DRIVELINE

Every single component of the 8000 Series’ driveline was designed to contribute to more efficiency. Crop flow components are powered by six main drive on the 13.5 L engine to ensure the prodigious engine power is reliably transferred, and the kernel processor drive has also received a significant upgrade. Overall fuel efficiency improves as well: while maximum engine speed reaches 2,100 rpm, the 8000 Series delivers maximum power at a fuel-saving 1,800 rpm in the 13.5 L engine.

PERFECT CROP FLOW

The feedrolls and the header drive ensure uniform crop intake and an unprecedented throughput per horsepower thanks to a significantly optimised crop flow.

HIGH EFFICIENCY CUTTING

The combination of the knife holder design and long knives, with a 20 mm tungsten carbide coating, means you can keep chopping without any loss in performance as the knives wear. What’s more, with our innovative shearbar system, it’s never been easier to cut high quality silage all season long.

SAVING FUEL ON THE ROAD

Getting a forage harvester from field to field on the road is not exactly its most productive time and costs you fuel and money. That’s where John Deere engine speed management comes in: it can automatically reduce engine rpm during road transport down to 1,250 rpm while you maintain a productive ground speed – that’s more fuel efficiency and more savings.

In addition to a lower daily maintenance effort facilitated by fewer access points that are easier to reach, you will be impressed by improved fuel and DEF efficiency.

HARD-WEARING DURA LINE™ PARTS

More uptime, better cost control: crop flow liners and all-crop Dura Line™ Plus shearbars last 4x longer.

3000 ENGINE HOURS

Dura Line™ provides a competitive advantage for your business. Looking back on more than 10 years of lasting longer, we guarantee* our Dura Line™ liners to last for 3,000 engine hours or 5 years of use.

* Guarantee excludes shearbar, knives, knife holders, smooth roll scrapers. Ask your dealer for details.

COMPONENTS THAT LAST

To prevent downtime right from the start, we pack our forage harvesters full of ultra-hard wearing Dura Line™ components throughout the crop flow – shearbars, knife holders, the chute – Dura Line™ is everywhere to let you go season after season without exchanging wear components. Dura Line™ liners will save you cash. Our unique coating is stronger and lasts four times longer**.

LAB-TESTED PROOF

To examine the quality of our wear parts, we took John Deere spout flaps and their competitors to a lab and sandblasted them to simulate wear. The tests showed that John Deere Dura Line™ coated spout flaps last significantly longer than uncoated ones**.

**Internal field test, comparing John Deere wear parts with and without coating.

SUPERIOR SILAGE

Better silage quality with our upgraded John Deere Premium KP™ or XStream KP™ and integrated additive dosing.

XSTREAM KP™

Together with the renowned experts from Scherer, a global leader in kernel processing roll design, we developed the new John Deere XStream KP™ for high horsepower. With 250 mm diameter rolls and 50% speed differential it delivers consistently smashed kernels and intensively processed plants regardless of chop length.

PREMIUM KP™

Our Premium KP™ features strong walls with BusaClad lining* instead of chrome, is available with a range of sawtooth numbers, and has been upgraded with new stronger rolls. Achieve excellent forage quality at any chop length and benefit from Dura Line™ rolls’ longer life at higher volume.

All power to the ground: our ProDrive™ transmission and 2.15 m tyres that go down to 1 bar for less compaction to protect soil health.

BIGGER TYRES, BETTER GRIP

With diameters of up to 2.15 m, the 8000 Series features extra big tyres. And at up to 0.5 m it also delivers extremely high ground clearance. Add to this tyre pressure of as low as 1 bar, a reduced overall weight and you have a simple and efficient formula that gives you more traction and less compaction, still allowing you to zip along at speeds of up to 40 km/h on the road.

