A Topper/Trailer has much lower maintenance.Compare this to the $429,000 price of a Combine Harvester. The combined price of the models available in the base game is $124,000, not including the price of a Tractor strong enough to use them both at the same time (assuming you don't already own one). A Topper/Trailer setup is much cheaper.This puts them in direct competition with another type of tool - a Potato Combine Harvester - which can perform both actions simultaneously, harvesting potatoes in a single pass with just one machine.Įach of these two different setups has its own advantages and disadvantages: When mounted together on the same Tractor, they can perform the job in a single pass. Potato Haulm Toppers and Potato Harvester Trailers are separate tools, each performing only one half of the potato harvest. To make room, the Harvester Trailer must extend its offloading pipe, and transfer the potatoes into another container (a Tipper, Loading Wagon, etc.) - or dump them straight on the ground in a Pile.Īs with most other harvesters, the most efficient way to unload a Harvester Trailer is to have a secondary vehicle (typically a Truck or Tractor) pull such a container alongside the trailer.Ĭomparison with Potato Combine Harvesters The machine will stop collecting potatoes once the tank is full. When active, the Harvester Trailer will collect any haulmed potatoes its head touches.Īs it harvests, the Potato Harvester Trailer will collect the potatoes into a holding tank inside the machine, just like a normal Harvester. Instead it must be towed behind a vehicle that can provide it with power, most likely a Tractor. The Potato Harvester Trailer itself is not a self-propelled machine like most other Harvesters.
This speeds up the harvest significantly, compared to making a separate pass with each machine. Note that you can attach both a Potato Harvester Trailer and a Potato Haulm Topper to the same Tractor, and do the entire work in a single pass. A Potato Harvester Trailer will simply not interact with any potatoes until their haulms have been removed. You can do this with a very expensive Potato Combine Harvester (which will also immediately harvest the potatoes themselves), or use a Potato Haulm Topper to do the cutting separately. Haulm Topping Main article: Potato Haulm Toppers (Farming Simulator 17)īefore any Potatoes can be harvested, their leafy green tops - the 'haulms' - must first be cut off. Furthermore, the Potato Harvester Trailer itself is operated a little differently than a normal Harvester. Unlike most other crops, the process of harvesting Potatoes is a two-step process, preparing the field and then collecting the potatoes. Harvesting Potatoes Main article: Potato (Farming Simulator 17)Ī Potato Harvester Trailer is designed to harvest Potatoes from the field. However, such machines are incredibly expensive compared to Potato Harvester Trailers. Potato Harvester Trailers are in direct competition with Potato Combine Harvesters - self-propelled machines that can cut the haulms and collect the potatoes in a single go.
Nevertheless, you can use each tool separately for the same end result. Together, the two tools perform both potato harvesting tasks simultaneously.
This model can be towed by most vehicles, but it is designed to be attached to the back of a Tractor, while a Grimme KS 75-4 Potato Haulm Topper is attached to the front and prepares the crop for collection. Unlike other crops, before the Harvester Trailer can collect the Potatoes they must first be processed by a Potato Haulm Topper.įarming Simulator 17 offers only one model of Potato Harvester Trailer - the Grimme SE 260. This tool collects Potatoes from the field, like a Harvesting Header does for other crops. A Potato Harvester Trailer is a type of Implement in Farming Simulator 17.
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