed rolls, the F441M MultiCrop provides high fixed chamber baler versatility.
CONVEYOR TECHNOLOGY AT ITS BEST
Noise absorber makes conveyer silent
Thanks to clever design, the MultiCrop gate eliminates:
- Bad conveyor tracking caused by foreign objects
- Rails protect the conveyor chains from stones caught in the crops. The stones can be released by opening the tailgate
- Steel-on-steel contact, creating traditional conveyor noise.
- The MultiCrop tailgate decreases noise by having rubber conveyor tracks that absorb most of the noise and vibration.
REDUCED MAINTENANCE INCREASES UPTIME
Tensioner optimizes chain lifespan
Slats can be easily changed
Increasing the number of chains is often linked to high maintenance and reduced lifetime. The MultiCrop gate has two idlers that optimize chain tension to enhance chain lifespan.
An aperture on each tailgate side allows the operator to check and replace slat bearings. Due to heavy-duty slats (35-mm [1.4-in.] diameter), the bending of parts is rare and the apertures can be replaced without dismounting the conveyor.
Simple feeding with proven technology provides a long and quiet ride
CAM TRACK DESIGN OFFERS THE BEST VERSATILITY
Left – pickup with cam track / right – cam-less pickup
The F441M Baler provides operators with a single baler to harvest all kinds of crops, from gliding straw to short, sticky silage. Cam-track technology provides an efficient solution for such needs. The traditional stripper design provides reduced space between the pickup tines and rotor feeder, while the tine motion helps to avoids pinching.
The cam-less technology requires long strippers, creating a dead-zone between the tines and rotor. Additionally, fixed tines can easily pinch crops in sticky conditions, causing plugs that need to be manually removed.
Four tine bars match good picking capacity
The F441M Balers feature a 2.0- or 2.2-m (6.5- or 7.2-ft) pickup and galvanized strippers for an extended lifespan. The four-tine bars mounted on sealed ball bearings and equipped with 5-mm (0.2-in.) diameter tines meet the picking capacity expected by small and medium size farms.
HIGH-CAPACITY (HC) ROTOR LIMITS PLUGGING RISK
Left - HC rotor / right - classic rotor design
The F441M features an HC rotor design already used on the previous model F440M. This simple design offers several key advantages:
- Large-diameter rotor to provide high feeding capacity
- Limited distance from pickup to rotor tines to reduce plugging
- Reduced number of bearings and distributed loads along the rotor to increase reliability
- Hardox® wear plate tines to provide high resistance to wear
Rotoflow™ HC and MaxiCut™ HC 13 rotors are available on the F441M
The F441M is available without a precutter (Rotoflow HC feeder). MaxiCut HC 13 knives is proposed as alternative solution for operators searching for a regular precutter with 80-mm (3-in.) space between knives. In order to provide quality cutting, knives are individually secured by springs to protect against foreign objects and are controlled by a hydraulic valve conveniently located on the front of the baler.
ADVANCED DROP FLOOR OR SIMPLE ROTOR WRENCH OFFER UNPLUGGING CHOICE
Exclusive drop floor removes the worst plugs
Rotor wrench offered as an economical solution for Rotoflow HC
As with the F440M, the drop floor makes removing plugs easy, even those under converging augers. This exclusive design covers the rotor width, so wherever a plug occurs, the unplugging device decompresses the crops and feeds the plug into the baler.
Parallel kinematics provides a consistent 40-mm (1.6-in.) space on the entire drop floor, eliminating narrow pinch points like front-hinged drop floors have.
The drop floor is easily controlled by a hydraulic valve located on the control panel. The drop floor is standard for the F441M, when equipped with the MaxiCut HC 13.
For a Rotoflow HC equipped baler, the drop floor system is proposed as an option. Even without this system, the F441M can be unplugged without the operator reaching their hands into the pickup. If this happens, the operator needs to declutch the rotor, put the wrench on the rotor, and reverse to remove the compressed crops.
Hardox is a trademark of SSAB Tunnplat AB Limited.
Monitor has simple and effective display
BALETRAK™ EASY MONITOR MANAGES ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Limited buttons
The BaleTrak Easy has been specially designed for small and medium farms and is focused on the following essential functions:
- On and off
- Bale size setting
- Net and/or twine selection
- Net and/or twine settings (number of turns, twine spacing, twine space to edges)
- Manual tying process launch
- Manual net system actuating
The liquid-crystal display (LCD) offers complementary information such as:
- Current bale size
- Tying status
- Total bale count
- Resetable bale count
As a member of BaleTrak system range, the BaleTrak Easy offers expected reliability, allowing longer lifetime.
