Updated bale processor from Teagle

Teagle has launched a new bale processor that is a rebuild of some of its older models.

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The company launched the new 8200 line in Canada at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show. Andy Robson, Teagle’s North American sales manager was at the Harco Ag display talking about the new processor.

“The main feature about it is the ability to stop and start the bale on the go,” said Robson.

A controller in the cab, connected by Bluetooth to the processor, moves a bale restraint to hold the bale and the bed chain also stops moving.

That gives farmers the ability to easily move around waterers or other obstacles. It also means less torque when it is restarted and helps to avoid blockages.

The 8200, which replaces the 7100 and 8100 models, has improved fan performance and will blow materials up to 65 feet away, whereas previous models would blow 60 feet.

The 8200 is one of the smaller of the 16 bale processors made by the British company.

A wider trough means room for larger bales. It will take single bales, up to four by six-foot round bales and four by four by eight-foot large square bales.

The 8200 will process both dry and wet bales, with some simple adjustments of how aggressively the machine processes the bales. The dual-chop system on the 8250 means a final chopped length of 1.75 inches and more precision for use of straw in poultry barns and for TMR mixes.

Material is pushed over a stationary knife for the cut to be made, so Robson says it acts like a pair of scissors. The machine makes about 64,000 chops per minute. A screen sizes the fibres and if it’s too long, it is recirculated until it hits the desired chop length.

Bales can be loaded by lowering a ramp and backing into them, but most people will load over the side or into the back with a loader of some sort, says Robson.

There’s now a stone tap, which can be easily emptied.

The 8200 meets the latest in European safety requirements for equipment, which means no flat surfaces on which to stand, including wheel covers and the draw bar.

The product has a two-year warranty. The 8200 model is for feed and bedding and the 8250 model is for precision straw processing. Both are available in mounted or wheeled models.