Cutting the commute for New Holland’s combine harvesters

To exploit every last minute while harvesting conditions are optimal, New Holland’s developers work hard to decrease time spent driving between fields. By reducing the pass-by noise of the machines, they can gain a higher road speed rating – saving the drivers’ time.

When harvesting corn, time is of the essence. The corn needs to be harvested while conditions are optimal. Nowadays, more and more of the work at harvest time is done by ever-larger contracting companies, with centralized fleets that must drive quickly between fields. Just as trucks have a lower speed limit than cars, there are progressively lower limits for agricultural vehicles, and one important parameter for setting the limits is pass-by noise.