Greythundercloudys
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I'm thinking about get one of the above, seen one on Facebook and the x10 is at a dealer over at Stirling, are they much of a muchness, both won't like wet stuff but that's not a problem these days. What's the verdict.
Hustler v forager x10.
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I've had a hustler for a few years now, has had a fair bit of abuse, fed a couple of thousand bales over it and so far has been brilliant, don't have the one with the rope to pull to disengage it as it's a PIA, ours you drop and pull away, easier to load with loader unless you have a hydraulic toplink, ( it's OK with hay, but wet silage bales don't seem to take the abuse of ramming the spikes in).
Hustler
X10 is a poor copy. All the weight is carried by the tines, the diameter of which is relatively too big to easily spike and load bales, meaning you need a front loader
Hustler is two "KV" type tines which pierce a bale, and are long enough that soft bales don't sag before you load them into the unroller
Hustler has an "automatic" locking system that carries the weight of the unroller and bale. There's no rope to open the window and give yourself a back problems trying to pull. The tines on the X10 eventually break. The Hustler also has one tine slightly longer than the other. This makes reversing into the unroller MUCH easier than trying to thread two needles at once on a wet miserable morning with dirty windows and hungry cows
Hustler will unroll bales whatever direction they were rolled up. If you or a bale the "wrong" way on the X10 it is much slower unloading. Hay bales also have a tendency to get thrown out of the X10 unless you fit their (optional?) bar. The sides of the Hustler are steeper which means you can run the discharge chains faster if it's a "sticky" (mouldy) bale
Neighbour has an X10 which they're replacing with another for next winter. I've a hustler which they looked at, but decided against as it more expensive! For a few hundred pounds more, it's a FAR FAR better built and better performing machine
X10 is a poor copy. All the weight is carried by the tines, the diameter of which is relatively too big to easily spike and load bales, meaning you need a front loader
Hustler is two "KV" type tines which pierce a bale, and are long enough that soft bales don't sag before you load them into the unroller
Hustler has an "automatic" locking system that carries the weight of the unroller and bale. There's no rope to open the window and give yourself a back problems trying to pull. The tines on the X10 eventually break. The Hustler also has one tine slightly longer than the other. This makes reversing into the unroller MUCH easier than trying to thread two needles at once on a wet miserable morning with dirty windows and hungry cows
Hustler will unroll bales whatever direction they were rolled up. If you or a bale the "wrong" way on the X10 it is much slower unloading. Hay bales also have a tendency to get thrown out of the X10 unless you fit their (optional?) bar. The sides of the Hustler are steeper which means you can run the discharge chains faster if it's a "sticky" (mouldy) bale
Neighbour has an X10 which they're replacing with another for next winter. I've a hustler which they looked at, but decided against as it more expensive! For a few hundred pounds more, it's a FAR FAR better built and better performing machine
Fantastic write up!
How did you feed cows before the Hustler?? I assume the change has been for the better?
I used to feed out and blow the straw with a McHale c460, but decided to make it live longer and use it to just bed. Haylage is hard on a blower, but reckon with only straw the way the Irish thing is built, I might retire before it does
Advantages of the Hustler are also feeding only needs one tractor, saving a good bit diesel, and takes less time. There's also bugger all to wear out or go wrong with it compared to all the electric valves on the blower!
Greythundercloudys
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The hustler is 3250,2016 but down in England, so 200/300 to bring it up, x10 is 15 miles away and 500£ cheaper plus no haulage, lm only doing a couple of bales a day from jan or April for the sheep, so probably go for x10. How bad can it be or they wouldn't make them.
Easy decision
Didn't appreciate looking at second hand. I'd give the chain adjusters and bearings a good check on the X10. Hustler will wear out the metal runners before the chains and bearings, but X10 ones are smaller and stretch quicker. Not a big drama to fix if they are worn when it's only for a couple of bales a day mind
