hydraulic bale handlers- which one

f140

am going getting a hydraulic bale handler for the front loader this week and am after getting the following prices:
€1100 rossmore
€1200 mchale
€950 fleming (hoses are extra for this but surely €100 should easly cover this)
€1350 quiche

all these are with no brackets as I have a spare set which i will weld on myself.
which is the one to go for? Have the mchale in my head as its a mchale shear grab I have and am delighted with it. by the way these prices are the cheapest of that brand after ringing around a few places.

vanderbadger

f140 wrote: »

am going getting a hydraulic bale handler for the front loader this week and am after getting the following prices:
€1100 rossmore
€1200 mchale
€950 fleming (hoses are extra for this but surely €100 should easly cover this)
€1350 quiche

all these are with no brackets as I have a spare set which i will weld on myself.
which is the one to go for? Have the mchale in my head as its a mchale shear grab I have and am delighted with it. by the way these prices are the cheapest of that brand after ringing around a few places.

have a rossmore since 2000, still going strong, im sure the mchale would be just as good

Longford Leader

We got the mcHale one in 2008 (brackets + hoses) for €1100
Well built and very reliable.
It's adds a bit of weight to the front of a tractor especially on a 2 wheel drive.

ppn

Rossmore handler is very well made. No problems with it and got it for €1100 including ram/hoses and brackets. The main difference between the diff. brands as far as I can see is the position of the ram and the backplate. some backplates are more inclined to tear plastic than others which are of a smoother construction with a bigger surface area.

Farmer Pudsey

Depends on how many bales you are doing, I have a fleming bought it two years ago for 800 euro's it is grand I do about 300 bales a year and it stacks them, do not use it to feed that much unless I need to take a bale out into the field

Unless you are doing thousands I would not worry however not much between rossmore and fleming to loook at them is there much difference.

charles coleman

Hi
Can anybody please tell me ,the best prices for a Rossmore Bale handler /Flemming and where they can be bought

Thanks

farmer_dave

We got a nugent one - can't remember the price, but am well pleased with it.

onyerbikepat

Good Idea.
http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/hydraulic-bale-lifter/6536401

Damo810

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Good Idea.
http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/hydraulic-bale-lifter/6536401

Plenty of lads have use the sheargrabs frame with a hydrualic bale handler in a similar system, allows you to stack/load wrapped bales without puncturing plastic. This job here.

http://www.clarkemachinery.ie/used-machinery/shear-grabs-bale-splitters-buckrakes/mchale-691-rear-bale-handler-with-mast/5000112_up.aspx#

jp6470

Have a Fleming.welder has been around it four times.cant see it going anywhere else now tbh.but was still abit of a disappointment cause we have Fleming powerbox and things,this 20years.

Damo810

jp6470 wrote: »

Have a Fleming.welder has been around it four times.cant see it going anywhere else now tbh.but was still abit of a disappointment cause we have Fleming powerbox and things,this 20years.

We've a fleming transport box and it's nothing short of sh!te. the frame where the link arms go warped like it was made of butter and the floor is split where it joining the center post. Won't be buying another.

cute geoge

Imo the quicke is superior then fleming . I find once u get used to the big sleeves over the tines u have better hold of the bale , they also tend to damage the plastic less also. I also found I was constantly tightening the tines in the fleming as well

20silkcut

Thinking of buying a bale handler to fit to my tanco 978.

Am being advised by a few people to go for an elephants trunk type handler.
Does anyone here have experience of these and what sort of price are they new?

Zr105

20silkcut wrote: »

Thinking of buying a bale handler to fit to my tanco 978.

Am being advised by a few people to go for an elephants trunk type handler.
Does anyone here have experience of these and what sort of price are they new?

There ok, take a bit of getting used to, but handy enough, of the over top type the elephant trunk is the one id go for as it has a roller on the end so can feel its way between bales better than the others,

Price wise i think we were quoted €1600 from a guy that was advertising on dd a year or 2 ago, we wanted it to move square bales but ended up getting the soft hand type instead for around 800, if stacking in end its very handy and also much easier to plonk bales on a trailer with than the mchale we have but the mchale still gets more work as we normally stack on the round.