Machinery Photo/Discussion Thread II

lab man

Needed a frame that the mat is bolted onto asap have one coming from mchale in the morn through a dealer so he can get his bit outta it 350 inc

GrasstoMilk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=tBLfgqNvVe0

Super looking bit of kit

Panch18

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=tBLfgqNvVe0

Super looking bit of kit

At first i was wondering how is that much different to a Keltec or Wilson - but then at the end you see its a double decker - wow it looks awesome

jaymla627

Last bit of silage knocked today with my favourite pieces of kit in the yard

Panch18

jaymla627 wrote: »

Last bit of silage knocked today with my favourite pieces of kit in the yard

you have a front and back mower?

do you top with that as well or just for silage?

jaymla627

Panch18 wrote: »

you have a front and back mower?

do you top with that as well or just for silage?

Top with back mower, front mower is just for silage..

GrasstoMilk

jaymla627 wrote: »

Top with back mower, front mower is just for silage..

How many acres of silage a year are you mowing with that?.

jaymla627

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

How many acres a year are you mowing with that?.

400 acres this year, will be over 500 next year with extra silage ground taken

davidk1394

jaymla627 wrote: »

Last bit of silage knocked today with my favourite pieces of kit in the yard

Are you happy with Pottengier ?

jaymla627

davidk1394 wrote: »

Are you happy with Pottengier ?

Delighted, the front mower especially follows ground really well, alot of hilly ground here and it peels it

timple23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBLfgqNvVe0

Malone have entered the self loading bale trailer market. 16 bale capacity.

Some weight, I wonder how stable it will be on hills.

lab man

Well if there 960 trailed mower is anything to go by there'll be plenty tractors on there side that's for sure the mower is a disaster

Tonynewholland

lab man wrote: »

Well if there 960 trailed mower is anything to go by there'll be plenty tractors on there side that's for sure the mower is a disaster

Does the mower go first or what happens

zetecescort

timple23 wrote: »

Some weight, I wonder how stable it will be on hills.

like anything, comes down to the operator having the sense to fill it to suit the conditions. not every load needs to be the full 16 bales

Reggie.

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=tBLfgqNvVe0

Super looking bit of kit

Looks good. Be a fair price on it too id say

GrasstoMilk

zetecescort wrote: »

like anything, comes down to the operator having the sense to fill it to suit the conditions. not every load needs to be the full 16 bales

I presume the 1st 8 bales will stay down until you have the second 8 loaded
Centre of gravity shouldn't be too bad

MfMan

lab man wrote: »

Well if there 960 trailed mower is anything to go by there'll be plenty tractors on there side that's for sure the mower is a disaster

Why? Unstable?

lab man

Very badly balanced

X6.430macman

Would love to see that in action.. I can only assume it would be very unstable on any bit of a slope. Saw a keltec in action for the first time this year and was amazed at how unstable it appeared to be, it didn't fill me with to much confidence

Say my name

Sat in a new John Deere tractor today.

First thing I commented on was "Ooh leather seat"
Was told that it's an add on extra seat cover. Colour matched the cab and looking at it for a seat cover it fitted very well. Easy clean with one wipe and it'd save the real seat. Impressed.

wrangler

Say my name wrote: »

Sat in a new John Deere tractor today.

First thing I commented on was "Ooh leather seat"
Was told that it's an add on extra seat cover. Colour matched the cab and looking at it for a seat cover it fitted very well. Easy clean with one wipe and it'd save the real seat. Impressed.

Some seat covers are very good, everyone asks me why I don't put seat covers on my jeep. they just look the same as the jeeps own upholstery

funkey_monkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE1KXZeaBsU

I think this one is a neater idea as it will allow you to tip straight out into a stacked position and get rid of double handling.
I'm not fussed on the bale release mechanism - seems like something to test welds. I'm sure its made fine though. Its just that the one above has eliminated the stacking at the other side.
I'd say it would be bigger moolah that the Malone though.
Just spotted that a gap is needed between each batch to let the grabbers release. Neither ideal!

davidk1394

I thought cross machinery are supposed to start putting it into production? I actually bought my Tanco wrapper off that man. Nice fella to deal with.

Gillespy

I have to admit I don't find them self loading trailers that appealing at all. I would sooner take my money to the likes of Scully and get a high spec trailer with the hydraulic side rails. Met a galvanised one on the road one day and it looked great. Big tyres and plenty of lights on it.

emaherx

Gillespy wrote: »

I have to admit I don't find them self loading trailers that appealing at all. I would sooner take my money to the likes of Scully and get a high spec trailer with the hydraulic side rails. Met a galvanised one on the road one day and it looked great. Big tyres and plenty of lights on it.

I agree, less to go wrong and carry more at a time, no stability issue and probably move more bales in less time except maybe in the shortest of runs.

9935452

emaherx wrote: »

I agree, less to go wrong and carry more at a time, no stability issue and probably move more bales in less time except maybe in the shortest of runs.

They reckon that up to a mile away there isnt anything that will match a keltec for output.
There is a lad here with a keltec , a double on the front linkage and a 50k fendt.
He can clear a field fair quick

emaherx

9935452 wrote: »

They reckon that up to a mile away there isnt anything that will match a keltec for output.
There is a lad here with a keltec , a double on the front linkage and a 50k fendt.
He can clear a field fair quick

The land here is spread over a few miles.

Is that output just drop and turn around? Bales taken from a large trailer could be stacked directly from the trailer, which would still make it more efficient at less than a mile. Large capacity on those trailers along with no need to tie down.

I'm sure there would be less fuel used and trailer could transport other things even square bales large or small not limited to round bales

Panch18

9935452 wrote: »

They reckon that up to a mile away there isnt anything that will match a keltec for output.
There is a lad here with a keltec , a double on the front linkage and a 50k fendt.
He can clear a field fair quick

no doubt a Keltec/Wilson is fair quick

But then you must have a guy in the yard to stack them

So really a Keltec/wilson should be compared to 2 trailers drawing

Panch18

Gillespy wrote: »

I have to admit I don't find them self loading trailers that appealing at all. I would sooner take my money to the likes of Scully and get a high spec trailer with the hydraulic side rails. Met a galvanised one on the road one day and it looked great. Big tyres and plenty of lights on it.

I wonder what kind of money is a bale trailer with the side rails?

It's surely got to be the way forward if the strapping down is really really enforced (which it will be soon enough)

Mooooo

Draw in all bales here with two double balehandlers grand for handy amounts but if there is a good few there and in fields away from the yard the keltec/Wilson ones would be the job. One drawing and one stacking.