Richard has been farming for about 20 years in the region. The Waikato region had the largest share of dairy cows in New Zealandnat 22.4%. Indeed, the Waikato climate which tends to have warm, humid summers and mild winters is particularly suited for dairy farming with a good average grass growth rate.

Richard’s 220 dairy cows are milked on a once-a-day (OAD) system. This milking regime relatively common in New Zealand, used either as the overall farming system or tactically as a short-term response to adverse seasonal conditions.

Richard has owned another brand of bale feeder in the past, but there were a lot of moving parts and he broke the chain several times. He got tired of having to spend time in the workshop or at his dealer’s to fix the machine. So, he recently bought a Unrolla LM105 mounted bale feeder from his local Hustler dealer, Power Farming Morrinsville.

“I changed to Hustler because my other bale feeder had a lot more moving parts and would break chains fairly frequently.”

Richard has already adopted his new Hustler bale feeder, which was very easy to get to grips with. He is delighted with it, noting that it is robust and has far fewer moving parts. Richard only needs to grease the four nipples of the self-aligning, fully sealed block bearings to maintain his machine.

“The Hustler brand seems to have a lot less moving parts, (and) just seems very robust.”

Richard particularly likes the time-savers that come as standard on the machine. For instance, the unequal length tynes are a handy feature for quick and easy alignment when reconnecting the cradle, even on uneven ground.

“It just makes it so much easier to back the tractor and to hook up the buggy part of the bale feeder,”

Richard explained.

“Previously, I used to have to come on on a bit of an angle with my old bale feeder that forks were the same length.”

With a 100% hydraulic system, there’s not much that can go wrong with this unrollabale feeder. Moreover, the drive system is very simple: the hydraulic motor is located on the headstock and drives a pin that connects to the drive shaft when reconnecting the cradle to the headstock.

Investing in a Hustler bale feeder was also about additional peace of mind for Richard. It is a machine with a very robust chassis that is built to last.

The Unrolla range all come with strong 40 x 40 mm feed bars and zinc-plated chains rated to 24,000lbs. Not to mention the single piece fully enclosed floor in polyethylene, it’s non-corrosive, impervious to UV and very shock resistant.

“I would definitely recommend the Hustler LM105 bale feeder to any other dairy farmer.”

Source: Hustler 

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A Sennebogen 835 E electric material handler now takes care of log handling at the state-of-the-art mill.

At the end of 2020, the 70,000 m² plant in the Wunsiedel Energy Park went into operation, punctually after 11 months of construction. Together with a partner, the successful traditional company invested almost 40 million euros in the new site, at which 1400 solid cubic meters per day will be processed in two-shift operation in the future. Accompanied by the sales and service partner IBS Industrie- und Baumaschinen Service GmbH, an electrically driven Sennebogen 835 E in a unique rail gantry design with a track width of 32 m and a travel distance of 112 m now fits into the processes of the new plant. When unloading the incoming trucks and feeding the saw, the pick & carry machine 730 E with all-wheel drive and 168 kW exhaust stage V engine is also used.

Environmentally Friendly Timber Handling By Eliminating Exhaust Emissions

In many respects, the company is committed to the major goal of sustainable management: the processing of the renewable raw material wood, regional value creation through the neighboring, densely wooded Fichtelgebirge, and low-emission systems and machines that allow the large demand on the market to be well served. The decision in favor of an electric machine was therefore a further step for the managing director Wolf-Christian Küspert towards building a sustainable business.

A Sennebogen material handler with a 200 kW electric motor is used to transfer the logs from the sorting boxes to the stackers and to feed the saw, which enables environmentally friendly timber handling by eliminating exhaust emissions. Another advantage of electric operation is obvious: compared to diesel machines, there are enormous savings in operating and service costs that can be achieved through longer service intervals.

