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<blockquote data-quote="Galcam" data-source="post: 6972958" data-attributes="member: 6468"><p>Well I suppose it all depends on how big a contractor you are? I had two Taarup Bios and still have a Kuhn Bio that sits at the back of the shed and has only 17k bales on it. The Fusion replaced it years ago and even on the worst hill going the Fusion does the work as u can wrap, continue baleing and drop the wrapped bale at the nearest convenient location. With the Bio your caught with a wrapped bale and there’s no more baleing until you get that out of the Baler so u either back around sideways with the top half of the Baler open or reverse back down or up to a level place. That’s where u really loose time. I had two contractor friends doing 10k and 17k bales/year respectively. The 17k guy had two Bios running and it was a profitable affair rather than two tractors, two men and a Baler and wrapper. The downside was the low output 25-35 bales per hour but normally 25. The other downside was reliability and toughness. They were fine in light crops and in good ground but the pickup reel and bearings were always an issue and after you had 15-20k bales on the Taarup bios you just knew they were pass there prime. In comparison I’ve never replaced a tine, chain or bearing on a Fusion. There’s a place for them still but if your contracting there are better solutions out there. Oh yes you must switch off the PTO when the bale is been wrapped and the ECU on the Baler sends a signal to the tractor if you make the necessary mods on solenoids on the tractor to allow that to happen. Unfortunately u must physically switch off and on the PTO again when you start the next bale. Funnily enough my first Bio is owned now by an 84 year old who goes on the country with it, making bales for a few of his loyal clients and its 16 years old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galcam, post: 6972958, member: 6468"] Well I suppose it all depends on how big a contractor you are? I had two Taarup Bios and still have a Kuhn Bio that sits at the back of the shed and has only 17k bales on it. The Fusion replaced it years ago and even on the worst hill going the Fusion does the work as u can wrap, continue baleing and drop the wrapped bale at the nearest convenient location. With the Bio your caught with a wrapped bale and there’s no more baleing until you get that out of the Baler so u either back around sideways with the top half of the Baler open or reverse back down or up to a level place. That’s where u really loose time. I had two contractor friends doing 10k and 17k bales/year respectively. The 17k guy had two Bios running and it was a profitable affair rather than two tractors, two men and a Baler and wrapper. The downside was the low output 25-35 bales per hour but normally 25. The other downside was reliability and toughness. They were fine in light crops and in good ground but the pickup reel and bearings were always an issue and after you had 15-20k bales on the Taarup bios you just knew they were pass there prime. In comparison I’ve never replaced a tine, chain or bearing on a Fusion. There’s a place for them still but if your contracting there are better solutions out there. Oh yes you must switch off the PTO when the bale is been wrapped and the ECU on the Baler sends a signal to the tractor if you make the necessary mods on solenoids on the tractor to allow that to happen. Unfortunately u must physically switch off and on the PTO again when you start the next bale. Funnily enough my first Bio is owned now by an 84 year old who goes on the country with it, making bales for a few of his loyal clients and its 16 years old. [/QUOTE]
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