Round baling with a McHale Fusion baler

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[@royfyles5627]

definitely made in Ireland see plenty coming through Holyheadl port which Anglesey North Wales. glad you are keeping the funky farmer videos going they are brilliant👍

[@boylantalkssport23]

Yes indeed Richard, McHale Engineering are in Co Mayo in Ireland. They also do stand-alone balers and wrappers as well as the Fusion machines - serious gear

[@markasple3133]

That is the mcHale fusion three and McHale are made in Ireland

[@michealdeering7556]

Good video mate

[@lukebanthorpe8773]

Great vid

[@rezcostello1936]

i love the Mchale fusion balers they are very big in ireland

[@hell0hkitty]

here in new zealand i saw some baling being done. it wasn't as sophisticated as this. a type of contraption that would lift up the bail then wrap it in the air. loved watching this. very neat.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

people still wrap bales like that here too. This machine is the top end of the scale

[@conalmoore1399]

Yes the headquarters are in Ireland but they also have another factory in middle Europe ... Poland I think

[@neilmccann99]

They have a factor in Mayo as well as the headquarters.

[@connorlyons9422]

the bailer is made in ballinrobe co.mayo IRELAND hon mayo

[@tylerrees5376]

great video Richard glad to see you back uploading also I was wondering what did u do with the un wrapped bale after

[@thefunkyfarmer]

feed it straight to the cows

[@nialllally0]

The baler is made in Balinrobe Co. Mayo in Ireland. Its only 20 minutes up the road from me and they make loads of baling machinery.

[@Colinnoone]

Niall Lally it’s killmaine

[@callumconnolly25]

Colin.noone no Niall is right,I’ve been to kimaine a few times this year with the baler and wrapper,that’s where they fix the machinery,one of my friends work in the assembly in ballinrobe,that’s where the equipment if made

[@stephenfrench1060]

Have a fusion 2 ,wonder could you pick up unrapped bale with baler wrapper roller tying on the bale

[@thefunkyfarmer]

I dont know

[@born2flyau]

Richard, do you bale any grass hay Unwrapped)? Large squares or small squares. We started of doing small squares then finally switched to round bales. That baler is an awesome piece of machinery. Bale & wrap in the one unit.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes we still make some small bale hay. You are right its an incredible machine

[@coletteodonovan6304]

how many bales are there

[@jamesmellor8642]

Why haven't you got pink wrap like last year?

[@seanmckenna7271]

Great video Richard :) You could have got the McCormick and put the bale in the wrapper part with the loader.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

didn't have time to do that

[@senankeane]

that would be quite hard because we tore the plastic on a bale last year and tried to put it back in the wrapper part but we couldn't get it to go in. we had to wrap it by hand

[@Antonyzetor]

looked a good crop what did you do with the not wrapped bale?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

fed it to the cows

[@macfarms]

Very lucky to live in an area where there are contractors that can to jobs on the farm for you. Where I live most farms have to own all of their own equipment and do everything themselves because there is not enough farms for a contractor to make a go of it.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

interesting. Where do you live?

[@macfarms]

Nova Scotia, Canada. Cape Breton Island to be specific. There is farming "hubs" in the mainland of Nova Scotia, but in my area there isn't much left. There is only about 3 dairy farms within 100 miles of here, us being one of them. i think our farming style is a little bit different than how you guys do it over there, feel free to check out my channel some time.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Interesting. A lot of the dairy farms around here have gone too. Most dairy farms are much bigger than ours. We are quite old fashioned so dont take it that we are a typical uk farm in how we do things

[@macfarms]

Well, your barn is nicer than the old one we had lol. Up until a few years ago we milked in a Stanchion barn with a pipeline milking system. 6 milkers, sat on stools beside the cows. Trench behind them. Then we built our new freestall barn and put in a 6x6 herringbone style parlour. What a difference that has made both on the cows and us. Not having to kneel or bend over milking makes a huge difference. We can milk all the cows in less than an hour, we only milk about 42. It would be nice to get some more quota and some more cows but we have some other issues to sort out first.

[@rogerwilson9361]

RichardI checked it's manufactured in England and how many bale did you come up with at the end of baling.

[@mjmsoundlight5]

It's manufactured in Ireland actually

[@rogerwilson9361]

MJM Sounds & Lights well then I was wrong must of read it wrong when I looked it up sorry everyone can be wrong thank you for correcting me.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

i think it was about 40

[@rogerwilson9361]

thefunkyfamer wow that off same that were grass silage was chopped and made 40 round bales that a good field.

[@paddygoesracing]

That's is allsome

[@user-ys4ro1mn2j]

That's a great 2-in-1 machine! How many bales did you wrap?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

i'm not sure

[@user-ys4ro1mn2j]

+thefunkyfarmer OK.

