KRONE is advancing its GX universal transport platform with a substantial technology update across the 36 m³ GX 360, 44 m³ GX 440 and 52 m³ GX 520. One of the most significant changes concerns steering. Previous GX configurations relied on a physical connection between tractor and trailer to provide the steering system with articulation data; the revised architecture instead uses sensor-based measurement ahead of the first axle, combining vehicle direction and speed to calculate the appropriate steering response electronically. The technology has already been deployed elsewhere in KRONE’s transport portfolio and is now being extended across the GX family.
Electronics represent the second major area of development. A redesigned control computer supports a substantially revised operator interface incorporating 3D graphics, animations and a configurable multifunction bar. KRONE has simultaneously revised several mechanical details, including the position of the front transmission to create additional free space and improve the machine’s self-cleaning characteristics, together with optimized sealing intended to improve reliability and reduce maintenance requirements.
The changes illustrate how digital control is spreading beyond tractors and self-propelled machines into agricultural transport equipment. For KRONE, the objective appears to be not simply adding functionality but progressively standardizing sensing, steering and electronic-control concepts across its transport portfolio. That can simplify the operator experience while making increasingly capable trailers less dependent on mechanical tractor connections.
Bottom Line: The GX update is evolutionary rather than disruptive, but sufficiently substantial to qualify as a genuine new product generation. The most relevant development is the shift from mechanically referenced electronic steering toward contactless sensing and software-calculated trailer control, accompanied by a more capable electronic architecture. It is another small but telling example of agricultural implements becoming increasingly sensor-driven and digitally controlled.
