1. The frst one, and not the least, concerns the floor height. The floor is now as close as possible from the ground, at only 1.10 m high. Thanks to this global lowering, the Wago has an undeniable advantage during handling operatons. Straw transport is also easier in all respects. The loading capacity can indeed be increased, while stll complying with the regulatons and crossing bridges remains easy. If this height lowering was made possible, it is because of successive adjustments on the structure:

• The first one concerns the positon of the turntable. While it was previously used to support the chassis, it is now directly built in the chassis, allowing the whole bale trailer to benefit from this height reducton.
• The second adjustment is related to the wheel size. Wheels have now a smaller diameter. The standard model is now 435/50R19.5 DM27.
• Given this reduction of the wheel diameter, the positon of the axles was also reviewed. They are now placed above the spring leaves in order to best suit to the straw transport conditons.
• For a use requiring less tracton and higher obstacle crossing capacites (potatoes, etc.), Joskin provides, as an option, the possibility to repositon the axles under the spring leaves in order to add wheels of 22.5.

2. The second improvement concerns the sturdiness of the whole bale trailer. Since payloads are ever higher, the chassis is therefore increasingly solicited. Dealing with this reality, the new Wago generaton has now a fully reinforced structure. To that end, the whole bale trailer has now a tubular chassis in special high tensile steel (similar to the one used on tipping trailers) instead of an IPN chassis. Since this type of chassis is more homogeneous, it works more in the steel tensile limit, which ensures a maximisaton of the payload and an eliminaton of high stress areas. This has consequently a strong influence on the driving comfort: the Wago is now way more rigid, even if it undergoes less torsions, but it keeps the required flexibility to face the various feld and load constraints. Thanks to this new structure, it is the ideal implement to ensure safe and intensive transports of a full fodder load.

3. As always at Joskin, the functonal aspect has not been neglected. In this regard, the ladder system has also been fully reviewed. If previously a choice had to be made, when ordering the machine, between a rounded ladder (for round bales) or a straight one (for square bales), the 2 possibilites are now coupled in a single universal model, which is now standard delivered. It is an ingenious system with 2 adjustable flanges, one located at the base of the ladder and the other one in its middle, allowing to tlt these parts in order to beter grip the bales depending on their form. When in straight positon, the ladder allows to reach 1,750 mm high, while 990 mm in rounded positon.

A Fully Secured Load

These are not the only practcal specifcatons of the Wago. As on its previous version, this new model stll has a total outer width of 2.5 m and is fted on both sides with a 4 cm edge. It ensures not only a higher sturdiness, but it also allows to frmly hold 2 Palox or 2 Euro pallets of 120 cm side by side. Combined with an ant-slip floor in chequered plate, this specifcaton ensures a higher comfort and safety, which are partcularly appreciated during long journeys.

And that's now all: even if there stll are two standard strap reels on the bale trailer to fasten and secure the straps and therefore efficiently hold the load, this new Wago editon is also compatble with the hydraulic side ladders (2 SA), which were previously developed by the brand. Available as an option, this system not only allows, by simply hydraulically lifting the ladders, to hold the entre load on the trailer but also to secure it thanks to check valves. Strapping operatons and the consequently constant strap tension checks can in this way be avoided. All this is thus thought to limit the human intervention as much as possible. Practical in many ways, this system is furthermore compatble with all common bale sizes, ensuring therefore a higher total loading volume.

A Perfect Manoeuvrability

If this new generaton of bale trailers provides an unmatched overall comfort, it can already be seen on the tractor hitching. Thanks to its sprung drawbar holding the trailer in high positon, the hitching operaton is indeed surprisingly easy.

But the most appreciated feature is the driving comfort this Wago provides! The confguraton of its 2 running gears certainly plays an important role in this: the frst one is a single axle on 360° turntable located at the front side of the bale trailer, ensuring a very short turning angle and an outstanding manoeuvrability. The second one is double axle located at the rear side of the trailer. The precise locaton of these elements ensures a homogeneous distributon of the load on all axles and provides an ideal driving capacity, even in the hardest conditons. On the braking side, every axle is standard fted with hydraulic brakes. 400x80 brakes are also standard available on all 6 wheels of the 20T versions; this bale trailer is therefore unquestonably an implement suited to high speed with a maximum load.