[@shanegallagher9995]

It made in co Mayo I live right next to the factory

[@mtl-ss1538]

Quigley, Hay Contracting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIS4coZmbsZ_l6s Jackson Hay - A slice of summer ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bPhWOeetR4iM0 . Canterbury Kiwi -2020 Harvest . kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHnGmGqkiammrqc

[@fsking]

nice vid again mate if it is the fusion 3+ why are they using net wrap rather than the standard and better film? Ben

[@b210wah3]

Because bale wrap is too expensive to use for wrapping and netting

[@QuadcopterAnalyze1980]

You can chose to do either with the fusion 3

[@QuadcopterAnalyze1980]

fusion 3+

[@fsking]

I i guess so,

[@olliechambers9218]

Do you own the baler

[@gearoidmeehan2832]

nice video. were the bales being delivered to your farm

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Yes

[@aaronfitzsimmons3539]

15999 subs ill say congrats on 16000 subs in advance

[@thefunkyfarmer]

well spotted Aaron. Ive hit the 16000 today

[@marksimons2496]

If you think the mc hale is good take a look at the krone ultima! it dose not need to stop to unload the bale from the main chamber as it has a pre pres chamber witch is filled when the main chamber door is open. it is a continuouse round blae wrapper

[@mjmsoundlight5]

We had an ultima on trial. Biggest pile of shite I ever operated. Fusion runs rings around it

[@marksimons2496]

Ahh suprising! In theory the contiuose running of the ultima sounds great but if it dose not work it must be a pain!

[@silage6920s]

No combination baler can compare to a fusion due to many factors. One winner for any irish/English operator is the difference in dimensions, all other balers are way bigger than fusion which isn't ideal! Continous baling isn't a big issue, a fusion can push out between 600-800 bales a day depending on a few factors.

[@marksimons2496]

+SBNTI16 I see. i did not think about size and getting through gates!

[@silage6920s]

+Mark Simons Makes a huge difference doesn't it!

[@muttgusse]

u need the arm that raises the bales when they are finnisihed

[@oisinkelly5119]

Irish company McHale

[@adam_b7899]

How many bales per acre? Great video.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

cant remember

[@adam_b7899]

+thefunkyfarmer ok

[@benhaines3022]

what happend to the unwrapped bale

[@thefunkyfarmer]

fed it

[@b210wah3]

What we do with the unwrapped bales (because every now and the there is always a glitch in the computer and one ends up unwrapped) is just squeeze them from the side with the bale grab and put it back on the wrapping table

[@fsking]

ya that i what i was thinking, or i guess the cows would not mind eating it if they are to be feed it straight off

[@killianmurphy2035]

What about the round bar at the back that wrapping goes around on how do you get the bale by it?

[@b210wah3]

An operator that is any good at all could get a bale between the 2 bars with ease

[@thomasmonks6039]

How many bales a year do they do with that to justify it

[@PhilipWalsh]

I said a good few it would cost up on 80,000

[@Brooke_RS197]

they are contractors buddy pure and simple they buy the big machinery so we dont have to..

[@PhilipWalsh]

+Brooke Cable (DevonshireCowboy) yeah no shit sherlock

[@Brooke_RS197]

Philip Walsh I was responding to the original comment, talking that as a contractor their biggest competitive edge is the machinery and a fusion baler is just one of those edges!

[@itsnickooooooo8892]

I was told for a machine like that 10,000 bales a bare minimum per year , it could be bullshit but that's what I was told

[@oisinkelly5119]

is that a t7/t6

[@thefunkyfarmer]

t7 i think

[@eoinfergus1147]

There made in Ireland county:Mayo 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@mtl-ss1538]

Quigley, Hay Contracting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIS4coZmbsZ_l6s Jackson Hay - A slice of summer ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bPhWOeetR4iM0 . Canterbury Kiwi -2020 Harvest . kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHnGmGqkiammrqc

[@Colinnoone]

mchale is based in killmaine co.mayo

[@rmack48]

I must be a pessimist at heart because the first thing I thought was if that piece of equipment broke down it would cost a pretty penny to fix and I imagine that they would set a farmer back quite a few quid to buy one of those machines outright if they wished to purchase one .

[@fsking]

ya they cost around 60 grand out new

[@b210wah3]

They dont break very often do mchales, good strong baler

[@fsking]

righ enough ;)

[@shanemc9846]

Basically boring do you think you would see it happening on your own farm. It just happened on my farm today

[@tylerrees5376]

it is his own farm

[@ewanfindlay9026]

How's it boring

[@oisinkelly5119]

he missed an unwrapped bale at the start

[@fingaonthatrigga]

mchale are an Irish based company. www.mchalefm.ie/index.php

[@aaronrennicks964]

when are you doing your hay making videos rich

[@thefunkyfarmer]

soon maybe

[@aaronrennicks964]

Ok thanks

[@matthewwinning4986]

we had a mchale fusion baler and it caught on fire