New panelsI'm not sure what they've changed apart from the side panels
Spoke to them at agritechnica and got a tour of it. Like yourself new panels only difference i could see. Had, seen round previous model July 2019.I'm not sure what they've changed apart from the side panels
Did you buy the McHale, or just a demo of it?I did wonder about removing the long flat spring or moving it back a hole to make it shorter then it would allow the bale ramp to drop at a steeper angle.
I've still got the annoying delay on the tailgate while I what for the tension rams to retract before the gate drops shut.
Did they update the fixed chamber baler also?Spoke to them at agritechnica and got a tour of it. Like yourself new panels only difference i could see. Had, seen round previous model July 2019.
Will be a change in price I'm sure though.
Not that I'm aware of.Did they update the fixed chamber baler also?
Yes bought it but only done the deal a few weeks ago.Did you buy the McHale, or just a demo of it?
That many silage bales do yourself a favour and get a Welger/Massey/fendt especially for lighter multi cut crop unless you're running a 4 rotor rake in front of it.Looking to get my own round baler for this season. We bale around 2000 bales of straw and a further 2500 of silage, haylage and hay.
Have previously used a contractor but this year he used the baling as a licence to print money - some of the bales he made were so soft and buggar all net wrap on them. I make a fair chunk of multi-cut silage so think having our own baler will allow me to pick and chose what and when to cut and bale.
So, am thinking a McHale V660. Have read the threads about them and they seem a decent machine. Anyone know of a second hand one within a few hours drive of Cirencester that I can go and see?
At first I thought the wider belts on the McHale would be better but I'm now thinking that because they're wider they twist easier in an odd shaped row .Never any issues starting a bale with welgars in all sorts of crops
Last welger I had was a 2013 445 the camless pickup was crap but it could make good bales (very tight) .In my multi cut grass silage I only row up with a twin rotor rake - putting 3 x 3m rows of grass into 1.
The rake leaves a lovely even row but, as said, the crop can be fairly light.
My contractor I've used has a newish kuhn, which he drives like stink, and an old ish NH 7060(might be wrong model no) which he goes very steady with.
I have a neighbour who has a welgar and he does rate it highly. My only comment is that the straw bales he does often look fairly untidy as the net isn't edge to edge. I assume this is his own doing by not using the right net or is this a drawback of the balers?
What are the weak points to look out for on the welgars? What models are the pick of the bunch to go for?