With the introduction of the Fanex 1564C, Vicon is back in the major tedder league. Fitted with 14 rotors covering more than 15m, this model takes the helm as the firm’s widest tedder from the 13.3m wide 1404C. Like other units of this size, it uses a trailed chassis, the running gear also taking care of the heavy lifting in work mode. This is a wellproven layout with the benefit that the rotors are properly guided at depth, and the 15m working width is stable behind the tractor in the field thanks to the long drawbar.
There is, however, a disadvantage — the 300kg negative load on