Kartar 4000
₹ 21.5 Lakh – ₹ 26.25 Lakh ex-showroom
Kartar Agro has made harvesting machinery in Sangrur, Punjab since 1974, and in the wheat belt the name carries weight. If you have watched combines working the Malwa districts in April, you have watched Kartars.
Four listings cover the range. The Kartar 4000 is the flagship: a 101 HP six-cylinder self-propelled combine with a 14-foot cutter bar and 2640-litre grain tank, ₹21.50 to ₹26.25 lakh. The 4000 Maize is the same machine fitted with a maize header and a 12-foot bar at ₹27.50 lakh, aimed at Bihar, MP and the maize districts of Karnataka. The 3500 is the smaller wheeled combine, 74 HP with a 9.75-foot bar and 1900-litre tank at ₹18.70 lakh. The Straw Reaper 56 is tractor-drawn and costs ₹2.95 lakh — the machine that turns wheat stubble into saleable bhusa instead of a stubble-burning problem.
For a custom-hiring operator, the 4000's 14-foot bar is the number that decides the business case. Wider bar means more acres per day, and acres per day is what pays the loan.
The limitation is geography. Kartar's service and parts network is built around Punjab and Haryana. A combine down in the middle of a two-week harvest window is a serious loss, so buyers outside the north should be certain about local support.
| Model | HP | Price | Aglist Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kartar 4000 | 101 | ₹ 21.5 Lakh – ₹ 26.25 Lakh | 6.9/10 |
| Kartar 4000 Maize | 101 | ₹ 27.5 Lakh | 5.4/10 |
| Kartar 3500 | 74 | ₹ 18.7 Lakh | 5.1/10 |
| Kartar Straw Reaper 56 | — | ₹ 2.95 Lakh | 6.8/10 |
₹21.50 to ₹26.25 lakh depending on configuration. It is a 101 HP six-cylinder self-propelled combine with a 14-foot cutter bar and a 2640-litre grain tank. The wide bar is what makes it a custom-hiring machine, since daily acreage is what determines whether the purchase pays back.
The 3500 at ₹18.70 lakh is 74 HP with a 9.75-foot bar and 1900-litre tank, and suits an owner harvesting mainly his own and neighbouring land. The 4000 costs at least ₹2.8 lakh more but its 14-foot bar covers far more ground per day, which only matters if you are running it commercially.
It is a tractor-drawn machine at ₹2.95 lakh that collects wheat straw left after combine harvesting and chops it into bhusa, which can be sold as cattle fodder. It gives you a return on residue instead of burning it, and in Punjab and Haryana that also keeps you the right side of stubble-burning rules.