Hard centre baler

[edwhite]

We are looking to bring our baling in-house and are looking for a good second hand round baler that will give us a good hard centre as we use a bale unrolled for feeding.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a baler that would fit the bill?

 

[DrDunc]

We are looking to bring our baling in-house and are looking for a good second hand round baler that will give us a good hard centre as we use a bale unrolled for feeding.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a baler that would fit the bill?

Silage/haylage/straw?

Number of bales?

New/second hand?



I changed a krone comprima solid centre baler couple of years ago. Krone is not the fastest, but will bale anything from soaking wet grass leaf to smashed up straw dust

Replaced krone with a soft centre (fixed chamber roller) Kuhn

I also unroll bales to feed out. The unroller works perfectly with soft centre bales

 

[edwhite]

Silage/haylage/straw?

Number of bales?

New/second hand?



I changed a krone comprima solid centre baler couple of years ago. Krone is not the fastest, but will bale anything from soaking wet grass leaf to smashed up straw dust

Replaced krone with a soft centre (fixed chamber roller) Kuhn

I also unroll bales to feed out. The unroller works perfectly with soft centre bales

Thanks,
We do about 600 bales of silage, both whole crop and grass. As well as about 200 bales of hay. Nothing is chopped
Im looking for second hand this time around, as well as a wrapper.
We currently have some soft centre bales feeding out. Our unroller is a set of spikes on a hydraulic motor and can end up spinning the core in a silage bale

 

[Will 1594]

Very tidy welgar 520 at ben burgess ,

 

[KB6930]

There's a tidy Fendt with 26000 bales going into Ancroft tractors . They make a good bale .

Hardest centre bakeries know of us a John Deere.

 

[BRB John]

How do you get on with the bale unroller? Wouldn't it be easier just plopping the bale in front of them or put it in a feed ring.....

 

[spin cycle]

surely any fixed belt chamber produces a hard centre I'd you don't go stupid ob speed?

 

[KB6930]

surely any fixed belt chamber produces a hard centre I'd you don't go stupid ob speed?

Kinda .

Some will have full pressure from a lot smaller core than others

 

[le bon paysan]

How do you get on with the bale unroller? Wouldn't it be easier just plopping the bale in front of them or put it in a feed ring.....

I've got a bale unroller but I feed along feed barriers, just drive in at a slight angle and reverse out unrolling the bale as I go. Also feed in field, reverse while unrolling. All cattle get to eat as bully cows stand around the ring feeder.

 

[Welderloon]

Usually plenty 2nd hand reasonably low bale count Lely Welger or Vicon balers about up & down the country at reasonable money, both make a decent tight bale in silage & hay, should be plenty spares & back up available & they are not too hard to work on, doesn't seem to be much difference in price between a chopper or non-chopper baler 2nd hand, probably more chopper balers available.............wrappers- McHale, KV, Vicon - depends if you want trailed for field wrapping or static mounted/fixed for Stack wrapping - again all depends on your choice & budget, & also if you are a local dealer man or willing to travel

 

[czechmate]

My Kuhn actually has the facility to make the centre’s softer, which I thought I would never use. But I do use it to improve the quality of the hay, even here in France where hay making is child’s play

 

[Suffolksucklers]

There's a tidy Fendt with 26000 bales going into Ancroft tractors . They make a good bale .

Hardest centre bakeries know of us a John Deere.

Don't get a new JD, bloody useless starry centres. A real step back

 

[Werzle]

Don't get a new JD, bloody useless starry centres. A real step back

Mate had a new jd last year and it makes a super bale

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Mate had a new jd last year and it makes a super bale

Ours and a neighbours is the same, just bunches the core together until it gets big enough to start turning. We've had six JDs in a row but this will be the last

 

[KB6930]

Ours and a neighbours is the same, just bunches the core together until it gets big enough to start turning. We've had six JDs in a row but this will be the last

Which model?

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Which model?

V461m

 

[KB6930]

V461m

Ah that'll be why then .

I'm talking about the R the new version of a 960 that was launched around 10 yrs ago

 

[s~~t shoveller]

Welger 445 are very good at making a dense centre and very fast.might have one for sale if you want to pm me.

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Ah that'll be why then .

I'm talking about the R the new version of a 960 that was launched around 10 yrs ago

We had a 550(not great) 590, 592 and a 864. 864 was a great baler. But this latest one is a real heap. Think we will look at McHale or Massey when the time comes

 

[KB6930]

We had a 550(not great) 590, 592 and a 864. 864 was a great baler. But this latest one is a real heap

I do know someone with one like yours and they get on fine with it .