Hustler on front
- Thread starter Overrun
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we have made brackets for JCB , Manitou togo on Hustler, so i guess some do already
bean
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- Location
- holsworthy
Running hustler on front of jd 6130 over feed barrier, works really well
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
- Location
- Limousin, France
Neighbour has a bale unrolled on a loader. I use a rotating spike, smaller tractor.
JMTHORNLEY
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- Location
- Glossop
Used to do the same until I bought the Fusion. I run with a full bank of knives and it makes better fodder and for the places I can't get the chopper into it makes feeding out easier by far. Can you have your bales chopped at all?
Yes can chop, normally buy in a couple of hundred bales of hay and silage as well, normally not chopped.
would maybe prefer a rotating bale spike for a few hundred quid than spend a few thousand on a Hustler. Would love to bed up with either but not got good access.
would maybe prefer a rotating bale spike for a few hundred quid than spend a few thousand on a Hustler. Would love to bed up with either but not got good access.
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
We have a hustler on a telehandler, still use ring feeders and sometimes use the hustler to top them up over the fence or gate, much easier than cutting the bales above the feeder when they are chopped such that they fall to bits the second the net is cut, keeps mess in the field to a minimum and means you can empty a part used bale off the unwinder into the ring.
Never used a rotating spike, but imagine that by comparison it would struggle with chopped bales, and also any that don't want to unwind due to a bit of mould holding things together.
Hustler seemed the best made option by far when we were in the market, and the auto release mechanism and the fact that its reversible are also very useful.
A bit unwieldy away out in front, especially through narrow feed pass doors with uneven / broken up ground outside, but didnt take as much lifting as expected, ours is a 3.2 tonne / 7m machine, and I can push it 80% out with a whole bale before the machine starts to feel unstable. I imagine you'd need a decent sized tractor with rear ballast to handle one on a loader though.
We’ve run one for 3 years now on telehandler. Silage down passages and bedding yards with straw.
mostly back up when un rolling bales with it.
wouldn’t be without it,
Valtra Man
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Run one on tractor for a few years now. Was no problem on 120hp but wouldn’t want to go down our steep tracks downhill with a bale on front so got spikes front and back. Travel with hustler full of roots on back and bale or two on front, empty roots then do bales. Wouldn’t want to be without it, even bed the sheds with it as standard as it’s far easier than rolling bales or carrying blocks from squares. It’s one of those machines you wish you had years ago I found..
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Tend to feed out in reverse, although have an outside pass that I use crab steer for to avoid tramping the feed, can go either way then.
Crab steer would be handy but my loader is articulated so can’t do
FonterraFarmer
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- Waikato, New Zealand
They feed both ways if there the locally manufactured ones...