The LEXION 8900TT offers 779 maximum horsepower
By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com
Attendees of Ag in Motion in Saskatchewan were the first people in North America to get a look at a new CLAAS combine.
The manufacturer unveiled its new LEXION 8900TT combine during the show, which ran from July 16 to 18.
Farmers in other parts of the world have been using this combine since 2019.
This unit is built for large-scale small grain operations common in the Prairies.
“LEXION stands for performance,” Rick Hubrich, Saskatchewan territory manager with CLAAS of America, told Farms.com.
The combine boasts 779 maximum horsepower, which is an 89hp increase over the LEXION 8800.
For context, the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has 755hp.
Another feature of the combine is the 510-bushel grain tank.
This capacity helps ensure farmers have less downtime.
“We had a couple customers who didn’t see the value in the larger tank and were going to go for the smaller tank. We showed them the math, and they wouldn’t be able to go from one end of the field to the other without dumping,” Hubrich said. “So now the grain carts would be overloaded and everything down the line starts to get slowed down.”
The standard AUTO LUBE greasing system reduces maintenance.
Previously, some customers wouldn’t want the system because it was a $10,000 option.
But farmers are seeing the value in it now for different reasons, Hubrich said.
“If you’ve got two combines in the yard to sell, the one with the AUTO LUBE system will outsell the other one because you can be sure that one has been maintained and getting greased,” he said. “When the bearing and machine is running, that’s the optimal time to grease the machine because the bearing is turning. If you’re running the combine all day, the system will grease the bearings multiple times per day.”
The APS SYNFLOW HYBRID system supports harvesting efficiency by controlling threshing and separation systems independently.
This isn’t available on some machines.
“If you’ve got a single rotor machine, the front portion of the rotor does the threshing, the back part does the separating, and you can’t change the speeds,” Hubrich said. “On ours, if we get to a really delicate crop, we can thresh it quite slow, like 350rpm, and then to get everything out of there we can get up to 1,200rpm.”
The CEMOS AUTOMATIC system adjusts machine settings in real-time based on crop flow and changing conditions. And the DYNAMIC COOLING senses engine load and will adjust fan speeds for greater fuel efficiency.
Farmers interested in the CLAAS 8900TT combine are encouraged to contact their local dealers.
“They are ready to order,” Hubrich said. “And we’re more than happy to do demos to show people what these machines can do.”
Some machines are also available with a unique paint scheme and graphics to celebrate the production of more than 500,000 CLAAS combines since the 1930s.