Straw choppers
- Thread starter Gulli
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Got a Lucas castor 60 here. Good machine. Had a KV832 before also a good machine but the Lucas is miles ahead. Only thing we've had to replace on the Lucas is the bed chains and sprockets after a few years use on straw, round bale silage and also clamp silage.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
McHale copied the best... so buy what they copied.
Kuhn Primor.
Kuhn Primor.
ollie989898
Member
They are no bother if used solely for straw. Get the leccy controls and fully mounted if you tractor is man enough.
Keep the blades up together and never use the back door to squeeze a bale into the rotors that is how you get a shearbolt go.
I personally put lots of bales of straw through a trailed teagle good and iffy straw. Never an issue. During the summer have it in the workshop to check bed chains and blades.
They dont like too much road work when laden.
Keep the blades up together and never use the back door to squeeze a bale into the rotors that is how you get a shearbolt go.
I personally put lots of bales of straw through a trailed teagle good and iffy straw. Never an issue. During the summer have it in the workshop to check bed chains and blades.
They dont like too much road work when laden.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Because it is a bloody good machine.
We have one, very happy with it. Well built and up to the job.
Know 2 farms who had Primors, then switched to the McHale - both have said the Kuhn is better machine.
had e nuff
Member
- Location
- Durham
+1 for kuhn.
- Location
- Romney Marsh
Should you not buy British............ Teagle
had e nuff
Member
- Location
- Durham
Neighbours bought a teagle, fell to bits after a few years. They came to see ours and now have a Kuhn. They only use for straw as well.
sherg
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- Location
- shropshire
Bought a Kuhn this year we never had anything else before but it seems a good machine
Try not to rush and do something dull like having the bed going flat out when you put a new bale in and you won't block It!
Try not to rush and do something dull like having the bed going flat out when you put a new bale in and you won't block It!
- Location
- Warwickshire
What’s people’s thoughts on the Spreadabale?
Operator must be to blame for a machine to fall to bits spreading straw?! Had a teagle 8100 for 3 years now and only broken one shear bolt this year with some real sh** straw. Not saying it’s better than other makes but had no reason not to buy it. And it’s british!!
Have a look at this thread .......
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/lucas-castor-versus-mchale-c460.205346/
...... and you will see why i bought a McHale over a Lucas.
Machine working well and an absolute dream with straw.
The design of the McHale tailboard holds in a cut bale of straw much better than the Lucas which seems to need two posts and a chain!
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/lucas-castor-versus-mchale-c460.205346/
...... and you will see why i bought a McHale over a Lucas.
Machine working well and an absolute dream with straw.
The design of the McHale tailboard holds in a cut bale of straw much better than the Lucas which seems to need two posts and a chain!
- Location
- Devon
I agree the 2 posts and chain are an awful design but you'll find they've altered that now.
Nah I much prefer being a hypocrite and complaining that no one buys British food
Probably won't be feeding much silage with it here. All clamped stuff and the few bales we have get fed to cows with teeth so can't see the point in chopping them