Oxbo 4334: The World's First Self Propelled Merger

[@kyeprice1301]

A 7,000 head dairy farm in Michigan uses one of these and it's crazy seeing how fast the farmers can finish their fields

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

Kyle Price 7k cows holy shit in ireland its like 200 and thats a big farm

[@kyeprice1301]

The Pilot Penguin That farm now has 15,000 cows and most of these large dairy farms are dutch guys who just moved from the Netherlands 10years ago btw this is in the thumb of michigna

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

Kyle Price i can't imagine 15k cows there are probably 15k cows in my county alone

[@CrOOsBowGames]

The Pilot Penguin its called factory farming. The cows don't graze in fields and they are treated badly. The farms we have in Ireland are way nicet

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

mkay then

[@MrEurwinroberts]

Fantastic, no danger of soil contamination.. also fast and neat job..

[@xaviernadeau3366]

I guess it makes you look richer. It's like when you buy a potato harvester and comparing it to a potato harvester that you attach to your tractor much cheaper but less wide so this merger is like the Vermeer baler tractor thing well you get the idea it just makes you look richer. And for the price I'd rather get a 5 meter windrow for like 50 horses and take a compact tractor, so that's my point of view.

[@ryanstull1974]

Xav Nad I see your point but there are many pluses to a machine like this. Speed, not running over crop, and easier to opeRate when running a lot of acres. If you see my point

[@11deereman]

those are very nice big machines, ive seen it in action when they were making this film and it is awsome!!

[@jamilaari3514]

just imagine servicing the pickup...

[@grizzyweiss]

Top three are for direction of conveyor belts, Middle three are for turning merger rakes on/off and last rocker switch is for folding and unfolding unit

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

Indeed, the concept is nothing new, but the execution of the Oxbo seems rather promising.

[@MannoMax]

Idk but im pretty sure Fortschritt built the same type of machine in the 70s in East Germany. Its called the E 301

[@OxboInternational]

Thanks!! Everyone at Oxbo is excited to bring this product to the market.

[@YesItsOurs]

I came to the weird par of you tube again and i am impressed

[@ImpendingJoker]

Someone needs to make this a mod for Farming Simulator 19

[@Rossithailand]

Looks great but, how many tines has it got !! i hate to fix or replace these rotor rake less trouble

[@Rubelkoenig]

Link is unavailable :/ But Fortschritt constructed one of those big mergers, some say it´s the prototype of the Krone BigM, also the Fortschritt E290, could also be a Prototype, if you look it´s from 1975 and it was able to fill a 12-tons-trailer in 3-5 minutes

[@shiddy.]

that looks amazing and fast - are the rubber mounted tines easy to get at and replace?

[@djad54]

altho this looks like a nice, well built, fun piece of kit. Would it no be more cost effective to build an attachment for a already existing forager? glaas couger for example..

[@GregoryMallard]

Wow imagine this as a mod in Farm Simulator 19.

[@Forevertrue]

I would like to see some Regenerative farming too.

[@Krieghandt]

They showed it running in grass, but if you're buying this, your silaging alphafa and corn, both while 'wet'. At the speeds they were showing, it wouldnt take much to bog down a 100 hp engine. For dry hay, I would say this was over kill ;)

[@MienTayTiVi]

wow amazing machine

[@OxboInternational]

Thank you!

[@fastrac]

Superb machine.Would do well in Europe.

[@michaeldobberstein5365]

Tis just seems make turning and space more available for the self propelled forage harvesters.

[@0freedom490]

It's a Messick's farm equipment in one of your dealers?

[@catanddeereD11T]

How big is the engine, and what kind of transmission does it have? I did notice it has a John Deere cab and engine. So is it the 6.8 or 9.0 liter engine?

[@Hjo12joH]

Why you dont made it as a cutter for Maisecutters so you dont have to Drove over ist with a Colecktor

[@xaviernadeau3366]

Looks like the big m 450 when folded up

[@bristlefarms]

AWESOME I want one even though we dont do hay or silage

[@michaelhancock937]

That's a damn expensive windrower.

[@doooooooooooooooober]

Holy shit 34 foot pick up? That's twice what our speedrake is

[@REDdelver]

And @ Farminguploads.... It takes HP in order to run all the hydros on this machine. The heads themselves are extremely well built and heavy, you need this engine size especially on hilly terrain.

[@cormus1]

Does this machine work for merging undercut beans?

