Krone varipack

[Farmerguy76]

My local dealer is pestering me to try the krone belt baler, he did put me off by saying it’s a ‘dry crop only’ currently running Mchale v660.
Has anyone bought one and done a few seasons with it? I do see the odd one in the area but wouldn’t mind knowing the good and bad before I try one.

 

[Spencer]

@DrDunc

 

[Spencer]

We just bale straw with ours.. like it

 

[KB6930]

No harm in trying it that's the only way you'll actually find out

 

[DrDunc]

@DrDunc

My krone was a comprima, slats driven by belts

As already said, the OP should try a krone belt and see....

.... Then post their findings for everyone to critique

 

[Spencer]

My krone was a comprima, slats driven by belts

As already said, the OP should try a krone belt and see....

.... Then post their findings for everyone to critique

Ah.. my bad

 

[DrDunc]

Ah.. my bad

Not at all

Getting tagged means I'll learn something from the replies (even if it's only that nobody has tried baling silage with a krone belt )

Local dealership has sold a krone belt. Their mechanic who delivered and set it up for the customer is very experienced with balers, particularity Welger and Mchale

Recounting the events when setting it up, he said he's never seen anything eat straw so fast while making bales so heavy and dense



Does the krone belt have a chopper intake? If it does, then the factory obviously think the baler isn't for dry fodder only.

 

[hutchy143211]

We have had one on demo this year in tough permanent pasture silage/haylage (intending to test it in these tougher conditions) and will be swapping a kuhn VB2160 for it in the next year or two. We were really impressed with it overall, bales weight was 100kg/20% higher than the kuhn and wasn't set the highest density. Seemed to handle the lumps pretty well, chop quality was good and really nice and simple. We think they kuhn has been a great baler and is a real machine in its own right in straw but the krone was another step up. Definitely worth a demo!