The Fendt Slicer Test Reports – Better performance.
The Fendt Slicer disc mowers are formed from Essential requirements. We measure ourselves against the requirement to offer the optimum machine for every application with short harvesting times and constant drive to develop our mowers . Intelligent lightweight construction and high stability are not contradictions for us, but rather ensuring that it’s easy to use and has low fuel consumption. Find out what the experts and the press have to say here.
Find Fendt inside (agrarheute 10/2024)
profi (11/2025)
Fendt Slicer 310 FQ KC and Slicer 960 KCB PRO in seasonal test
‘It can hold its own!’
"We worked with the Slicer combination for one season. Hooked up at the beginning of the season was a Fendt 936 Vario and later a 728 Vario. The powerful 936 was optimal for the first cut, and there were sufficient power reserves in the green rye. The 728 was used for the later cuts. With the mowers, it formed a very manoeuvrable team, which came close to a self-driven machine with the extensive automatic functions. The cutting and the preparation were always top."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
"With the Slicer 960 KCB Pro, Fendt definitely includes the professional segment, we can say that after
around 1000 ha of use."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
"Mows perfectly"
"We liked the ground contouring of the rear units in use. Together with the TurboLift hydropneumatic relief, there were no criticisms here. The good adjustment, regardless of the driving speed and the area conditions, is mainly due to the optional, speed-dependent control [...] We can recommend this equipment for varying soils and stocks."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
Flexible swath
"Thanks to a tilt sensor and the ISOBUS integration, the belts on the slope shift automatically, as does the belt speed of the machine to compensate for slide slopes. Even when cornering, the belts adjust automatically to the appropriate speed, so...
...they always create uniform swaths."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
Extensive operation
"The user interface and menu structure are based on the FendtOne concept. The system logically displays all important information, such as speeds or pressures, at the corresponding positions."
"The TIM function enables the tractor to be integrated into the mower functions. This means that the mowers raise and lower fully automatically. In addition, the units raise automatically when driving backwards—
"The TIM function enables the tractor to be integrated into the mower functions. This means that the mowers raise and lower fully automatically. In addition, the units raise automatically when driving backwards—
we greatly appreciated this function."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
"Technology for every day"
"The headstock is well built. Thanks to the special shape of the support arms, the combination is mounted close to the tractor, but the driver has space during hitching and unhitching."
"Folding works smoothly thanks to the free-wheel clutches."
"I really appreciate the automatically folding hydraulic side guards, the operator reports. However, he also recommends other comfort features, such as the combined lubrication lines [...]"
"Folding works smoothly thanks to the free-wheel clutches."
"I really appreciate the automatically folding hydraulic side guards, the operator reports. However, he also recommends other comfort features, such as the combined lubrication lines [...]"
"The blades have a very good service life."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
Interaction with the Slicer 310 FQ KC front mounted mower
The Slicer 310 FQ KC front mounted mower with hydraulic comfort equipment for TIM integration of the rear mowers was designed to match the mower combination.
"There were no points of criticism of the suspension, referred to as 3D kinematics; there’s plenty of space available."
"[...] recommended lateral shift (20 cm to each side) [...]. This allows you to head for turns manually or automatically, and there are no stripes left in tight curves. In addition, you can also mow streak-free on slopes.
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
"There were no points of criticism of the suspension, referred to as 3D kinematics; there’s plenty of space available."
"[...] recommended lateral shift (20 cm to each side) [...]. This allows you to head for turns manually or automatically, and there are no stripes left in tight curves. In addition, you can also mow streak-free on slopes.
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
"The cutting and the preparation were always top."
(trade magazine profi 11/2025)
TEST RESULTS
Fendt Slicer 310 FQ KC and Slicer 960 KCB Pro* mower combinations
*Grading:
++ = very good; + = good; o = average; - = below average; - - = poor
++ = very good; + = good; o = average; - = below average; - - = poor
agrarheute Plant+Technology (10/2024)
Fendt Slicer 960 KCB Pro mower combination on test
“Fendt is serious about grassland technology.”
“The brand demonstrates this with the Slicer 960 KCB Pro, which offers more than just a few optimisations.”
The renowned trade magazine agrarheute was the first to have the pleasure of testing the new Fendt Slicer 960 KCB Pro butterfly mower in action - in a large second cut crop. The impression was clear: “The engineers have looked closely at what the market has to offer in terms of premium mowers and have done their homework. With conditioner, swath merging and ISOBUS, it has everything imaginable on board - and a little more.”
(agrarheute 10/2024)
(agrarheute 10/2024)
“If it says Fendt on a mower, it's Fendt inside.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
The DLG-award-winning automatic adjustment of the conditioner intensity is impressive!