[@FergH-K]

a steering wheel is better for going long distance, i.e. along a field, it means you don't have to keep them pushed forward. I think most farmers would be used to a steering wheel because it is very much like a forager cab.

[@DrentseRedneckOfficieel]

Why isn´t there some kind of shield that ensures that the grass flies not too far away so that the windrows become too wide?

[@lucasbauman2864]

it would have to be over 4m wide to be too wide for a big chopper, with a decent operator you'll never have that problem

[@nibizsw3]

Why use that instead of a Krone Big M wich cuts it and puts it in to a row in one turn.

[@MrDave52770]

Looks like it's pretty hard on the hay, raising a lot of chaff

[@crystalballer7983]

oh sorry. I misread your post. Yes, you are very correct! LOL I was saying this could be done in 2 days with the merger, which is what you were saying as well. Guess these are not an international thing. And, granted, unless you are a large dairy operation or a custom silage contractor, there is not a lot of justification to owning a large scale merger. More of a niche market. Personally, I think Oxbo does it the best. I have run several brands and find theirs to be the most intuitive machine.

[@Jaydw4]

you'd be surprised what kind of hp you need for a self propelled unit, especially in hilly fields, self propelled sprayers are the same deal

[@Zeamus634]

What's wrong with using a rake?

[@nibizsw3]

@jdman2kp But why make silage insted of hay then?

[@andrew-12534]

So why don’t they just put outer mergers straight onto the forage harvester.. it will save you having to go through fields again

[@quadarinxxx]

That might be so, but i swear there is more efficient ways to rake, without the need for 250hp! The machine is nice, by all means. Its just i believe a 4rotor rake (up to 15m working with) pulled by a 120-150hp tractor would be (i think) more efficient. This does look comfortable to use though! no more sore neck. hehe Btw. who the hell have 200hectares of grass??? must have a mega dairy to feed then?

[@scottmattingly9643]

All that thing would do is run the quality of your hey it's knocking the leaves out of your hay all you have left is stems

[@truckerray7533]

i was thinking the same thing!

[@itsablything]

Can you get some over in England so we can demo please

[@Sull576]

If it was working during the last few weeks, it would be slaughtered. Big M is the job!

[@alexsfarm2087]

Great machine

[@JCB411abuser]

bring one to ireland and we'll test it. how much does it cost?

[@gary24752]

Knocking all the leaves off.

[@OxboInternational]

Actually, the Oxbo merger protects more leaves and puts less ask in the row than any other merger. Leave loss will vary with dryness of the forage.

[@kyle12111994]

How have I never heard of this company haha

[@josesantiliogoncalves3707]

que bacana maquina muito legal ,,,,

[@nancicorreamartins1837]

É uma honra para mim ,tê-lo como amigo, um agricultor que ama cuidar da terra, um digno trabalhador do Brasil.

[@nancicorreamartins1837]

Estamos em 6/12/2013.Incrível,como o tempo passa depressa, principalmente, quando não temos mais 20 anos!

[@conflats]

no its merged to enable faster collection with harvester 30ft into one row typically, now that figure would be high but just type in silage ireland and you will see heavier crops than in this vid

[@Vein1986]

It was impossible to only engineere new merger-header for harvester instead of making whole new machine?

[@mat6995]

Nie ma to jak zwykla grabiarka 7 gwiazd :D

[@nibizsw3]

@jdman2kp If u are doing silage it dosent matter if it is that dry right

[@ornge2561]

that is kind of the reason you get a miller pro merger

[@onecommontater8670]

Do u think u could combine a pickup with an auger ?

[@itsablything]

How much is one of these?

[@johnfranq]

@sodbusterist roger that, what does it cost?

[@banana1259]

if you listen to the commentary he tells you it delivers undamaged crop without stones, plus they,re swathing delicate afalfa, not shitty old grass....and yes I am English....

[@BryceD6]

'the worlds first self propelled rake'

[@anman424]

if only that was an attachment for older self propelled choppers that can still move but can't be trusted to chop consistently anymore.

[@Sull576]

What a light cut.....

[@OxboInternational]

@sodbusterist It works wellin heavy Rye Grass but you do have to slow down

[@TOPXSHOTXSNIPER]

Still uses a John Deere forage harvester cab ;)

[@smashingrass]

fantastic lookin machin...great engineering. But....CLAAS liner

[@tompulford2569]

The cab looks outdated, it's a lot of machine for one job and if it breaks down you have to hire a tractor mounted merger to cover for it.

