Krone Tedders Just Got Better: Introducing the Vendro

By:?Derek Bontrager |?Equipment Sales

With the introduction of the new Vendro hay tedders, Krone has taken their already class-leading tedders to a new level. Krone tedders have been synonymous with high-quality build and high-quality forage for many years. With Krone’s KW series having innovations like OctoLink clutches, durable tubular tine arms, heavy-duty tines and sealed gearboxes, one wouldn’t think there would be too many ways to improve their tedders.

Well … Krone has found ways to improve their tedder offerings with the Vendro models, which are designed to handle an even wider variety of conditions for the most demanding of operations. One of the new features is OptiTurn 3D tines; these curved tines allow tedders to lift and throw forage with greater ease. Although these tines have been available on the larger KW tedder models for several years, they have now migrated to the four-, six- and eight-rotor units. Krone tines still feature a long and short tine combination for a clean, even sweep of the hay crop.

The second new feature is the OptiTurn rotor, which now has the tedder tires mounted closer to the tine for improved ground following when working on uneven ground. Krone rotors still have a generous overlap for clean crop sweep-up and maximum spreading.

The third new feature on the Vendro is updated hydraulics on the trailed models — especially the popular 560 DB four-rotor model. Tilting and folding the tedders are now on two separate hydraulic circuits. This allows for the tedders to be tilted “up” out of the crop when at headlands without folding up the wings.

Lastly, the Vendro’s overall styling has been updated to look more modern while still maintaining the robust frame design Krone is known for. Vendros are slightly more compact from front to back, and a new design is offered for the standard equipment border spreading control. They also fold up slightly narrower on some models than the KW predecessor.

Currently, we have a good supply of new four-rotor 560DB Vendro tedders for sale on hand. Since the Vendros are slowly making their way to the U.S., we are fortunate to have as many in stock as we do. We also have KW 552T four-rotor and KW 782T six-rotor units remaining. If you’re interested in more information about Krone hay tedders or any other Krone hay equipment products, please reach out.