Specialist Dutch manufacturer Herder recently unveiled its new concept ‘systems tractor’.
We previously brought you a ‘concept image’, prior to the machine’s unveiling.
Also Read: Will this new ‘systems tractor’ become the ultimate hedgecutter?A real-life version (see main/featured picture) has since emerged. This video (below) depicts its official unveiling.
The machine is probably best described as a vehicular platform, which serves as a base-unit for an hydraulic arm (or even several arms).
At the end of this arm, you can mount one of the company’s numerous products – such as a flail head for trimming hedges, a drainage pump or even a stump grinder.
In other words, it will most likely be configured as a self-propelled hedge-cutter.
The machine is known as the Herder One. Key features include a rotating cab, literally giving the operator all-round visibility.
This gallery (below) shows the machine in action in Holland.
It’s home to a 224hp engine. The machine is 4.8m long, 2.55m wide and, in standard guise, is shod on 600/70 R30 tyres. Not only is it 4WD, it also comes with four-wheel steering.
Who Or What Is Herder?
Herder was founded in 1947; it has since grown to become, what it describes as, a “worldwide market leader in the area of ditch, verge, tree and bank maintenance”.
The company is based at Herculesweg in Middelburg (south-western region of Holland). Its 10,000m² factory is home to all manner of machine tools. The facility is also equipped with an in-house painting line.
About 95 employees work there; nowadays its products are exported to over 30 countries.
The product range includes hedge and verge trimming equipment, along with ditch cleaning and trenching machinery.