Bale Shear

newholland

I got a new Cashels Bale shear and it is a great job for feeding bales. How is anybody else finding them.?

farawaygrass

Early Christmas present? 😄 would love one but not yet. It doing all it says on the tin?

thetiredfarmer

newholland wrote: »

I got a new Cashels Bale shear and it is a great job for feeding bales. How is anybody else finding them.?

Still loving the Tanco Bale shear.It has about 4k bales fed with only wear on the 5 teeth. Only sharpened it once so far.(must do it again.)

newholland

farawaygrass wrote: »

Early Christmas present? 😄 would love one but not yet. It doing all it says on the tin?

It is good once you get used to it. Took around 3 bales the I get used to it. Grabbed plastic and net every time so far

Muckit

thetiredfarmer wrote: »

Still loving the Tanco Bale shear.It has about 4k bales fed with only wear on the 5 teeth. Only sharpened it once so far.(must do it again.)

Do you have it on a farm loader? Seen one at a demo and thought they looked heavy.

thetiredfarmer

Muckit wrote: »

Do you have it on a farm loader? Seen one at a demo and thought they looked heavy.

Yep its on a 130 hp Zetor. Zetor is only 4 cylinder and loader has fantastic reach(ie.I think it would suit 6 cylinder tractor)
Fusion bales up to 920 kgs(wet) and with reasonable care it preforms as close to perfect as I need. Ps.I should have a weight on the back,but don't.

newholland

Muckit wrote: »

Do you have it on a farm loader? Seen one at a demo and thought they looked heavy.

They are approx 400kg. Would not like to flying with a bale on. I have it on 100hp tractor must get a weight

thetiredfarmer

newholland wrote: »

They are approx 400kg. Would not like to flying with a bale on. I have it on 100hp tractor must get a weight

Flying is never an option with my loader!

I said

newholland wrote: »

I got a new Cashels Bale shear and it is a great job for feeding bales. How is anybody else finding them.?

How many bales a year are ya feeding out?

newholland

I said wrote: »

How many bales a year are ya feeding out?

Not too many only 250

frazzledhome

Opened and striped 23 bales today in 40 mins. Man in ground with knife.

Thinking of grab, would it be any quicker

Reggie.

thetiredfarmer wrote: »

Flying is never an option with my loader!

Soft drive on a loader is a gift

Deepsouthwest

frazzledhome wrote: »

Opened and striped 23 bales today in 40 mins. Man in ground with knife.

Thinking of grab, would it be any quicker

In a similar boat here, but having the shear grab would mean that on the days that I have no help, I could still fire in the bales on my own. How long would it have taken to feed out that many bales without help?

Muckit

frazzledhome wrote: »

Opened and striped 23 bales today in 40 mins. Man in ground with knife.

Thinking of grab, would it be any quicker

I'd be thinking the same. With the majority of balers in the country still running net and very little 'plastic on plastic" setups, l can see a sight of work separating the net from wrap and then putting them into storage even with a bale shear.

If you are looking to slice them the original design mchale seems a great option for third of the price.

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

Opened and striped 23 bales today in 40 mins. Man in ground with knife.

Thinking of grab, would it be any quicker

Youd possibly hace fed those 23 bales in the same length as it took to open with knife if not less time id imagine.
Could ye sell shear grab and buy the tanco equivalent?

F.D

We do pit first cut pit silage and 100-200 bales, its a pain opening the bales on your own so i could see the advantage of the bale slice but could not afford it
so i seen a guy on youtube opening them with a shear grab, so i do it this way now and it works, i know i dont have the clamp but its easy enough gather up the plastic and net afterwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsFTAHzipPk

bogman_bass

Where a bale shear really comes into its own is where you have a part time guy who has to feed cattle in the morning but doesnt want to stink of silage when going into the office

Pacoa

Wear gloves

newholland

Pacoa wrote: »

Wear gloves

And the clothes

Greengrass1

Pacoa wrote: »

Wear gloves

Youve obviously never fed silage in morn went off for afternoon came back and smelt your clothes. The smell gets into your clothes weather you wear gloves or not

frazzledhome

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Youd possibly hace fed those 23 bales in the same length as it took to open with knife if not less time id imagine.
Could ye sell shear grab and buy the tanco equivalent?

Too narrow

Zr105

frazzledhome wrote: »

Opened and striped 23 bales today in 40 mins. Man in ground with knife.

Thinking of grab, would it be any quicker

It would probably save you 40 mins in that it would be a 1 man job, and safer as you don't have someone down walking around the passage while your moving bales about...

The sorting shouldn't be to big a deal, a 2grain fork would pick them out fairly handy!

Muckit

Zr105 wrote: »

The sorting shouldn't be to big a deal, a 2grain fork would pick them out fairly handy!

... and a pocket knife is very handy for cutting plastic!

Zr105

To be honest if feeding a large number of bales the cheapest option is possibly to get a roll on roll off dropped in the corner of the yard, then just dump the whole lot into it, no sorting, no worrying about bits of grass in it, and you can throw anything else about the yard into it aswell.

annubis

bogman_bass wrote: »

Where a bale shear really comes into its own is where you have a part time guy who has to feed cattle in the morning but doesnt want to stink of silage when going into the office

you still have to pull the nett away from the plastic and usually have a god lump of silage stuck in there as well, still its handy tool and they are fed for a couple of days barr pushing it in a bit the 2nd day with tractor

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Soft drive on a loader is a gift

can you fit soft drive to a loader that hasn't it already? and approx. how much?

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

can you fit soft drive to a loader that hasn't it already? and approx. how much?

Yeah. A mate reckons he can do it. Mills hydraulics in mullingar have a kit I think. Somewhere between €300 and €600 I think.

Zr105

lakill Farm wrote: »

can you fit soft drive to a loader that hasn't it already? and approx. how much?

Yep, it's only a matter of getting the bottles, we got ones from Nelson hydraulics years ago, €200 a pop, but can probably be got cheaper now.

Just have to t them into each side of lift rams

Greengrass1

Was thinking today as I pulled mould off a bale if I had a shear feeding in diet feeder I would never see the mould

I says

Would a 90hp tractor be able for a bale shear either the cashels or nugent type

I says

I says wrote: »

Would a 90hp tractor be able for a bale shear either the cashels or nugent type

Bump

White Clover

I says wrote: »

Bump

I don't have one but I think it would be far too heavy for a 90hp tractor when you factor in the Wright of the bale too.

Burning Tires

I was looking at the tanco and the cashel shears. They have different plastic/net retaining systems. Which one would grab less silage. Anyone with experience of them.
The cashel has 4 hooks and the tanko has a 8 inch wide clamp

annubis

I says wrote: »

Bump

had the tanco on 5455 massey 100hp for years, just kept power box on back but it was empty normally, never had a bother