PRODRIVE™ – A TRANSMISSION BENCHMARK

ProDrive™ is the other half of the traction equation, with numerous other benefits. The sophistication of this breakthrough transmission technology stays on the inside – to you it is supremely easy to operate. ProDrive™ provides automatic shifting across two pre-set speed ranges in which you select a speed that will be maintained continuously, even when you’re harvesting downhill on slopes. It could not be simpler: There’s no gear lever or gear selection, and no parking brake, just a master control lever you push to move. Braking is just as easy – just pull back the lever and two brake units, and the parking brake engages automatically. While ProDrive™ gives you all the traction you need, it is also gentle on soft soil. On a 4WD harvester, if a wheel loses traction, the hydraulic flow is automatically directed to the wheels that still have grip and you keep moving. On softer soil, a speed differential between the front and rear axles prevents the wheels from disturbing the soil when turning.

HIGHEST GROUND CLEARANCE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET

CAB

It’s quiet in here. You can focus and relax. You have all your comforts and tech tools at hand to enjoy hectare after hectare of pure productivity. Sit back and smile, you’re in an 8000.

1 | SEE MORE CLEARLY

More glass, less obstructions, less reflections, rain or shine, day or night. It’s all about a better view of everything.

2 | ON TOP OF THINGS

The higher driving position gives you more control, the centre-cab seat adjusts to you, its air suspension protects you.

3 | INSTRUCTOR SEAT

Take a passenger along, or just fold it away to turn it into a practical workspace.

The HarvestLab™ 3000 measures and documents both dry matter and constituents in real-time for accurate silage quality analysis.

BETTER INFORMATION, MORE VALUE

HARVESTLAB™ 3000 FORAGE AND MANURE ANALYSIS
Take real-time forage and manure information from the HarvestLab™ 3000 sensor and make in-field adjustments to create the best product you have ever delivered – on the fly, accurately and reliably.

ONE SENSOR, FOUR APPLICATIONS
You can use HarvestLab™ 3000 on an forage harvester, combine harvester, slurry tanker, or as a mobile laboratory.

INTEGRATED CROP DOSING

HarvestLab™ 3000 sensor readings also work beautifully with another feature of the 8000 and 9000 Series: the fully integrated ADS Twin Line system doses silage additives based on time, harvested tons or on dry matter tons using HarvestLab™ 3000 sensor readings. Supplied from two different tanks, the dosing nozzles are positioned at air intake of the crop accelerator and allow you to choose either fixed or variable dosing rates based on moisture readings from HarvestLab™ 3000. The twin tanks allow you to add two different inoculants together, or apply them at different times, giving you the flexibility to adapt to each specific job’s needs.

THE SECRET TO GREAT SILAGE

HARVESTLAB™ 3000 ON A FORAGE HARVESTER
HarvestLab™ 3000 simultaneously measures the dry matter and various constituents of harvested crops. Its sensor uses near-infrared-reflectance (NIR) technology that takes over 4,000 readings per second to produce instant and highly accurate data on the go. Since its introduction in 2008, thousands of HarvestLab™ units have been operating around the world, with excellent performance even in challenging field conditions.

The site-specific data from HarvestLab™ 3000 helps crop growers improve their field nutrient management much better than from a single sample sent to a lab. On a forage harvester, HarvestLab™ 3000 enables automated length of cut adjustment depending on dry matter content, ensuring optimum silage compaction and conservation. Livestock and dairy farmers profit from real-time detection of changes in feed quality and better silage additive control. Biogas producers like HarvestLab™ 3000 for the accurate information they get on the crop quality they buy.

CAPABILITIES AT ONE GLANCE

– DM, protein, starch, fibre, ADF, NDF, crude sugar, ash and metabolic energy analysis on-the-go
– Automatic length of cut adjustment
– Precise dosing of silage additives
– Measuring results also accessible via the Operations Center

Total Care overview

Self Propelled Forage Harvester in the field

Total Care is an extended service program that allows customers to secure annual maintenance costs and be in a better position to prevent downtime during harvest. Total Care is available to customers purchasing a new 8000 or 9000 Series Self Propelled Forage Harvester. There are four plan offerings, Total Care Select, Total Care Ultimate, Total Care Select – Full Service, and Total Care Ultimate – Full Service. The Full Service plans indicate labor IS included while our original Total Care Select and Ultimate plans do not include labor. All Total Care plans are designed to help you maintain the original performance and uptime of your new machine.

