Royal Welsh: Kidd and JF-Stoll shredders
With straw still at a premium, it was no surprise that several manufacturers were showing shredding machines for feeding and bedding to make the most of this precious material.
Kidd Farm Machinery builds 4.5cu m and 8.5cu m versions of its wide-body bale shredder for square or round bales at its factory in Devizes, Wiltshire, as well as the long-serving horizontal round bale shredder often used for bedding cubicle sheds. The JF-Stoll BS 4500 and BS 8500 look similar because they are made by Kidd under a manufacturing agreement for the UK.
“We think straw will still be sparse and expensive, and that more forage will end up being baled because of the late season,” says Martin Holden of JF-Stoll distributor Kongskilde UK. “Using a shredder is a good way to make straw go farther – and we wanted a machine in our range for the first time.”
The smaller model has one horizontal shredding rotor and a manually or hydraulically-adjusted comb to regulate the flow of material to the large 1.6m diameter blower, which is designed to throw material up to 25m away.
The JF-Stoll BS 4500.
There are two rotors on the larger model and both have a swivel chute with electro-hydraulic controls operated from the tractor seat that also raise and lower the rear door, which is long enough for the 4.5cu m shredder to carry a 3.2m long Hesston-type big bale.
Although the body of both versions is wide enough to give plenty of room for large bales, the way it bulges out over the chassis and running gear means overall width remains a convenient 2.15m.
Teagle Machinery, meanwhile, has completed the renewal of its Tomahawk shredder range by replacing the tractor-mounted 808 with the new 7100/7500.
The Flow+ modifications to the chute to improve airflow (already incorporated on other machines in the Tomahawk range) is said to contribute to a 20% improvement in throughput.
Adding a bank of static knives creates the more versatile 7150 Dual Chop version, which can produce short and longer-chopped material for feed and bedding. As before, both versions can have a drawbar and axle fitted for use on smaller tractors.
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