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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of balers and wrappers.
December 10, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: New Holland’s Pro-Belt variable-chamber baler with the 25-knife CropCutter chopping system came into its own in last season’s difficult conditions. Read on to see why we liked the PB165.
October 1, 2024
REPORT: Looking at ways to hone its hay and haylage making business has led AM Jervis and Son to invest in a front-mounted merger to see if it could benefit crop making. We hear what…
July 1, 2024
REPORT: WRM Agri, based in Toppesfield Essex, bales straw for energy production and is contracted to pump out 12-15,000 tonnes per season. We spoke to owner Will Murphy about his latest machine, a Krone Gen…
June 1, 2024
USED MACHINERY: New Holland Roll-Belt RB150 balers: Condition not age. New Holland Roll-Belt balers were launched in 2013 to replace the variable chamber BR series. Offered in two sizes, RB150 and RB180, to produce bales…
June 1, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: Talex Sprinter 1500 versus Vielitz FW160 SL: Double pack. Names like McHale and Tanco dominate the trailed wrapper market, and then there are others such as Kverneland and Kuhn touting their wares, too.…
June 1, 2024
REPORT: The Sullivan family — moving bales from A to B: Load, go, drop, repeat. There is a growing demand for specialist contractors in Ireland who can efficiently get wrapped bales from the field to…
April 1, 2024
TECHNICAL: Most farms now have a means of handling heavier bales. Which begs the question: if you increase the bale diameter, can you save on wrap?
January 1, 2024
The Rollant 540RC isn't a new machine. It was launched back in 2018, but its DNA is actually much older than that. Indeed, for anyone who has owned a Rollant 250 from the late 1990s…
December 1, 2023
A new pick-up, revised feed channel, increased bale density and faster wrapping speeds are all part of the Fusion 4 hardware updates, although it's the improved electronics that are equally impressive. Read on to find…
September 22, 2023
REPORT: Dutch contractors seem to be rather adept at machine modifications, and brothers Geurt and Ben de Vries are typical of the breed. Their particular creation is the Baliwrap, a square baler wrapper combination on…
June 15, 2023
PRACTICAL TEST: It's three years since Krone started offering the VariPack Plus round balers with a variable chamber that employs three belts. How are they going?
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