“How aggressively the conditioner squeezes is not determined by the speed, but by a counter comb. We conveniently adjusted the tractor terminal during the journey. An electric servomotor makes this possible. As a result, the slicer masters a function that no other manufacturer offers: the ability to set the conditioner for specific sections.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
“So far, only Fendt
can automatically control a conditioner based on maps.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
Automatic cutter bar relief
“A nitrogen bubble pre-pressurises and relieves the pressure on the cutter bars. “The hydraulic adjustment while travelling also makes other functions possible: the faster the tractor travels, the more pressure it applies to the cutter bars to prevent them from fluttering or bouncing. (agrarheute 10/2024)
“So far, only Fendt can do that.”
(agrarheute 10/2024)
“The smart rear mower...
...also makes its ISOBUS capabilities available to the front mower through the TIM Hitch tractor implement management (TIM) function, including speed monitoring. At the headland, it receives the order to raise. The rear mower also detects the tractor's steering angle and shifts the front mower when cornering.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
Conveyor belts with BeMove
“Only Fendt
can move them hydraulically to change the swath width.” (agrarheute 10/2024)
top agrar (3/2024)
Fendt Slicer 860 KC and 310 F KC in long-term tests
Top quality cut of the robust butterfly-style mower
The German agricultural magazine top agrar carried out an intensive seasonal test with the latest generation of Fendt Slicer disc mowers in the triple combination during the 2023 forage season. The testers tested the lightest model variant of the newly-developed Fendt mower combinations, the Slicer 860 KC with a working width of 8.30/8.60 metres, and the matching 3.0 metre Slicer 310 F KC pendulum front mower. Both models were equipped with the powerful Streamline cutter bar and the optimised tine conditioner. The field test have been carried out over an entire season under different cutting, growing and weather conditions and with different tractor models on a total of around 500 ha. Read the trade journalists’ impressions here.
“To summarise, we can give the Slicer mowers with tine conditioners a very good report.”
top agrar (3/2024)
The lightweight Slicer Triple combination on test
Top cutting quality
“The Slicer disc mowers cut the stalks cleanly in all conditions (standing crop), even with very low growth. The oscillation paths of the mowers (front +/- 7.5°, rear +30°/-19°) were also sufficient when driving through hollows and small ditches. Here, the cutter bar with its construction depth of almost 50 cm guided the blades cleanly over the ground.” (top agrar 3/2024)
You can find the complete test report here.
Lightweights in their class
“The front mower weighs exactly 1,000 kg, the rear mower weighs 2,340 kg. This makes the machine nice and light. The payload of many four-cylinder tractors such as the Fendt 516 Vario we use is also sufficient.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Quiet Streamline cutter bar
“The cutter bars are fully welded, lubricated for life and suspended on both sides. One of the manufacturer’s claims is that they use large (finely ground) gears with 3.5 teeth in mesh at all times. The goal is to achieve very smooth running. After mowing around 500 hectares, we can confirm that nothing rattled here.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Easy to pull and fuel-efficient
“A reduced speed of 850 rpm was sufficient to be able to work fuel-efficiently in thinner crops. In the second cut in 2023, the consumption of our Fendt 516 Vario (conditioner level 2) used averaged 5.2 litres/ha. We were able to achieve an area output of approx. 5 ha per hour. With the second test tractor, a Fendt 718, we managed an average of around 6.5 ha per hour with a diesel consumption of around 7 l/ha (conditioner level 3) – good values.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Easy to operate
“All in all, the combination is hitched on quickly. In the test, this took around five minutes.”
“There are arrows on the suspension of the right-hand rear mower for the optimum height of the rear power lift – simple and good.” (top agrar 3/2024)
“There are arrows on the suspension of the right-hand rear mower for the optimum height of the rear power lift – simple and good.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Quick change
“Changing the blade is also easy. The knife blades can be changed very easily using the special tool. Spare blades are stored in appropriate tool boxes on the mowers – good.” (top agrar 3/2024)
Safe and sturdy
“A free wheel in the gearbox allows the mower discs to rotate out after the PTO shaft is disengaged. The conditioners, on the other hand, stop very quickly so that the rear mower can be folded in immediately.” (top agrar 3/2024)
“The rear mower can be unhitched in both work or transport position. The latter saves space in the shed. A double support at the rear and two extendable supports at the front of the centre stand ensure a sturdy positioning.” (top agrar 3/2024)
“The rear mower can be unhitched in both work or transport position. The latter saves space in the shed. A double support at the rear and two extendable supports at the front of the centre stand ensure a sturdy positioning.” (top agrar 3/2024)
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