Benefits

• Maximize machine performance and reliability through regular inspections and regularly scheduled maintenance
• Manage unforeseen financial risk and control operating expenses
• Replace worn parts as needed to ensure the customer does not experience downtime during the next use season
• In-season wear parts replacement (if needed) on both the traction unit and front-end equipment

Requirements and term lengths

Plan details

*Pour rappel, seuls les plans d’entretien complet comprennent les coûts de main-d’œuvre

Not included:

• In-season maintenance
• Technician field travel and machine transport
• Insurance covered events
• Abuse and/or neglect

For more information, see the John Deere Protect website.

Additional information in Dura Line wear parts packages.

Rated Power

Maximum power

342 kW
465 PS/ 459 hp

Engine

Type
PowerTech™ PSS 13.5L
Exhaust emission regulation compliancy - Final Tier 4 / Stage V
Displacement
13.5 L
823.8 cu in.
Model
Europe: 6135HZ021
North America: 6135HZ022
Cylinders
Inline 6

Fuel system

Unit injector plus four valves

Fuel tank capacity

1,100 L
290.6 U.S. gal.

DEF tank capacity ( for FT4 or EU Stage V emission level)

43 L
11.4 U.S. gal.

Rated Power

Maximum power

342 kW
465 PS/ 459 hp

Fuel tank capacity

1100 L
290.6 U.S. gal.

DEF tank capacity ( for FT4 or EU Stage V emission level)

43 L
11.4 U.S. gal.

Manufacturer

John Deere

Type

PowerTech™ PSS 13.5L
Exhaust emission regulation compliancy - Final Tier 4 / Stage V

Model

Europe: 6135HZ021
North America: 6135HZ022

Displacement

13.5 L
823.8 cu in.

Cylinders

In line six

Speed on road

1400-2100 rpm

Engine/ground speed management

Optional

Fuel system

Unit injector plus four valves

Air compressor

Cooling system capacity

113 L
29.85 U.S. gal.

Cooling fan drive

Direct

Ground drive

Standard: Hydrostatic, 3-speed - manual shift with helical gears
Engine rpm on road: 1650 rpm
Optional: ProDrive™, autoshift transmission, differential lock (automatic and manual), automatic wet brake system
Engine rpm on road: 1400-2100 rpm

Hydraulics

Load sensing

Crop harvesting unit

Harvest channel standard

Crop flow components

Low-friction crop-flow concept

Main clutch

Dry clutch

Number of discs

One disc

Main driveband

Reinforced with Kevlar inserts

Belt tensioning

Active, hydraulic pressure

Main driveband, polybelt belts

Five ribs

Type/voltage

12 V

Batteries/battery quantity/capacity

1 x 174 amp-hr

Alternator

200 amp

Hydraulic system capacity

50 L
13.2 U.S. gal.

Type

Standard: hydrostatic, 3-speed manual shift
Optional: ProDrive, autoshift transmission

Differential lock

Manual or automatic (optional comes with ProDrive)

Maximum transport speed

Hydrostatic transmission: 25 / 30 km/h
15.5 / 18.6 mph
ProDrive transmission: 20 / 25 / 30 / 40 km/h
12.4 / 15.5 / 18.6 / 24.9 mph

Rear axle type

Hydro-mechanical 4WD

Automatic wet brake system

Available with ProDrive transmission

Engine speed management

Optional

Tilt and extend steering column

Standard

Air conditioning and heater

Standard - ClimaTrak

Cool box

Optional

Trainee seat

Standard
Leather seat optional

Hectare counter

Standard

Operator information system

Cornerpost display
Armrest display (Touchscreen)
Side rail display (Touchscreen) optional

