Straw chopper cheap and cheerful

[Cmoran]

Friend of mine is looking for a straw chopper for 3-4 bales per week as he wants to use hay and rushes for bedding as well as small amount of straw what machine is capable of chopping all the above? Teagle seem good value but we know zero about chopper

 

[KB6930]

Chopper or bedder ?

Only decent bedder I've used is a mchale we had kv and it was terrible with long straw have used a kuhn and it was OK but didn't use it long enough to get a good idea

 

[le bon paysan]

Teagle 4040 plus hydraulic top link. Normal top link ( long) will slow down the speed you will work at.

 

[Nithsdale]

Chopping hay bales is sore on these machines, you can't do that on the 'cheap and cheerful' without a lot of wear/breakages

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

Teagle 505 here. Entry level chopper. OK in good straw but we tried a hay bale once and the 505 cannot handle it. That bale had been damp. I suspect no one would bed with good hay, never tried it.
The 505 would chop some huge rushes dried out and containing barely any grass.