The Gantry Design Of The Electric Material Handler Increases Flexibility

In addition to the cost and emission savings, flexibility also played a major role in the purchase decision. The gantry design in particular gives the operator maximum degrees of freedom: the machine can be rotated through 360 degrees and at the same time making forward, reverse and sideways movements are possible thanks to an integrated trolley, which means that the gantry covers a generous working area. Thanks to the 8.9 m long and curved compact boom of the “Banana” type and a loading stick with a length of 7.9 m, the 835 E electric material handler achieves a reach of 15 m. Attached is a Sennebogen 2 m² hydraulic timber grab, which allows the manipulation of logs up to 6 m in length.

Large Capacity Cab Provides Excellent View For The Operator

Excellent all-round view is provided by the Sennebogen Mastercab industrial cab, which impresses drivers with various features such as a large-area floor window and an air-suspended comfort driver’s seat with seat heating. Manuel Wildgans, one of four machine operators, is apparently satisfied with his new workplace and is particularly enthusiastic about the ease of operation of the electric material handler:

“The SENNEBOGEN 835 E is the first machine of this size that I have been able to operate. In the meantime, all of us drivers have become accustomed to it and are pleased with the simple control using the joysticks. At a height of over 10 m, we can now enjoy the best view over the entire site every day.”

Source: Sennebogen 

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The plant was designed with the aim of producing large quantities of firewood, processing logs with variable lengths (up to a maximum of six meters) and inhomogeneous diameters, and then, stacking it on pallets and in bulk, supply the retailers located on the French territory.

The plant is structured with the following sections:

-A log loader with 30 tons capacity, four chains, 10 meters length and a separator; 

-TLA 18 cutting unit, equipped with 1800 mm diameter disc and 75 kW motor, to process large bundles of mixed material or single logs with variable diameters (up to a maximum of 710 mm) with electronic control of the cutting operations in automatic.

There is a shifter, managed by the operator on the cutting unit, which transfers the cut logs to the independent splitting stations and a 27 tons four columns independent splitting station with laser device for measuring the diameter of the cut log and for centering the splitting grid automatically.

-A 40 ton independent automatic splitting station TB 900 to work diameters up to 900 mm

In addition to that, there’s a cleaning section of processed logs with cleaning rollers that receives all the processed material from the wood splitters (to give flexibility to the system, a cleaning rollers by-pass has been set up in the kindling logs production cycle);

-A feeding conveyor for pallet stacking stations with vibrating hopper for firewood logs recirculation. At the end  there are sloped and suspended conveyors for the transfer/ storage of the processed wood.

Source: Pezzolato

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Mark is thrilled to have chosen a Hustler Applic8r mounted boom sprayer a few months ago and thinks it’s a “wonderful machine”. Mark farms on 5,500 effective hectares with about 46,000 stock units comprised of sheep, cattle and deer.

Mark was looking for a versatile and compact mounted boom sprayer that would handle a large variety of applications, from fertiliser to herbicide and insecticide on both crops and grass paddocks. He explains that with the Hustler Applic8r LX1150,

“we can use it all through this machine. All around, it’s just a good machine to use, for everything.”

The Hustler sprayer range is ideal for livestock farmers or crop farmers willing to use a sprayer in tight paddocks and small to medium size areas, especially on rough terrain or rolling hill country. Mark chose to equip his sprayer with a Hustler SonicBoom which is hydraulicly folded as

“you don’t have to get out and fold anything away,”

Mark said.

Some other time-savers make the Applic8r very easy to use according to Mark, such as the handy storage container on the side of the main tank or the extra freshwater tank.

For Mark, one of the key benefits is the GPS guidance unit he decided to add to his sprayer configuration.

“You can outline your paddock where you go it’ll paint the paddock for you, if you overlap or anything, that part of the boom is shut off itself automatically,”

Mark detailed.

Hustler Applic8r sprayer helped Mark to “save on chemical” and to get the perfect application for his operation.

“Hustler is a wonderful product, well made, the backup service and the people at the factory are just wonderful to deal with.”

