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Silage Bales Unrollers

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  • #32
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭White Clover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124019737#Comment_124019737

    Did you get a price on the Gerety, Jfh?



  • #33
    jfh
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124020322#Comment_124020322

    it's advertised for 7.5 k on donedeal



  • #34
    funkey_monkey
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124020543#Comment_124020543

    Is that this one?

    https://youtu.be/ROS6Z0k5WF0?feature=shared

    If so, it's the design I like the most. Side shift looks good and I like the asymmetrical prongs as well - ideal for lining up.

    Edit: seen the ad on DD. Looks like he has removed the powered rollers.



  • #35
    divillybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753 ✭✭✭divillybit


    The side shift is probably the unique selling point of that unroller but its using another double acting spool and a hydraulic top link is needed with an unroller. So its 3 double acting spools needed for that unroller which would be something to take into account.I dont think the power roller referred to in that video is of much benefit.

    This Nugent bale unroller looks OK value and a good saving over a new machine. It doesn't have the side rollers but realistically you dont need them.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/nugent-bale-feeder/40930962



  • #36
    White Clover
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124020543#Comment_124020543

    They look a fine job.

    Prices for all of them are steep. There's not that much to them after.



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  • #37
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,741 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Isn't this a very simple way of feeding bales. Amie Coonan using a Tine Bucket. Breaks it up nice and easy. Only good I guess for a one-sided slatted shed, but still. From 8:45 mins.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfBu9S6AhA&t=507s


  • #38
    DBK1
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124024091#Comment_124024091

    I can never understand why people are happy to walk all the way around the implement on the loader to connect/disconnect the hydraulic hoses. It’s not a big job to get moved to the left side of the headstock and they’re beside you then when you get off the tractor!



  • #39
    The middle inch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭The middle inch


    We haven't had to use a hydraulic top link with either the Blaney or Bridgeway unrollers.



  • #40
    SodiumCooled
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    The hustler has asymmetrical tines also, I'd image its standard on most

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022194#Comment_124022194

    Why the need for a hydraulic top link? We use a standard top link on the Hustler and couldn't see any reason for needing a hydraulic one?

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124024091#Comment_124024091

    Spreading a bale around even with the spikes is doable in a one sided shed, we used to do it in our other shed but you could spend a good bit of time messing around and then end up having to do plenty of forking anyway. Not sure how practical it is doing it the way she is given you have to take on and off the tine bucket constantly to swap back and over from the spikes. Depends what your aim is I guess and type of shed, I think an unroller or tanco bale sheer are the two best options depending on your situation and type of shed.



  • #41
    divillybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753 ✭✭✭divillybit


    The main reason a hydraulic top link is needed is if a bale is not placed centrally on the cradle part of the unroller the bale can start rubbing excessively against the front or back part of the unroller when the bale is being fed out and it creates alot of extra resistance which is hard on the hydraulic. The hydraulic top link can be adjusted so the bale then tracks back towards the center as its being rotated.

    We also have a short incline up to the feed passage of one of the sheds. As the unroller hangs out alot the unroller could catch the concrete as you back up the incline so by retracting the top link it prevents that happening.

    The top link is useful for adjusting the spikes of the unroller headstock so it lines up with cradle part, especially useful if there's uneven ground. Or if you've a meal bin on the spikes and you want to tilt the bin back towards the tractor if you're driving on the road so it doesn't bounce off.

    A hydraulic top link can be used for other implements e.g. a disc mower if you dont have topping skids on and want to skin the ground you can lengthen the top link from the cab.

    I could go on but you get the idea. If you manage without one that's sound. Each to their own.



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