Machinery Photo/Discussion Thread II

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 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

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

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?

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 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

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 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

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.

Gillespy wrote: »

Hopefully like banning the splash plate, stapping down silage bales gets pushed and pushed until it's forgotten about completely. Adding danger and extra time to the job that isn't needed. Good luck to anyone that can strap down wrapped bales without climbing up to position the strap. Typical trailer with 10 bales on the floor and 4 along the top, those bales aren't going to move an inch.

It’s the law now and it’s being enforced.

Gillespy wrote: »

Lucky to have a lot of common sense Gardai then. Talked to a good few about it and they never had one issue with strapping down silage bales.

Do you mean they don’t mind if they are not strapped down.

Can see the greens getting through taxes that steep on the likes of silage wrap going forward that baling silage will become a thing of the past, be a brave contractor that would drop 50 odd k on a trailer like that given the shower of b**ds in government at the minute

emaherx wrote: »

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

They reckon at three quarters of a mile a keltec will do 70 bales an hour and thats not taking anything on the front.
That would keep a tractor busy enough at the yard.
If you are using a normal trailer you do lose time strapping the load. .
A share of lads are getting stopped and prosecuted over it .

I do agree though that a normal trailer has a lot more uses than a keltec.
The price of a new keltec is around 20k as well which is a lot for a one trick pony

Our contractor has a keltec bale trailer, and we would usually draw the bales ourselves on low loader, but I couldn't draw them this year. Keltec is way quicker and a lot more efficient than our own outfit. The man on the keltec was constantly going, and the lad on the loading shovel at the yard was never waiting too long. If that was ourselves, I'd be wasting too much time taking on and off the trailer, strapping down bales and loading and unloading bales one by one. I would seriously consider buying one if I was making more bales.