Variable basecutter assembly

A basecutter assembly for a sugarcane harvester, the basecutter assembly comprising:

• a first cutter and a second cutter, the first and second cutters adapted to sever sugarcane stalk;
• a first feeder and a second feeder, the first and second feeders adapted to feed the severed sugarcane stalk, the first cutter and the first feeder arranged to rotate relative to one another about a first rotation axis, the second cutter and the second feeder arranged to rotate relative to one another about a second rotation axis;
• a cutter drive coupled to the first cutter and the second cutter to rotate the first cutter and the second cutter respectively about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis;
• a feed drive coupled to the first feeder and the second feeder to rotate the first feeder and the second feeder respectively about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, the feed drive arranged to receive a first drive input;
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• a variator coupled to the feed drive to provide a variable second drive input to the feed drive.