Four axles and augers on Peecon feeder

The 64m³ tub on the Biga Mega Mammoet HD trailed mixer wagon on the Dutch manufacturer’s Agritechnica stand feeds 400 cows at a time.Aimed at farms feeding cows at multiple locations, it depends on the transport distances, but the company reckons that it is for European farms with around 2,000 cows. The three-stage powershift softens the start-up load, but a tractor with at least 300hp is needed to power the four vertical augers to mix over 25t of material. This exits through up to four hydraulically operated discharge doors.With three-steered axles and full road approval, the four-axled wagon, which weighs 27t, costs around €200,000. The company has delivered a dozen units this year. The show machine is sold to a Belgian dairy farm. Another one of the 12m-long wagons has gone to Denmark, and there are a few running in Poland and Ukraine.The Mega Mammoet is available with 20cm side extensions for the North American market. This increases the capacity to 70m³.