VARITRON 470 XL - four‐row harvesting technology in a new dimension

GRIMME will present the fourth generation of the VARITRON 470 at AGRITECHNICA 2025. The wide range of equipment options has contributed significantly to the machine becoming one of the world's best‐selling four‐row self‐propelled harvesters for potatoes, onions and carrots. Numerous customer requests have been implemented in the latest development. The patented NonstopBunker is now also available in an XL version. The enlarged bunker has a volume of 13 m³. Depending on the crop, its calibre and impurities, this corresponds to up to 11 tonnes. The newly developed bunker is therefore the one of the largest in the machine class of 4‐row self‐ propelled machines with roller separators and wheel chassis.

With a transfer width of 3.15 m and a transfer height of max. 4.60 m, large trailers are no problem. The patented bunker concept with a moving bunker rear wall enables fast, very gentle crop transfer without stopping. At the same time, the perfect reversibility of the bunker floor allows utilisation of the complete bunker volume at any time during refilling.

Customers who want to fill boxes with high‐quality (table‐) potatoes directly during harvesting have high demands for uniform box filling with maximum crop protection. To meet these requirements, a new ‘ConstantFlow bunker’ (with a capacity of approx. 5 tonnes and cart elevator) was developed, which can also be combined with a sorting table. The concept is therefore similar to the well‐proven VARITRON 220 TERRA TRAC.

Growers of potatoes, onions and carrots on heavy soils have been relying on the GRIMME‐MultiSep for over 20 years. For the new VARITRON 470, the hydraulic drive power of the MultiSep has been increased by a further 25% and the adjustment options refined to meet the increased demands on cleaning performance and adaptability.

For extremely sticky soils, there are additional options that improve operational reliability and separation performance. These include, for example, new rollers with more effective lips for the roller separator.

The harvester, which is powered by a Mercedes‐Benz (MTU) engine with 340 kW/460 hp, impresses not only with its performance but also with improved comfort for the driver. Noteworthy features include the new X11 cab with CCI 1200 operator terminal and the SmartView video system.

The new VARITRON 470 XL with enlarged bunker.