2025 Krone EasyCut F 280 M

Highlights • Quick-change blades • SafeCut: Individually protected discs • SmartCut: Stripeless cuts from optimum blade overlaps • Available conditioner versions: CV version with V steel tines or CR version with polyurethane rollers or M-Rolls • Compact M models • Models with powered top hats EasyCut F 280 M Key Features • Ideally suited for compact tractors and mountain regions • Lightweight machines reduce the load on the front axle • Compact design for good handling • Centre-of-gravity suspension and pivoting headstock • Front-mounted 2.73 m EasyCut F 280 M, 3.16 m F 320 M, and 3.60 m F 360 M disc mowers: • Ideal for mountain fields • Compact design with centre of gravity close to the tractor • Perfect cut on steep slopes • Good attachment options for light-weight and compact mountain tractors • Pushing suspension design follows contours, providing generous vertical travel • Long skids and telescoping top link ensure optimum ground hugging • Small gap between tractor wheels and mower: reduces pivoting range, increases drive shaft longevity, enhances visibility • 30 cm vertical travel on either end ensures clean cuts in undulating terrain while protecting the sward • Mowers suspended at centre of gravity for uniform pressure distribution and clean cuts • Guard ends on F 280 M and F 320 M fold back to reduce transport width to 3.00 m (hydraulic folding optional) • EasyCut 360 M transport width: 3.45 m Cutterbar Features • Fully welded: robust, sealed, permanently lubricated • Durable satellite drives with massive spur gears for quiet running and superior efficiency • No inner shoe for trouble-free cutting • Enclosed cutterbar meets high-quality standards, leak-free operation over many years • Massive oil-immersed spur gears ensure quiet, reliable operation under sustained peak load • Manufactured using welding robots and CNC technology • KRONE satellite driveline: • Massive spur gears up to 66 teeth • Reduced rotation speeds, quiet running, ultimate efficiency, maximum longevity • Auxiliary gears drive one disc each, exposed to minimal loading SafeCut Features • Full driveline protection for added reliability • Neighbouring discs will not collide • Wear-free operation • Quick-change roll pins minimize downtime and costs • Each disc has individual impact protection: • Shockload transferred to roll pin which breaks • Disc automatically moves 15 mm up on drive shaft • Roll pins tensioned by a nut and two clamping screws; no load during operation • Standard feature on all EasyCut F models SmartCut Features • Wedge-shaped cutterbar guarantees clean cuts • Heavy-duty spur gears run in widely-spaced double bearings • Swathing or spreading depending on needs • Flexibility for short stubble in meadows/pastures or long stubble in long-stemmed crops • Some discs turn in pairs towards each other, others away, ensuring cleanest cuts (stripeless cuts in light and young crops) • Rear-turning discs set further apart for smooth flow of large volumes of crop • Inward spinning discs feed material to middle of machine, avoiding tractor wheels over cut crops • Discs spinning in A sense of rotation: EasyCut F 280 forms one swath • Discs spinning in B sense of rotation: EasyCut spreads material across full cutting width for faster, uniform wilting Specifications • Work Width: 8'11" • Recommended PTO HP (Minimal / Optimal): 60 / 70 EasyCut F Features • 2.71 m – 4.04 m work widths • Push-type or Pull-type cutterbar • Available with or without conditioner • Compact M models • Models with powered top hats • Innovative front mowers with or without tine or roller conditioner • Powered top hats form narrow swaths that the tractor can straddle • Focus on quality forage EasyCut M Front Mowers • Lightweight machines for steep slopes and spreading material across the work width • Mounted close to tractor without A-frame • Low centre of gravity ensures perfect contouring • With conditioner: able to swath material or spread it across work width • Designed for contractors and professional farmers • Ideal in combination with three-point-mounted rear mowers or butterfly mowers Tines or Rollers Features • V-tines: hardened steel, mounted at steep angle, treat forage intensively • Tines pivot rearwards on hitting a foreign object; forward pivoting restricted to increase pin service life • Full-width polyurethane rollers: uniform conditioning across entire work width • Polyurethane coating ensures maximum longevity • Interlocking surfaces: intensive but gentle conditioning, minimal losses