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Mchale f5500 new price

Bullabong

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I’ve just recently got a price from two McHale dealers Both are about £27.500. l was liking the look of the Kuhn baler, but out of 4 different dealers I’ve contacted in the last 2 months none have been bothered to actually get back to me with a price. So it looks like it’ll be a McHale for me
 
I’ve just recently got a price from two McHale dealers Both are about £27.500. l was liking the look of the Kuhn baler, but out of 4 different dealers I’ve contacted in the last 2 months none have been bothered to actually get back to me with a price. So it looks like it’ll be a McHale for me

I priced one up 2 years ago they were 25500 then specked with larger wheels and a braked axel im torn between going for a mchale or another welger although i think id have to go mf now to get the welger local lely bloke says he cant get one in lely anymore
 

Bullabong

New Member
I priced one up 2 years ago they were 25500 then specked with larger wheels and a braked axel im torn between going for a mchale or another welger although i think id have to go mf now to get the welger local lely bloke says he cant get one in lely anymore

The price I got was with the wider tyres but haven’t bothered about braked axles, i had a look at a fendt coloured welger that a local dealer had sitting from last season its about 3 grand cheaper than a McHale,
I’m just trying trying to justify the extra cost for the McHale to myself.
 
Our ex demo 5600 plus which nets with plastic, fat tyres, no brakes was £30,500 delivered Dec 2017, sold the Welger privately for what we paid for it 3 years before.
 

DrDunc

Member
Mixed Farmer
If you want properly heavy dense bales, demo a Krone Comprima v150.

Side by side last summer in the same field as a McHale, the Krone packed more in and made bales that were a better shape for the wrapper.

Krone backs their machines with a 3 year 30,000 bale warranty.

The expensive Irish green baler is a good copy of others, but it's not the best.
 

james ds

Member
Location
leinster
If you want properly heavy dense bales, demo a Krone Comprima v150.

Side by side last summer in the same field as a McHale, the Krone packed more in and made bales that were a better shape for the wrapper.

Krone backs their machines with a 3 year 30,000 bale warranty.

The expensive Irish green baler is a good copy of others, but it's not the best.
The krone make a great bale and come with a 30,000 bale warranty, after 30,000 bales they cost a fortune to run , the chains and bearings are very expensive , I know men who have them and they will not be replaced with another krone .
 
That’s an impressive warranty - the Welger here did 22k before chain problems, at which point I replaced the long drive one for the rollers. I had one roller that sheared on the drive end and one that completely callapsed (at 900 quid a pop!) and various roller bearings fail which were cheap.
 
The price I got was with the wider tyres but haven’t bothered about braked axles, i had a look at a fendt coloured welger that a local dealer had sitting from last season its about 3 grand cheaper than a McHale,
I’m just trying trying to justify the extra cost for the McHale to myself.

This is my problem always had welgers for last 20 year im reluctant to change but the welger is know were near as well put together as they used to be still a great baler that makes good bales but there not lasting as well as they once did mchale look strong 20b chains all round as apose to welgers 16b but the biggest thing ive noticed on the second hand market is there resale value is phenomenal compared to the welger
 

DrDunc

Member
Mixed Farmer
The krone make a great bale and come with a 30,000 bale warranty, after 30,000 bales they cost a fortune to run , the chains and bearings are very expensive , I know men who have them and they will not be replaced with another krone .
Chains? Bearings?

What, like on the 20 odd year old kr130?

Once again Mr Geoghegan the only evidence you provide corroborates the story that you're talking pish :LOL:
 

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