McHale Fusion 2
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2011
- McHale Fusion 206/Jul/2011
Colin McElvaney, a contractor from Monaghan who also runs his own 300acre farm does 3,000 bales a year with his McHale Fusion. Colin has been running McHale machines for the last 3 years.
- McHale Fusion 206/Jul/2011
Ingar Vestad works on a farm in Norway where they run five McHale machines; three Fusion 2's and two F550's.
- McHale Fusion 206/Jul/2011
Rune Trettbakk, a contractor from Norway bales 4,500 bales per year with his McHale Fusion.
- McHale Fusion 206/Jul/2011
Geoff Thomas is a contractor and farmer in the UK, who does approximately 20,000 bales a year with his McHale Fusion.
- McHale Fusion 206/Jul/2011
John and Jimmy Bourke are two dairy farmers from Co. Tipperary. They make approximately 10,000 bales a year with their McHale Fusion.
- McHale Fusion 214/Apr/2011
Sally batchelor from Bude in Cornwall operates a McHale F550. She finds the machine to be very operator friendly and makes baling a lot less stressful.
- McHale Fusion 214/Apr/2011
Pat Flynn from Dublin has run a McHale Fusion for the last seven seasons and continues to be impressed by it.
- McHale Fusion 213/Apr/2011
Tom Byrne from Wicklow runs a McHale Fusion 2. He finds the chop quality and output of the Fusion to be very good which results in happy customers.
- McHale Fusion 213/Apr/2011
Martin Desmond from Cork runs two McHale Fusions, a Fusion 1 and a Fusion 2. He finds the quick transfer time on the Fusion important in the combination baler.
- McHale Fusion 213/Apr/2011
Nigel and Rachel Skinner had been using a baler with a trailed wrapper until they discovered the Fusion 2. They find the Fusion 2 makes the wworking day a lot easier and has reduced their costs associated with running a baler and wrapper seperately.
- McHale Fusion 224/Sep/2010
Meindert Konig is a contractor from the Netherlands. He has been using McHale products for the last 6 years. Meindert operates two Fusions and does on average 7,000 bales a year.
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2009
Based at Chailey, near Lewes, East Sussex, Michael Rodaway took delivery of his McHale Fusion baler wrapper for the 2005 Silage Season.
Michael commented, "It really has performed well. We have a few hills in our parts of the world and when using other makes of machine on down hill slopes, I was plagued with bales losing their way as they transfer from the chamber to the wrapping unit - some have dropped off and others have got stuck half-way" he says "this machine seems to cope well, whatever the terrain".
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2009
Geoff Thomas, his wife Yvonne and their son Rhodri run a contracting business at Pantycoch, near Fishguard in Wales.
With the McHale F550 average hourly output was 55 bales per hour, up over 10 bales more per hour on previous brand owned.In relation to the features, Geoff also liked the greasing and oiling system, the drop floor unblocking system and the in-cab control box which Geoff described as "comprehensive but straight forward to use."
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2009
Chris Magner isn't one to shy away from trying new things. The Lismore farmer and his wife, Catherine, sold their dairy farm in December 2006 to branch out into greener pastures.
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2009
Tjerk Okkema runs a contracting business in Easterein in Holland and runs two McHale Fusions. In a normal year Tjerk does 10,000 bales, this can be broken down into 6000 bales of silage, 1,500 bales of haylage, 2,000 bales of hay and straw, and 500 bales of Lucerne.
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2009
Brian Reale has been running a contracting business since 1997. Brian bought his Fusion from Nunan Farm Machinery in Limerick. Brian does 15,000 round bales per year which can be broken down into "10,000 bales of silage and 5,000 bales of hay".
- McHale Fusion 217/Jul/2009
Thomas Soderstrom is a farmer in Sweden. He has been wrapping bales since 1993. He bought his first Fusion in 2003 and worked the machine until 2007 and then traded the machine for a Fusion 2 in 2008.
- McHale Fusion 216/Jul/2009
Stephen Williams runs a contracting business in Powys in Wales. Stephen runs a McHale Fusion 2 and does 12000 bales per annum.
Stephen said he "would like to thank McHale for a first class sales and technical back up"
- McHale Fusion 216/Jul/2009
Liam Trench runs a very successful contracting business from his base in Garryduff, which is just outside Claremorris in Co. Mayo. Liam bought his first Fusion in 2004, and bought a Fusion 2 in 2007. "The Fusion 2 also performers better in hills as the bale transfer is simpler and more positive, as the bottom half of the chamber travels higher to transfer the bale".
- McHale Fusion 216/Jul/2009
Rodger describes the McHale Fusion as the "best thing since sliced bread." STRESS and agricultural contracting are inseparable at certain times of the year when machinery, weather and clients often leave some operators thinking how much easier a lawn mowing round would be.
- McHale Fusion 216/Jul/2009
McHale helps keep Slatterys focused on quality. There is a half century of history behind Roger and Helen Slattery's Matamata based contracting business, and with innovation and foresight the couple are confident about what the next 50 years the business may bring.
- McHale Fusion 216/Jul/2009
Matching quality equipment to country well suited to maximising that equipment's potential makes contracting a rewarding family affair for Waikato operator Trevor Lalich. Trevor runs a successful grass harvesting business with younger son Daniel. Their machinery line up includes the latest Fusion 2 baler-wrapper from McHale.
