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McHale tedder

Boohoo

Member
Location
Newtownabbey
Always wanted a tedder with Lely hook tines and a Claas curtain to keep the grass out of the hedge? Well now all your dreams have come true!
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No mention of it on their website or their social media yet.
 

Sebastian77

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Nottingham
Is that actually made by McHale? Or badge engineered like the Malone tedder!

Funny you should say that.. our neighbor who fancies himself as an "unofficial" Mcchale dealer, recently bought one.. it turned up with no decals so he's stuck his own McHale ones on.. still haven't got the full story out of him haha
 

john432

Member
Location
Carmarthenshire
Well I’ve recently seen the Malone Tedder being welded and assembled so I can definitely say they are built in there factory in mayo
The Frandent840, and the Malone 840? are identical, but for the position of the spare wheel. Probably come over like MFI furniture of old, delivered flat packed ,but assembled and sprayed at Malone. Search for yourself if you doubt me.
 

Durt Burd

Member
Location
SE Ireland
The Frandent840, and the Malone 840? are identical, but for the position of the spare wheel. Probably come over like MFI furniture of old, delivered flat packed ,but assembled and sprayed at Malone. Search for yourself if you doubt me.

Likewise was at the Malone factory a couple of weeks ago and all the metal work was being cut from sheet steel/box and fabricated/welded on site. The gearboxes are bought in.
 

ILovebaling

Member
Location
Co Durham
We tried our best to buy one last year as well. Apparently there was some sort of problem with the production of the gearboxes. Dealers couldn’t give any idea of delivery time.
Ended up buying a Pottinger.
Told the same. Same gearbox as claas and claas weren't to happy with the company that made them so we're given a choice on who they supplied we were told.

They were peddling one round yams and a couple more shows this year and asked the guy who's stand about buying one but they said it wasn't theirs to sell just been given it to show by mchale. Don't see the point in showing something that they then can't build to sell. But then maybe I'm a crazy person
 

Andrew

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Location
Huntingdon, UK
Likewise was at the Malone factory a couple of weeks ago and all the metal work was being cut from sheet steel/box and fabricated/welded on site. The gearboxes are bought in.

Why import bits of box section and plate from Italy when you have the facilities to do it on site.
Buy the designs, import the bits you have to and make the rest to someone else's drawings.
 

Happy

Member
Location
Scotland
Funny you should say that.. our neighbor who fancies himself as an "unofficial" Mcchale dealer, recently bought one.. it turned up with no decals so he's stuck his own McHale ones on.. still haven't got the full story out of him haha

Our McHale dealer also recently became a Malone dealer.
Says the two brands compliment each other well and delighted to be selling both.
Must be some sort of cosy arrangement going on between them if McHale happy for their dealers to take on another manufacturer in similar market space.
 

james ds

Member
Location
leinster
Our McHale dealer also recently became a Malone dealer.
Says the two brands compliment each other well and delighted to be selling both.
Must be some sort of cosy arrangement going on between them if McHale happy for their dealers to take on another manufacturer in similar market space.
Malone and Mchales are all friends , Malone started his career with Mchales .
 

Cmoran

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Galway Ireland
The Frandent840, and the Malone 840? are identical, but for the position of the spare wheel. Probably come over like MFI furniture of old, delivered flat packed ,but assembled and sprayed at Malone. Search for yourself if you doubt me.
Well I know them very well and asked them if they were made by frandent and was immediately brought on a tour of factory to prove they build them they get gearbox’s from same supplier he told me that’s why people think they don’t build them
 

Durt Burd

Member
Location
SE Ireland
Why import bits of box section and plate from Italy when you have the facilities to do it on site.
Buy the designs, import the bits you have to and make the rest to someone else's drawings.

Well there is a bunch of engineers at Malone busy working on additional models and other projects.
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

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