Before buying his Hustler sprayer, Mark has done his homework, asking fellow farmers. Mark has received good feedback about the brand, whether it is the sprayers or other machines manufactured by Hustler. Several neighbours in the district own a Hustler product and they “can’t fault them” while “the backup service is really good”.

“All around, it’s just a good machine to use, for everything.”

As Hustler Equipment head office is based some 45 minutes away from Oheniwairua Station, Mark was also happy to support a local company with a good reputation.

Source: Hustler

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With the telehandler KT557, Kramer has introduced a new type of machine in the previous range of Mr. Antczak’s equipment because it’s absolutely versatile, efficient and sturdy. Mr. Antczak, together with his brother and son, Sebastian, has been managing their mixed farm since several years. They carry out work around the farm as well as on the 500 hectares of land and the 300 milk cows.

With their first Kramer machine KT557, they could work with greater flexibility, having already proven itself after a couple of months.

“It´s very rarely that our new telehandler leaves our farm yard without a trailer,”

underlines Mr. Antczak.

Most of the time, about 30% or more, the KT557 is used for working in combination with a trailer.

Every second day it pulls two fully loaded trailers with corn silage from fields from over 30 kilometers away. Moreover, it shows exceptionally versatile usage over the different seasons. In general, the machine is often taken for straw bale transport. During the summer, its primary application is transporting trailers with grass bales. Additionally, during harvest, it often pulls two trailers with 9 tons of grain each.

To meet all these work requirements, the machine has been equipped with many other advantageous options. That includes a pneumatic trailer brake, a tractor-homologation, an automatic central lubrication system, a rear view camera, an automatic bucket reverse valve (SRA), and a tilt cylinder shaking function, as well as a height adjustable automatic trailer coupling.

To ensure all that work around the farm can be done quickly, the typical Kramer quickhitch plate with three different attachments. Beside the pallet fork for simple stacking work, with the standard bucket without teeth and the bale grapple also utilized on a daily basis.

“The most important requirements for us to buying a Kramer telehandler KT557 can be concluded in three points: the easy handling and comfort in the cab, the ecospeedPRO transmission because of the smooth ride and above all the most important thing for us is the good reputation, because with Kramer and its dealer Kuhn Maszyny Rolnicze Sp. z o.o., we can life-long count on an on site support without serious failures of the daily used machine. They are robust, reliable and tough,”

summarises Mr. Antczak.

Kramer range of telehandlers with emission stage V

The compact model KT276 complies with the EU emission stage V with a 55 kW Kohler engine and exhaust emission treatment with a diesel oxidation catalytic converter (DOC) and diesel particle filter (DPF). The models KT306, KT356, KT307, KT357, KT407, KT457 (successor of the KT447), KT507 and KT429 are still equipped with the Deutz TCD 3.6 engine with level V and 100 kW power, which complies with the level V exhaust emission. For this purpose, the exhaust emission treatment with DOC and SCR will be supplemented with a DPF as standard. The models with a 5.5 tonne payload, KT557 and KT559, will be fitted with the Deutz TCD 4.1 engine with level V and 115 kW as a standard.

The Outside View

All-round visibility is a crucial consideration for telehandlers, and Kramer offers various options for optimising this. As well as the cabin, the FOPS screen, which protects the driver from falling objects, has also been optimised to provide ideal visibility as a result of the individual braces on the exterior screen now bending outwards in line with the eye’s perspective. This facilitates an uninterrupted view of the attachment and thus makes for safe, precise, working even when the telescopic arm is extended. The protective grating is available as standard for power classes KT457 to KT559 and for models with a payload of 3 to 4 tonnes with the higher cabin.

Additional highlights, such as an additional storage compartment, enhancement of the rear-view mirror, a mobile phone holder with two additional USB ports and an enlargement of the maintenance covers, which can be opened quickly and easily with just two screws and no tools required, all contribute to creating a more comfortable and flexible working environment with a Kramer telehandler.

Source: Kramer

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