McHale or Kuhn straw chopper.

[Martyn]

Have priced both of the above brands, they both come in at £14k. Both seam to have good reviews, both come from.local dealers. Have been told green McHale paint is poor? Our Kuhn mowers have flaked paint so thinking it's all new machinery!

 

[thom]

Have a mchale , 2 years old now , has had a new belt this, no faults with the machine the paint only flaked off the spout due to stones .

 

[Welderloon]

Bedding only or feeding & bedding?

 

[Martyn]

Bedding only or feeding & bedding?

Bedding, but never know what the future may hold. We do operate a feeder wagon already

 

[Welderloon]

McHale have historically 'utilised' the best ideas from everyone else's machines, both will do what you want, both have wearing parts & high speed drives, very little between them in terms of manufacturing quality, if it was my money I'd spend it on the Mchale.
I have bedded & fed bale silage with both, Mchale had less spent on it in repairs & parts & could throw straw further...........this advice is worth exactly what you are paying for it

 

[milkloss]

I'd say Lucas-g, we haven't owned any other though. 15 bales of straw and 28 heavy loads of clamp silage a week all winter. We've just replaced the bed at 12 year old and a couple of hydraulic motors over the years.

 

[tr250]

Bedding, but never know what the future may hold. We do operate a feeder wagon already

What’s wrong with a teagle. Ours has been pretty good although paint is it’s weak point but it is 13 years old. And it’s English

 

[Martyn]

What’s wrong with a teagle. Ours has been pretty good although paint is it’s weak point but it is 13 years old. And it’s English

Would love a teagle, other than been told they don't like wet/damp straw and when they block with silage they are nightmare. Also neighbors purchased a dung spreader now two years old and the axcel & castings holding it cracked off on the main road a few weeks ago, and it's well cared for, so bit of putting 🫣

 

[Welderloon]

Id say there is nothing wrong with a Teagle either.

 

[Martyn]

Id say there is nothing wrong with a Teagle either.

I'll price one up.

 

[Welderloon]

Don't buy a KV if you are ever contemplating feeding bales.

 

[KK6610]

McHale

 

[Chuckie]

I'll price one up.

I've got a teagle but won't be getting another. Build quality poor, paint awful, electrics intermittent. Plus they won't be any cheaper than the 2 you are looking at.

 

[DrDunc]

McHale trumps Kuhn when (not if) they block. The flywheel holes and lever bar is one very ingenious design feature McHale didn't "nick" from Kuhn, Lucas, et al, and unless you enjoy trying to reverse the flywheel by ramming a ruddy great big bit of 2 by 4 down the spout, buy the McHale

McHale also has a moveable "comb" above the intake beater (just like Lucas) and this really helps reduce problems with mouldy straw or long wet haylage

I really would not recommend teagle for anything more than lovely dry barley straw. Fed haylage through one for 3 years and it was done. Non replaceable fingers on the beater were worn away, side chute worn through, knives needed sharpened weekly, third set of chains were stretched, and yes everything was greased and adjusted every fortnight

 

[sidjon]

We've ran 4 Lucas and was more disappointed with each one we had on build quality (last one burnt out, which seems to be a common flaut) and just swap a 5 year old kv in for a Mchale, had it for 3 months and wish I'd not bothered with the kv, the mchale is twice the machine, Halse was also 6k better price for c470 than anyone else

 

[tr250]

Would love a teagle, other than been told they don't like wet/damp straw and when they block with silage they are nightmare. Also neighbors purchased a dung spreader now two years old and the axcel & castings holding it cracked off on the main road a few weeks ago, and it's well cared for, so bit of putting 🫣

Granted we do all barn stored straw. I don’t think you can compare the muckspreader as you could probably buy 2 teagle spreaders for the price of a bunning they are built to a price

 

[An Gof]

Had a McHale here for 5 years now. It is used 365 days a year and has been faultless ( that’s tempting fate now ) and the only expenditure on it in all that time has been the grease
Paintwork still all good. I would not look anywhere else than McHale for a replacement after my experience.

 

[Optimus]

McHale's a good machine put about 2500 bales of straw through mine a year.4 years old, no real issues.mchale rep is good to deal with too.

 

[MJT]

Had a Kuhn for feeding and bedding for 11 years, only thing we have done is put a belt on it and one solenoid. Handles anything you put through it.

 

[hally]

I'll price one up.

I wouldn’t bother, we have had teagle then Mchale. No comparison in build quality imo. Teagle didn’t like feeding silage long term.