New Self Loading Bale Shredder

September 9, 2013

Self Loading Option – Bale Shredder

An exciting new concept has just been unveiled to save any livestock farmer precious time and money, commodities that most farmers claim are scarce.

Would you benefit from a one tractor operation to load and shred bales for feeding and bedding? Are you looking for a machine that can chop silage and straw to a length that suits your livestock requirements?

Look no further than the Blaney Agri Bale Shredder, now with an optional self loading system.

The Blaney Agri Bale Shredder has been designed to save you time and money involved in feeding and bedding livestock, typically labour intensive jobs. The large diameter rotor serves for faster bale throughput to get each task done as quickly and efficiently as possible, shredding a bale for feeding or bedding in as little as 2 ½ minutes, making it the fastest round bale shredder available. The Blaney Bale Shredder can chop bales up to 5 times faster than a diet feeder. This has been achieved by maximising material flow within the drum and rotor, through extensive computer-aided simulation and on-farm testing.

Now thanks to the option of the innovative self loading system, the machine can lift and load a bale all at the push of a lever. It can deal with 4ft and 5ft bales / 1200 and 1500 up to 900kg. All you have to do is remove the plastic and netting. This means you don’t need a second tractor or any other equipment to load the bale. The clamping arms at the rear of the Bale Shredder have been developed to close in around the bale to lift it and load it securely into the Bale Shredder drum. If you are concerned about the weight involved if working with heavy bales, you can consider the trailed kit. This innovative design allows full tilt while maintaining good ground clearance and low centre of gravity.

The Bale Shredder has been designed and developed specifically to shred silage bales which are much more difficult to work with than straw bales, given their weight, density, moisture content and often uneven shape. Chopped silage bales have proven popular with sheep farmers since they are more easily digested. Chopped silage gives improved intake and more liveweight gain compared to unchopped silage.

This Bale Shredder serves as a multipurpose machine with more capabilities for feeding livestock, not only along passageways but also over the fence or gate into feed trailers and troughs for those out-wintering stock. Imagine how much easier wach day would be this winter without the need for a lot of manual work involved in graping and pushing forward silage.

The Bale Shredder also takes the hassle out of bedding and can be used in cubicles or large pens. Discharge chutes include one for feeding and one for bedding. A third option of a top rotary 270 degree giraffe chute is ideal for high level discharge. An innovative fan design maintains air pressure that ensures maximum flow of straw over these large distances for an even spread of straw. Straw used for bedding can be cut by almost 50% through the use of this machine.

Blaney agri also offer a trailed kit for use with lower HP tractors, and drum extension is available to allow for loading of 2 round bales of straw or 1 large square bale.