BALETRAK MONITOR FITS DEMANDING USER EXPECTATIONS
Advanced settings and information on BaleTrak display
The BaleTrak display is offered as an option on the F441M Baler. The monitor provides the same functions as the BaleTrak Easy, plus additional settings and information:
- Independent right and left space from twine end to bale edge
- Bale size setting monitoring
- Twine feeding monitoring
- Full icon description, such as gate status, tying mode, tying status, bale status, battery status, stop alarm.
- Five resettable bale counter options
- Four factory presets for the wrapping cycle, plus one customizable
MONITOR SUPPORTS
Monitor supports are ordered independently from the monitor. In order to be easily teamed to the tractor, two supports are proposed:
- John Deere 60X0, 70X0, 6R, 7R support
- John Deere SG2 cab and other brands support (clamped)
User-friendly and efficient tying system provide quality bale
EASY NET ROLL LOADING
Loading ramp assists roll handling
Even with long net rolls, a roll is changed at least twice a day. Operators lifting 40-kg (88-lb) rolls over 2.0-m (6.6-ft) can cause serious injury. A convenient loading ramp allows the operator to easily push the heavy net rolls to the wrapping system and to the roll storage device.
When equipped with net wrapping, the F441M Baler has one roll installed in the device and one roll, up to 300-mm (11.81-in.) diameter, in the storage.
An additional box is available as an option. The additional box is delivered as standard with the net and twine option.
SIMPLE AND EASY NET TRACKING
Very simple net tracking
Once placed in the wrapping device, the net is easy to install. Declutch the net system and push the net between the feeding rolls. Re-engage the system and close the shielding. The process is completed in less than a minute.
EASY ACCESS TO PLATFORM
Convenient ladder access from both sides
A convenient loading platform accessible from both sides of the machines allows the operator to easily put in place the roll and setup the bale tying system.
Depending on the chosen monitor, any wrapping issues can be communicated by the display.
Specifications
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| John Deere F441M Fixed Chamber Balers |
Key Specs
| Density control | From baler | |||
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| Regular pickup - Bars | 4 tines bars |
Bale
| Length | Gate closed 3.90 to 4.80 m 12.8 to 15.7 ft 3.90 to 4.80 m 12.8 to 15.7 ft |
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Bale forming
| Forming chamber | Multicrop - 7 ribbed rolls (3 reinforced) plus rear conveyor with 32 reinforced slats Silage special - 17 ribbed rolls (4 reinforced) |
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| Density control | From baler |
Regular pickup
| Width | 2 m 6.56 ft |
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| Bars | 4 tines bars | |||
| Gauge wheels | Standard - fixed gauge wheels or castor-action gauge wheels | |||
| Strippers material | Galvanized steel | |||
| Windrow compressor system | Compressor shield or compressor roll |
Non-cutting rotor
| Rotor | High Capacity (HC) in line concept - Hardox | |||
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| Unplugging system | Clutch + reversing wrench OR wide drop floor with parallel kinematic managed from the baler |
Wide pickup
| Width | 2.2 m 7.22 ft |
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| Bars | 4 times bars | |||
| Gauge wheels | Standard - fixed gauge wheels or castor-action gauge wheels | |||
| Strippers material | Galvanized steel | |||
| Windrow compressor system | Compressor shield or compressor roll |
Standard precutter
| Rotor | High Capacity (HC) in line concept - Hardox | |||
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| Knives | 13 - managed from the baler - individually spring loaded | |||
| Knife spacing | 80 mm 3.15 in. |
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| Unplugging system | Wide drop floor with parallel kinematic managed from the baler |
Binding system
| Type | Standard 2 net rolls 1 optional Net wrap |
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Tire size
| Optional | 11.5/80-15.3 15/55-17 19/45-17 500/55-20 |
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Driveline
| Drive protection | Shear-bolt (RotoFlow HC only) or cam-type cut out clutch | |||
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| PTO speed | 540 rpm |
Additional information
| Maintenance/chains | Optional automatic chains lubrication system | |||
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| Date collected | 16 May 2017 |
Maintenance and Support
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