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<blockquote data-quote="DrDunc" data-source="post: 7732068" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>Had the same dilemma when the age was beginning to show on my 25 year old mchale 991 (yellow wheels, one of the very first!) </p><p></p><p>Looked at HS2000's which varied from fairly rough but functional, to "oh my giddy aunt, how did the contractor bugger it so badly and it still works?". If they'd had a board made to support the spool arms when moving between fields they were worth a look, but most had cracked the frame arms at some point.</p><p></p><p>I considered both the twin spool 991B "high speed", and the McHale orbital. The former, while available second hand, weren't a huge increase in productivity, and uses more plastic than a "true" twin spool machine. The orbital would definitely have improved output, but were difficult to source second hand, and have a reputation of disliking anything but perfect shaped bales..... Something that isn't guaranteed at some farms where I get asked to wrap !!!</p><p></p><p>Ended up with this shiny toy....</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]983591[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Kuhn RW 1810, ex demonstrator less money than the price of a basic single spool cable control McHale 991.</p><p></p><p>Comfortably puts 6 layers of plastic onto 80 bales an hour in a decent field! It's usually behind a k series Deutz with only 80l/min oil pump. Can also do a "3D" wrapping cycle that puts plastic around the circumference and corners of the bale where it's needed most, before conventionally applying 4 layers. However it'll only manage 45 to 50 an hour this way.</p><p></p><p>Noticed a big improvement in silage quality the first winter. Bales are definitely tighter wrapped, expelling mould growing air. The 3D wrapped ones are even better again, though I don't tend to have the patience at 1 o'clock in the morning to use this feature when I know it'll do near double the speed wrapping "conventionally", especially when it's medium quality suckler cow grass!</p><p></p><p>It's not without issues: the control box took a bit of learning, and it's needed a tweak of the dealer settings to stop cheap wrap from tearing at the start of the cycle. However now it's set up, my 12 year old lad can work it having been shown the controls once! (Though not yet achieving 80 an hour like his dad, thankfully he still has a thing or two to learn).</p><p></p><p>If you're wanting a significant increase in wrapping speed, the Kuhn twin spool definitely ticks that box <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDunc, post: 7732068, member: 615"] Had the same dilemma when the age was beginning to show on my 25 year old mchale 991 (yellow wheels, one of the very first!) Looked at HS2000's which varied from fairly rough but functional, to "oh my giddy aunt, how did the contractor bugger it so badly and it still works?". If they'd had a board made to support the spool arms when moving between fields they were worth a look, but most had cracked the frame arms at some point. I considered both the twin spool 991B "high speed", and the McHale orbital. The former, while available second hand, weren't a huge increase in productivity, and uses more plastic than a "true" twin spool machine. The orbital would definitely have improved output, but were difficult to source second hand, and have a reputation of disliking anything but perfect shaped bales..... Something that isn't guaranteed at some farms where I get asked to wrap !!! Ended up with this shiny toy.... [ATTACH=full]983591[/ATTACH] Kuhn RW 1810, ex demonstrator less money than the price of a basic single spool cable control McHale 991. Comfortably puts 6 layers of plastic onto 80 bales an hour in a decent field! It's usually behind a k series Deutz with only 80l/min oil pump. Can also do a "3D" wrapping cycle that puts plastic around the circumference and corners of the bale where it's needed most, before conventionally applying 4 layers. However it'll only manage 45 to 50 an hour this way. Noticed a big improvement in silage quality the first winter. Bales are definitely tighter wrapped, expelling mould growing air. The 3D wrapped ones are even better again, though I don't tend to have the patience at 1 o'clock in the morning to use this feature when I know it'll do near double the speed wrapping "conventionally", especially when it's medium quality suckler cow grass! It's not without issues: the control box took a bit of learning, and it's needed a tweak of the dealer settings to stop cheap wrap from tearing at the start of the cycle. However now it's set up, my 12 year old lad can work it having been shown the controls once! (Though not yet achieving 80 an hour like his dad, thankfully he still has a thing or two to learn). If you're wanting a significant increase in wrapping speed, the Kuhn twin spool definitely ticks that box 👍 [/QUOTE]
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