McHale Orbital wrapper
- Thread starter Celt83
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My local contractor has one doing about 30 k bales a year , and no complaints , it's very fast too.
Is the cut and hold system better than the hs you think, we get a bit of trouble sometimes with ours
I've run one since June last year and no problems so far, can't comment as never run a hs2000 but had a 991 before it and it's streets ahead. Never had a problem with the cut and tie apart from in the strong winds the other day. Only problem I find is changing rolls is a bit of a pain.
I just know he had a small bit of bother with the hs , but has no trouble with the new machine
Buy a Tanco 1400V. IMO, a far better wrapper. I know 2 guys that's had orbitals on demo and didn't like them. Too slow, awkward to get in tight gates and they don't like wet grass but to name a few. One of the lads is a die hard Mchale man and bought a twin dispenser 991 instead of an orbital.
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- Galway Ireland
I’ll second that would definitely have the Tanco 1400v over the mchale. Bought 1400v last year to replace 1400eh. Had some teething problems as it was new model but in fairness to Tanco they stood by it 100% and new ones have all modifications done now. Friend of mine bought orbital and had awful trouble if baling wet grass and wrapper not straight behind the Baler. Bales would just sit between the rollers
robo
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- northamptonshire
we have had an Orbita for 2 years had a few small problems but all sorted by Farol or McHale very quick machine our biggest gripe is it does not like misshapen bales as anything out of shape can play you up a bit. a well built strong wrapper
The tanco looks a copy of the hs but the cut and tie looks to be a better job.
Never seen one round my way, idea on the price if you don’t mind me asking.
flyonthewall
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I would second that, if not quite perfectly square going onto the table the auto computer will reject it, put it down but still commence wrapping...... Coming from an old cable Kevernland wrapper the computer took me about 2 hours to get my head around. It is also a big bit of kit for what is only a wrapper. Best feature, and this may come with other machines is the ability to roll the bale after cutting the wrap so that the layers are pressed tighter together, I do this for 20 seconds and on filming for 20 secs. If you were not to roll you could keep up with two balers, but as said the bales and crop do need to be right. Not cheap at a bit under £19k mind.
I suppose the hs is better in that respect that if a misshaped/not square bale goes on the bed the two reals as they turn bring it back correctly. (In the case of the bale not being square)
The one thing I will give the hs to be brilliant at is it will wrap a bale even if the netting has totally burst.