CAN bus electronics

Standard

Operator's seat

Air-suspension seat optional
Leather seat optional

Panoramic view windows

Side window wiper

Rear and side window wiper optional
Parallel-type windscreen wiper

Electric adjust and heated

Optional on rear view mirrors

Rearview mirrors

Standard

Hand wash tank capacity

Yield monitoring

Harvest Monitor™ optional

Documentation

Harvest Doc™ optional

Crop analysis

HarvestLab™ 3000 optional

Length-of-cut control based on crop parameter

Infinitely variable length-of-cut (IVLOC™) standard
AutoLOC™ optional with HarvestLab 3000

Assisted steering systems

AutoTrac or Manual RowSense optional

Width

Crop flow components

Infinitely variable header drive

Lateral pivoting frame

Multicoupler

Auto PTO coupler

Header drive

Header height control

Grass pickups (transport width)

Maize headers

Driveline

Header connection

Feed roll frame opening

Swing away, 37-45 degree (angle)

Number

Four

Metal detector

Standard
Stone detector is optional

Stone detector

Width, front

660 mm
26 in.

Standard feedroll drive

Hydro feedroll drive IVLOC standard
Infinitely variable header drive speed standard

Optional feedroll drive

Type

Dura-Drum™ cutterhead

Cutterhead housing width

686 mm
27 in.

Knife drum width

680 mm
26.8 in.

Knife drum diameter

678/668 mm
26.7/26.3 in.

Speed at rated engine speed

1100 rpm

Knife types available (crop)

Straight - grass
Curved - corn

Number of knives

40 - 48 - 56

Shear bar options

Shear bar, reversible

Grass, corn, or Dura Line Plus

Shear bar adjust

Fine shearbar adjust
Quick shearbar adjust

Reverse rotation

Yes

Automatic from cab

Yes, remote from cab

Reverse drive

Standard

Reverse speed

Sharpening modes

Grinding and finishing

Type

Premium KP (8100-8600)
XStream KP (8300-8600)

Quick-change

Quick kernel processor - swing in/swing out

Quick KP removal

Optional: Crane with remote-controlled electric hoist

Housing

Standard KP housing

Lubrication

Grease

Roll diameter

240 mm
9.45 in.

Speed differential / Roll speed (lower)

32 percent
Optional 40 percent

Maize - standard sawtooth or Dura Line™ roll teeth number (speed differential)

Whole crop - standard sawtooth roll teeth number (speed differential)

Sorghum, roll teeth number (speed differential)

238 (32 percent)

Weight

320 kg
145 lb

Available KP rolls

Housing

Lubrication

Roll diameter

Speed differential / Roll speed (lower)

Bearing temperature monitoring system

Maize - Dura Line sawtooth or XCut roll teeth number (speed differential)

Whole crop - Dura Line XCut roll teeth number (speed differential)

Sorghum, roll teeth number (speed differential)

Weight

Available KP rolls

Maize, roll teeth number (speed differential)

Wholecrop, roll teeth number (speed differential)

Sorghum, roll teeth number (speed differential)

Weight

Number of disks (top/bottom)

Diameter of disks

Weight

Rotor diameter/housing width

Rotor diameter: 560 mm
22.86 in.
Housing width: 540 mm
21.26 in.

Number of blades

10

Speed (option)

1800 rpm

Rotation, degrees

210 degree (angle)

Hydraulic height position

Hydraulic raise and lower standard
Automatic spout positioning optional

Double-cap deflection

Standard

Number of wear liners

Reach from center line (Optional)

Working height (maximum)

Rotary radiator screen cleaner

Standard

Automatic lubrication system

Optional

Engine oil and filter change duration

Plus-50™ II oil: 500 hours
Other oil: 250 hours

With front tires

710/70R42

With rear tires

620/60R30

Transport length (without header)

6.5 m
21.4 ft

Transport width (without header)

3-3.5 m
9.84-11.5 ft

Transport height (to cab roof)

3.89 m
12.75 ft

Working height (maximum)

Height to spout: 6.60 m
21.65 ft

Approximate weight (without header)