BERGMANN: new steered pick-up “ActiveLoad 2”: more power, greater stability and optimised material flow

• BERGMANN introduces the ActiveLoad 2, a steered pick-up designed to enhance stability, power, and material flow for loader wagons.

• The pick-up features plastic scrapers that reduce noise, wear, and simplify maintenance with easy tine replacement.

• Reinforced double tines with 20% larger diameter and a maintenance-free three-bearing tine carrier shaft improve durability and reliability.

• Larger support rollers and a cam track with a maintenance opening increase service life and ease upkeep.

• Optimized material flow is achieved through new suspension and guide combs, ensuring efficient fodder transfer.

• Ground adaptation is enhanced by pendulum suspension, trailing guide wheels, and optional mechanical or hydraulic pick-up relief.

• Hydraulic drive allows independent speed control of the pick-up, improving operation efficiency and reducing driver fatigue.

The newly developed, steered ActiveLoad 2 pick-up is BERGMANN`s practical further development for modern loader wagon use. The aim was to further improve stability and performance while simultaneously making the material flow more efficient.

Six rows of tines on the ActiveLoad 2 achieve maximum fodder pick-up - clean, gentle and without loss. With working widths of 1,940 mm, 2,050 mm and 2,270 mm, ActiveLoad 2 is ideally matched to the BERGMANN REPEX, CAREX and SHUTTLE loader wagon series.

Scraper made of plastic: quiet, low-wear and easy to maintain

The new plastic scrapers improve the material flow while minimising operating noise. They are especially low-wear, flexible and enable quick replacement of the double tines. This considerably simplifies maintenance and repair work.

Reinforced double tines for extreme loads

With a 20% larger diameter compared to the previous model, the double tines offer significantly greater stability and durability – even under extreme operating conditions. The optimised ratio between the tines and scrapers creates more free space and also improves quiet operation and service life.

Three-bearing tine carrier shaft – maintenance-free and robust

A further highlight is the maintenance-free, three-bearing tine carrier shaft with high-quality ball bearings which works reliably even under high loads.

The tine carriers can be completely removed for particularly easy maintenance. The plastic scrapers can be flexibly folded forwards after loosening the upper screws.

Large support rollers for maximum service life

The six tine carriers are reliably and evenly controlled via a low-wear cam track for high-throughput fodder intake.

The new, high-quality support rollers with a 30% larger outer diameter, a 33% larger inner diameter and a 31% wider design significantly reduce the bearing speed and considerably increase stability.

A clever solution for quick maintenance

A large maintenance opening directly on the cam track ensures optimum access to the support rollers and makes it easier to replace them – no removal of the entire tine carrier unit required. The opening also enables perfect visual control of the cam track.

Optimised material flow

For better pre-compaction and optimised fodder transfer to the rotor, the pick-up is equipped with a new suspension for the double swath rollers followed by a guide comb.

The suspension and bearing points are designed to ensure a continuous, trouble-free flow of material.

The even crop transfer to the rotor ensures perfect utilisation of the BERGMANN loader wagons.

Perfect ground adaptation

The ActiveLoad 2 pick-up has a standard pendulum suspension and is equipped with trailing guide wheels for ideal adaptation to the ground. This ensures clean fodder intake even in hilly terrain.

Mechanical or hydraulic pick-up relief is optionally available to ensure even pick-up contact pressure.

The mechanical pick-up relief in particular impresses with its fast reaction speed to any ground contour. Higher driving speeds are therefore possible without the pick-up losing ground contact. This in turn achieves a perfect pick-up pattern even when driving fast on uneven ground – providing the basis for clean, high-quality fodder.

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Perfect speed

Thanks to its hydraulic drive, the speed of the pick-up can be set independently of the tractor’s motor speed (PTO speed). This allows the driver to set the pick-up’s ideal operating speed for the current conditions.

The standard driving speed-dependent pick-up speed control ensures continuous intake and feeding of the fodder to the rotor. This takes the strain off the driver so that even long working days can be mastered without fatigue. The driver can turn the speed control on or off to suit the current operating conditions.

The hydraulic drive also enables a much greater swing angle compared to a mechanically driven pick-up, thus ensuring better adaptation to the ground contour as well as efficient pick-up of the fodder.

Suitable for every farming operation

BERGMANN is the only manufacturer to offer both a steered and a non-steered pick-up for loader wagons. This allows users to choose the pick-up type best suited to their particular operating conditions.

A zero series of the ActiveLoad 2 pick-up will be released for the coming 2026 season.