Heath super chaser capacity

[Farmer-George]

Been asked by a friend if I would consider chasing bales for him.

I would need to buy a chaser etc, he’s working on paying £2.50 per bale chased to a stack no more than 3 miles away. Price would be adjusted in 0.25 mile increments over 3 miles.

Realistically, now many bales can a decent operator chase in a day.

Any recommendations on a machine too? See a lot of fastracs but is the additional road speed really of a benefit over a 50k box.

 

[Lincsman]

Never done it, but loads!.. you need a bull bar on the front to turn them, so good front linkage?

 

[Farmer-George]

I was thinking of taking the front linkage off and mounting the bar directly to the chassis rails. Can’t help but think with my luck I’d bend the linkage!

 

[The Son]

In my very limited bale chasing experience the fastrac really comes into it's own in the field, soaking up the bumps allowing you to travel quickly

 

[tepapa]

@Hesston4860s @Hesstondriver . I can't remember which of you had one for sale so tagged you both. I hope it was one of you.

 

[Hesstondriver]

@Hesston4860s @Hesstondriver . I can't remember which of you had one for sale so tagged you both. I hope it was one of you.

sorry not me

 

[Hesston4860s]

@Hesston4860s @Hesstondriver . I can't remember which of you had one for sale so tagged you both. I hope it was one of you.

It was me !.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

20 year ago, I did it, 970 bales in a day was the best day I had, could average about 500 a day to be on the safe side,
A fastcrap was not good as it kept braking down, best I had back then was a Renault 640, it just kept going

 

[Speedstar]

Been asked by a friend if I would consider chasing bales for him.

I would need to buy a chaser etc, he’s working on paying £2.50 per bale chased to a stack no more than 3 miles away. Price would be adjusted in 0.25 mile increments over 3 miles.

Realistically, now many bales can a decent operator chase in a day.

Any recommendations on a machine too? See a lot of fastracs but is the additional road speed really of a benefit over a 50k box.

We used to run an Arcusin chaser , could do 800 to 1000 bales a day no problem , but with sh!t weather & straw to expensive to buy we sold the lot balers , chaser the lot & it was the best thing we ever did , you will find it hard to make money out of the straw job unless you get it for nothing

 

[Will 1594]

Been asked by a friend if I would consider chasing bales for him.

I would need to buy a chaser etc, he’s working on paying £2.50 per bale chased to a stack no more than 3 miles away. Price would be adjusted in 0.25 mile increments over 3 miles.

Realistically, now many bales can a decent operator chase in a day.

Any recommendations on a machine too? See a lot of fastracs but is the additional road speed really of a benefit over a 50k box.

My lad runs a 12 bale super chaser on a 4220 , will send you his number , you will want a spare fastrac , he said
You will have to be sh!t hot and thrash it to death to do 4 loads an hour on 3 mile runs and have decent access and quiet roads 3 loads if through villages or rough tracks and been sensible , ,he picks up around 20000 ,
You want some thing that will go down field as fast loaded as it will empty ,

 

[Andrew]

Been asked by a friend if I would consider chasing bales for him.

I would need to buy a chaser etc, he’s working on paying £2.50 per bale chased to a stack no more than 3 miles away. Price would be adjusted in 0.25 mile increments over 3 miles.

Realistically, now many bales can a decent operator chase in a day.

Any recommendations on a machine too? See a lot of fastracs but is the additional road speed really of a benefit over a 50k box.

A good driver will do 80-100 an hour tipped at the field gateway, so 1.5 bales per minute. Use this to calculate how many you’ll do when you start hauling. Distance means very little, depends on the roads / tracks, houses etc etc.
A Super will carry 10 hesstons, an Extra will carry 12. Personally like a Fastrac as its smoother in the field.
round here the going rate is £2 / bale to the side the field or £150/hr as soon as you start hauling.

 

[FarmyStu]

My lad runs a 12 bale super chaser on a 4220 , will send you his number , you will want a spare fastrac , he said
You will have to be sh!t hot and thrash it to death to do 4 loads an hour on 3 mile runs and have decent access and quiet roads 3 loads if through villages or rough tracks and been sensible , ,he picks up around 20000 ,
You want some thing that will go down field as fast loaded as it will empty ,

Why would anyone "thrash it to death" unless the rewards are so great that they pay to replace "thrashed" machinery?

 

[Andrew]

Why would anyone "thrash it to death" unless the rewards are so great that they pay to replace "thrashed" machinery?

Most chasers are driven by students racing each other so have no care about replacing kit. Quite a lot are hired on hire tractors too.

 

[Will 1594]

Why would anyone "thrash it to death" unless the rewards are so great that they pay to replace "thrashed" machinery?

Will rephrase it then You need your cap on backwards And need to get on , it’s hard on man , concentration and The rough fields. And tracks . Have you ever chased Bsles . You pick 20000 bales up with a 10 bale old style chaser with switches in stead of joy stick and Tractor with no suspension 20 years ago you knew you had done 18 hours on it ,every day for weeks

 

[deleted user 837354]

I think I would sooner just drive the bloke's tractor and chaser and have him pay me an hourly rate in all honesty. So you need a modern tractor, a fairly complex but 1 way wonder of a machine used for a few months a year at best and then you need to drive it flat out over rough ground day and night to make it pay?

Sounds legit....

 

[B R C]

First off I would want a contract with a minimum no of bales and payment. He is asking you to invest heavily, what is he guaranteeing you? He’s a friend as well.....

 

[Hesston4860s]

A good driver will do 80-100 an hour tipped at the field gateway, so 1.5 bales per minute. Use this to calculate how many you’ll do when you start hauling. Distance means very little, depends on the roads / tracks, houses etc etc.
A Super will carry 10 hesstons, an Extra will carry 12. Personally like a Fastrac as its smoother in the field.
round here the going rate is £2 / bale to the side the field or £150/hr as soon as you start hauling.

No wonder I don’t make owt then, it’s a £1 bale to the field edge or £1.40 a bale on distance work that’s 120x70 or 120x90 !. Mines just sat in the yard dought it’ll move again now this year.

 

[roscoe erf]

First off I would want a contract with a minimum no of bales and payment. He is asking you to invest heavily, what is he guaranteeing you? He’s a friend as well.....

Good way to lose friends

 

[76masseyman]

And make sure the tipping area is nice and level.
Most farmers give you the rough end of the yard, full of last winters ruts, and expect fuc51ng miracles from you.
Best we had, when I helped out a contractor, was Fastrac on the chaser. Then we gave over doing haulage with what was designed as a ‘field clearance machine’ as the distances became ridiculous. Next best thing was a front loader on the tractor to build a good steddle to start with, and just clear fields, sometimes 2 into 1.
Then to do it even easier, he sold the Heath ( Robinson ) chaser, and gout an Arcusin.

 

[Andrew]

No wonder I don’t make owt then, it’s a £1 bale to the field edge or £1.40 a bale on distance work that’s 120x70 or 120x90 !. Mines just sat in the yard dought it’ll move again now this year.

Ah but that’s QM work, more bales on a load, more bales per hour (around 130) so £1.50 / bale for those here.