[@meggadodge05]

that is cool ...we need one

[@OxboInternational]

@1jermey No; the 4334 is a dedicated merger.

[@conflats]

Perennial rye grass in our climate 12-15T dry matter/ha crop could be 30% moisture when mowed would test any machine

[@RBfarming]

Easy to use joystick? It's got 7 unlabelled rocker switches on it.. :P

[@farminguploads]

Why does it have such a big engine?

[@bionictrucker1]

I've noticed in several parts of the video, that the new thrown windrow it makes, is layed over on top of a windrow on the ground that has not been picked up yet by this machine, so basically, it's burying that "un-picked up" windrow! It sure looks like to me that it would knock off alot of hay leaves from the stems, which is a vital nutrient or vitamin for livestock, such as cattle! Sweet design of uh machine, though! Betchya it is uh very expensive machine!

[@starks1414]

If you going to use a harvester to pick it up why not just swath your hay with a 30 foot swather? Lots of money wasted in your hay process

[@handykeppy7333]

when you lay hay in a 30ft swath your alfalva/grass "hay"wont dry.

[@starks1414]

+Handy Keppy that hay is no where near dry and the video said it was for a chopper so why use a discbine to cut it? Just use a swather

[@paulbouwman229]

+Aaron Starko when your chopping for silage the grass/ alfalfa has to dry to around 65% moisture for it to ferment properly. When you mow 30ft in one row the middle of the row doesn't dry.

[@starks1414]

+Paul Bouwman pretty expensive hay rake.

[@paulbouwman229]

Poor quality feed can get expensive quick when your feed lots of animals

[@Chitwnhigh88]

Oh god another monsanto sponsored video

[@Sherbert0102]

how u work that out a rake is cheaper and leaves a tractor for the rest of the year plus in tight felds a rake is more marmoveibal and its quiker!

[@Ethan-ck6iz]

A rake is not more maneuverable and mergers catch less stones and stuff

[@magnusbondehansen6916]

Nice

[@daryakrugova627]

Seriously? Fortschrit made one 40 years Ago!!!!

[@Sherbert0102]

if that was where i am it would have a heage in it!

[@wi11y1960]

I am surprised at the use of a steering wheel. With the need to use the joysticks for controls. I would have thought steering would have been with skid steer type controls. just my 2 pennies tho.

[@Sherbert0102]

ever herd of a rake?

[@jackkerry1]

nice vid have subbed you

[@TheBlubb222]

We germans have such machines before the americans.. In the 1980s in Eastgermany /watch?v=yS2v6RiGk4E

[@foxheadkonni]

You want to have high technology and high quality equipment for hay harvesting? Come over to germany and take a look what we got.

[@noudvandamme1456]

nice

[@nibizsw3]

@jdman2kp Okey but was not meaning bales when i say silage i mean silage no silage bales

[@ornge2561]

ever herd that a merger does a better job

[@zloiperec9090]

круто)))))

[@jamiebevan4192]

mint thing

[@Ax000r]

ive never seen such machines in germany... why dont they use rotary rakes? such as landmaschinen.krone.de/english/products/rotary-rakes/swadro-2000/

[@NORCOHUCKER]

I think I'd rather buy a tractor and a Claas liner 4000, so then I've got a tractor for the rest of the year. Just seems a bit much a whole machine for rowing up a bit of grass.

[@Dowdstown]

some baby

[@catanddeereD11T]

Alright, same as in a JD 7930.

[@nibizsw3]

@jdman2kp Yes exactly

[@TheJamesloy]

Why would there be a rock in your hay field?

[@Rubelkoenig]

First self Propelled Merger??? If you´re on Jupiter ofc...just look at the E301 of the GDR (construction of the 1960´s), the Claas or New Hollands or what ever, also could do that...

[@lende5526]

With JD parts

[@Tilenm]

Yeah, probably it is true. By the way, the machine is interesting.

[@007Stepen]

wtf 250 Hp for raking!!!

[@AtherTech1]

2024 😁

[@crystalballer7983]

Are you guys milking 35,000 cows? Some of our dairy's in America are milking 48,000 head. That's where 250 HP 'rakes' as you put it, come into play.

[@endamc79]

just buy a BigM with groupers.

[@TheJamesloy]

Rakes are very ruff on alfalfa, a merger gently lifts and moves with out ever beating off leaves. learn before you talk.

[@marcodipredappio]

E' MOLTO simile al ROC come sistema di funzionamento...