NewHolland2 Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I know I've mentioned this before but here's a pic this time. I was pondering that it may be possible to make this from a vertical discharge dung spreader but I'm no expert. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Can you put rounds bales in that? How do you load it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 Hi Fendt Power. No you can't put round bales in it. It is loaded by the following:- The sides fold down by hydraulic rams and a loader puts square bales onto a conveyor which carries them to a set of vertical beaters (like dung spreaders) which chop up the bale and drop it onto the ground on top of a sheet of polythene also laid by the bale cutter. Hope That Helps Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Hi Fendt Power. No you can't put round bales in it. It is loaded by the following:- The sides fold down by hydraulic rams and a loader puts square bales onto a conveyor which carries them to a set of vertical beaters (like dung spreaders) which chop up the bale and drop it onto the ground on top of a sheet of polythene also laid by the bale cutter. Hope That Helps Cheers NewHolland2 When you say "square bales", do you mean the small ones from days of old or the more recent big bales (Hestons??) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 The Big Ones, like those produced by Hesstons or a New Holland BB980A. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I'm not good at conversions by any stretch of the imagination, but could the front of a forage wagon be used for the back of that wagon?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new holland driver Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 they use big heston as they dont need to pick them up and you can get more staw in one they run 5 at once here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I'm not good a conversion by any stretch of the imagination, but could the front of a forage wagon be used for the back of that wagon?? The Britains loader wagon would be ok but it would require a lot of modification to the original casting, this rear discharge spreader could be a possible canidate for the bale chopper as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Another way of covering the rows could be to use a 3pt mounted bale shreader like is used for putting down straw beds for cattle only drive down the rows with the head aimed at the ground I've see/done this with strawberrys and it worked fine. How do you change the rolls of film over on the that anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 The Rolls are changed by hand. They are housed just behind that green tarpaulin on the picture. I will post a pic of an empty roll later if you are interested. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Thanks NH2 I'd like to see any pictures of this unit,untill now I've never seen one of them before. Do you drive the deutz tractor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hi Fendt Power. I will look out some more pics of the Bale Cutter later tonight. Sadly I don't drive the Deutz-Fahr but I was speaking to the driver and he says he thinks it is a good tractor to work with. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Good one NH2! Do you think the row crop tyre's on the deutz-fahr rear end are a few mm's wider than the std row crops you get on spraying tractors? Maybe it's just me?? ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Well here's what you've been waiting for . If I don't get the pic of the empty polythene roll up tonight I will by the end of the week. I'll have to look it out as it's in the shed. Any questions just ask. Enjoy Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Thanks for showing.An interesting bit of kit to say the least. Whats the monitor in the cab tell you??or is it off a baler or some thing and just did'nt get taken out?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hi Fendt Power. Here's two pics of the tube which the polythene is wrapped around. The first is just the tube but the second shows the tough plastic construction of the inside. In answer to the question of tyre thickness, as far as I know it is slightly thicker due to the fact carrot fields are often incredibly muddy. I have never actually worked one of these machines so am not sure what the in-cab monitor displays, sorry. Anymore questions fire away. Hope that has helped. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 ......and the inside view. Try to ignore the spider's webs. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Great pics, had no idea those machines existed. I must say there probably would not be much demand for that model down my way though but I'd probably buy one to use for the bedding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 I'd probably buy one to use for the bedding? Would it not be better to use a washing machine, just add soap and water !!! ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Whoops wrong kind of bedding ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Why don't they grow that kind of crop on light soil in feilds that have drains at the healands to dry up any extra water? What is offten the next crop grown afther carrots in the UK?is the yeild as good as if the previous crop was green beans or grass? All that kit looks very nice but from a long term profit pint of view is the damage to the soil structure worth it? They are my last questions on this fascinating topic.... I promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Hi there Fendt Power. Why don't they grow that kind of crop on light soil in feilds that have drains at the healands to dry up any extra water? Carrots grow best in sandy soil, but due to the demand in the UK for carrots, companies like Huntapac Produce (Suppliers for Sainsbury's and others) have to grow their carrot crop all over the UK, to make as much use as possible of the varying ground conditions and to stop one area being cropped with carrots on a regular basis. What is offten the next crop grown afther carrots in the UK?is the yeild as good as if the previous crop was green beans or grass? Around here wheat or barley is the usual crop which follows carrots. Not sure what yield is like, but with all the straw which gets ploughed and sub-soiled in, there is a lot of good compost being put back into the soil. All that kit looks very nice but from a long term profit pint of view is the damage to the soil structure worth it? The damage to the soil structure won't really bother the main companies (like Huntapac) as much of the ground on which their crop is grown is hired from farmers across the length and breadth of the UK, however as an example, the field here was harvested about three weeks ago, approximatley 12 beds (each with 9 dreels of carrots in) were ploughed and sub-soiled into the ground as it would not be practical to harvest them. Now three weeks on the contractors were back and disc harrowed the ground and after a dry spell you wouldn't think that a few weeks ago the field was a bog. Hope that has helped and any more questions just ask. Cheers NewHolland2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 thanks for that info NH2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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