SLURRYKAT RAISE THE BAR
TWIN APPEAL
McHALE will be displaying a full range of machinery on Stand 313, giving new and existing customers the chance to see the company’s high output machines up close and personal. Forefront to the exhibition will be the recent development and expansion into the twin rotor centre delivery rake range.
Also new to Irish customers is the McHale ProGlide B9000 with hydraulic width adjustment as an option. The operator can hydraulically adjust the width position of the rear mowers to eliminate striping on slopes and curves. The hydraulic rams integrated into the mower beams shift the cutter bars sideways, either together or independently, to allow for up to 400mm overlap on each mower.
James Heanue, McHale Irish Sales Manager for McHale says: “To maximise the feed value of forage it is important that grass crops are cut when the sugar content is highest, and that the mower leaves clean crop stubble and produces quality forage free from impurities. Our design team combined their specialist knowledge to develop the McHale Pro Glide range of mowers.
“I feel these products offer a number of unique features which will deliver better groundfollowing ability and better cut quality.”
All mowers are fitted with three-metre cutter bars with tine conditioners and benefit from a number of novel features which result in better ground-following ability and quicker reaction times to changes in ground conditions. The McHale Pro Glide combination mower is equipped with a number of common features as standard such as unique patented groundfollowing technology, break-back protection, hydraulic ground pressure control and heavy duty bed design which make the Pro Glide a smart choice for farmers and contractors alike.
For transportation, the McHale Pro Glide B9000 folds vertically to position itself behind the centre point of the tractor for safe transport. The transport height of the machine is reduced thanks to the vertical positioning of the mower bed in transport to measure at a height of four metres.
Balers
Since the last National Ploughing Championships, McHale F5, V6 and Fusion Balers all feature a new pickup that delivers higher output and improves machine performance in uneven lumpy swaths and heavy and light rows.
McHale have also introduced a number of new changes to the Fusion 3 Plus, mainly in the area of bale quality with a bale weighing, bale density and bale moisture content recording option available.
Two customisable cameras are now provided as standard on new Fusion 3 Plus machines, which allow for the operator to choose their preferred view of the NRF/Netter camera and the bale transfer and wrapping camera. INDUSTRY leading slurry equipment manufacturer SlurryKat are set to unveil another new innovation to the existing market by introducing a range of lightweight dribble bars that are designed to be retro fitted onto existing tankers or new units from various manufacturers.
With the threat looming of the all-out ban on splash plates imminent, there has never been a greater focus on alternative spreading methods, of which the dribble bar has been the most favoured and cost effective option to date.
SlurryKat’s in-house design team has developed a unique and novel way to retrofit tankers with the new dribble bar system which allows the complete unit to be removed from the tanker in under five minutes, which leaves the tanker back in its original form of a splash plate and rear-filling valves at either side which are still acces- sible without having to change the rear inspection hatch.
Further adding to its versatility, once the dribble bar is removed it can be subsequently mounted onto another tanker with a similar arrangement or with rear linkage without the need for any modifications.
The dribble bar unit is available in both 7.5m and 9m versions all of which feature the usual reputable features expected from SlurryKat. Each unit is incorporated with the Vogelsang distribution head macerator which is well known as being the market leader having proven to be the most reliable and effective macerator in the last decade.
Various options including spring back booms to protect the machine are available if required. The larger 9m version features hydraulically powered telescopically extending booms which activate during the un-
Green Bedding System
Meanwhile, SlurryKat are set to unveil another innovation at this year’s Ploughing with the Irish and UK launch of the Doda Green Bedding System designed for use in the Dairy, Beef and Anaerobic Digestion industries.
Green bedding systems have been on the market for a number of years, however some systems have demonstrated poor performance and dry matter that was not high enough to replace traditional bedding methods such as chopped straw or wood shavings. Green bedding is becoming increasingly popular in Ireland and the UK, fuelled by its successful use in the USA and Europe. In Holland, for example, they have been using green bedding for the past number of years with over 5,000 farms now having converted. ALLTECH and Keenan will be leading the way in proactive planning for winter 2018 at this year’s Ploughing. The skilled team of animal nutrition experts will be at Stand 351, Block 2, Row 17, where they will be hosting one-to-one nutrition clinics providing farmers with personalised solutions and advice on issues such as feed budgeting and alternative forages, in order to help them take control this winter.
“After a tough and unpredictable year of extreme weather conditions, we want to help farmers take control as winter edges closer,” said Catherine Heffernan, Operations Manager of InTouch. “For the first time at the National Ploughing Championships, we will be hosting InTouch nutrition clinics to give farmers the opportunity to speak one-to-one with our skilled team of nutritionists about their concerns and the challenges they are facing this winter.”
The new Doda Green bedding system offers many environmental and economic benefits, as well as increasing the health and well-being of the livestock, meaning they perform much better with proven increased production of milk and daily live weight gains.
The benefits include:
• No requirement to buy straw or sawdust for bedding;
• Mastitis is reduced with increased milk production;
• Increased cow comfort and cleanliness;
• 30pc increase in slurry storage capacity;
• Reduced need for mixing of slurry after storage.
The Green Bedding System along with the new dribble bar can been seen at the SlurryKat Stand 501, Row 23, Block 2, where you can talk to industry experts and see how this system can benefit your farm and save you money.