A John Deere 6250R tractor equipped with a Kuhn four-rotor Gyrorake GA 15131 with a working width of 14.7m has set a new windrowing world record, raking 188.9ha of grass on four different fields in only eight hours.

The world record was set on a typical dairy farm in the Central Jutland region of Denmark. The DLG Test Centre validated the record after carrying out several spot measurements during the attempt. Forage quality was confirmed, as well as an average output of 23.6ha per hour.

Due to the additional horsepower delivered with Intelligent Power Management, the 6R Series tractor provided up to 300hp (maximum power with IPM) in the hilly field conditions.

At 9.3 tonnes empty, the 6250R achieved a maximum operating speed of 22kph for a record high productivity level of 32ha per hour.

The tractor was driven by Mikael Skeldal, who runs the dairy farm with his family. He says he benefited from the CommandPRO joystick and appreciated both its ISOBUS compatibility to operate the rake as well as the ability to monitor operations via the Kuhn CCI 1200 terminal and WTK joystick. This allowed him to see the work in progress and optimise the rotor adjustment without any interruption to the record attempt.

Watch a video of the record breaking attempt below: