Krone 1270 Multibale

[Alistair Nelson]

Anybody got one or had experience of one?

Are they any good / reliable?
Are the little bales they produce handle able but horse type ladies?
They don’t have to produce multi bales all the time do th

seen a couple advertised but have very low bale counts for there age are that telling me something about reliability? But am being asked strong money for the year

thank you as always for your help and advice

 

[Spencer]

Good baler, used to run one but swapped for 870 multi bale. The multi bale bit isn’t much use tho.. have to drive too slow and the mini bales are too big to lift for horse ladies. Need a sack truck really. A good quadrant sized baler all the same.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Thank you that confirms what I feared

 

[Mc115reed]

Ran a 1270 for a few years .. the knotters are basically Heston knotters so knotting problems were just the same as any other baler really..… the multi bale function works pretty reliably and you can bale up too about 2ft section bales but you use a serious amount of string !! Pretty sure we charged an extra 50P per knot in the bale .. as a whole the baler was actually pretty reliable but if there was a problem the dealer was very very steady at sorting it and had no parts on hand ect…

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Ran a 1270 for a few years .. the knotters are basically Heston knotters so knotting problems were just the same as any other baler really..… the multi bale function works pretty reliably and you can bale up too about 2ft section bales but you use a serious amount of string !! Pretty sure we charged an extra 50P per knot in the bale .. as a whole the baler was actually pretty reliable but if there was a problem the dealer was very very steady at sorting it and had no parts on hand ect…

What do the mini bales roughly weigh or is it the physical size that makes them unmanageable by hand?

 

[Spud]

We make a few bale packs for a customer, 14 in a pack from an arcusin, baler seperate

 

[Alistair Nelson]

We make a few bale packs for a customer, 14 in a pack from an arcusin, baler seperate

Yes that’s the other option or a bale baron. But taking some finding missed one the other week

 

[bobk]

Good baler, used to run one but swapped for 870 multi bale. The multi bale bit isn’t much use tho.. have to drive too slow and the mini bales are too big to lift for horse ladies. Need a sack truck really. A good quadrant sized baler all the same.

How many little uns in the bale

 

[Spencer]

How many little uns in the bale

9

 

[bobk]

9

They're not light then

 

[Spencer]

They're not light then

No.. as said you need a sack truck. On a livery yard they’d have a place but that’s about it. Bloody slow baling tho.. I did one field with ours and that was it!

 

[bobk]

No.. as said you need a sack truck. On a livery yard they’d have a place but that’s about it. Bloody slow baling tho.. I did one field with ours and that was it!

More money in light bales , 18-20 kg is the norm

 

[Spencer]

More money in light bales , 18-20 kg is the norm

But a 180kg 8ft quadrant is no use to anyone!!!!

 

[Spud]

But a 180kg 8ft quadrant is no use to anyone!!!!

A 250kg 6' quadrant isn't bad though

Or a mini hesston on a barrow?

 

[bobk]

But a 180kg 8ft quadrant is no use to anyone!!!!

Really need 14 bales in a bale

 

[Spencer]

Really need 14 bales in a bale

At which point the baler is nearly tying a knot every waffer

 

[Spud]

Really need 14 bales in a bale

Ala Arcusin

 

[bobk]

Ala Arcusin

Yes , watched a guy in the US , six small balers 2 arcusins = 8000 bales a day

 

[Will 1594]

Really need 14 bales in a bale

6 stringer ,put a knife in middle of ram ,so it cuts bale nearly in half , so you can pick it up as 6 string , then pull it apart so twice as many ,
better to have bale baron , or just get rigged up to do flat 8 s and shed to put in with no stacking

 

[Mc115reed]

What do the mini bales roughly weigh or is it the physical size that makes them unmanageable by hand?

Not sure on weight but they were roughly 2/3 flakes per band .. an 8ft bale was about 7 sections max I think… most places we used too do them at would be an 8ft bale split into 3 bales, something that was light enough too roll around but you Definatly couldn’t carry it .. got an expensive bale if you did full multi-bale