Silage Wagon

Pauric Mc

Im thinking of changing my trailed harvester and trailers for a silage wagon. Possibly a pottinger or strautman. Which machine would be the best?

Agri contractor

We have strautmann Giga's and are very happy with them. They are good strong machines. We had a pottinger also a good machine except that on the side of a hill we found it unstable and also that the knife is one sided. On the strautmann there is a double sided knife so that when the edge goes you can just turn them.

Pauric Mc

dont think id go as big as a gigga, seen a neighbour workin one during the week though, serious machine, is there any problems to watch out for on the older machines? other than the obvious!

yossor

Strautmann - bearings in the pick up real are a mother xxxxx of a job to replace. Neighbour has one that breaks chains regularly. overall good machine though. Know another guy and has no problems with the chains

Pauric Mc

Any diference in the speed of the pottinger and strautman, or krone either?

F.D

neighbour had old krones used to crack on the chassis, dont know what the new ones are like he changed to pottinger europrofi i think, doesent seem to have any trouble with them, what about the mengele or what ever lely call them now, they seem to be built well around the rotor no chains just gear driven, might be worth a look.
That double sided knife on the strautman would be handy

caseman

Just wondering dose the older wagons have any problems picking up wet grass

Pauric Mc

Or any problems geting it out of them!

Agri contractor

If buying an older wagon look for a euro profi 3 pottinger or a strautmann vitesse 2 H pattern these are good farmer and contractor machines. Plenty of them in Holland.

steve30

Strautmann silage wagon supposed to be the best, and they seem to be the best seller