Two Bale Baler Not Ready Yet
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FARM SHOW editors regularly search patent records for the latest new products. We recently spotted this new "continuous" baler patented by New Holland with an extra bale chamber that begins forming a second bale while the first is being tied and ejected, eliminating the need to stop.
It looked great but we learned in a visit with New Holland design engineer Kenneth Underhill, principal developer of the experimental baler, that it would likely never reach the market. "It's too expensive to manufacture. We have to find a way to keep costs down so it doesn't cost more than 20% above the price of a conventional, single chamber round baler," says Underhill, noting that other round baler manufacturers have also been trying to develop a two-bale baler. "Deere has a couple prototype machines and Vermeer has patented a baler with side-by-side chambers. The operator simply switches to a second windrow pickup when the first bale chamber's full."
So what's the bottom line on New Holland's new baler? It has been "shelved" until there is either a breakthrough in design or until economic conditions change.
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Two Bale Baler Not Ready Yet HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Balers (6) 10-1-5 FARM SHOW editors regularly search patent records for the latest new products. We recently spotted this new "continuous" baler patented by New Holland with an extra bale chamber that begins forming a second bale while the first is being tied and ejected, eliminating the need to stop.
It looked great but we learned in a visit with New Holland design engineer Kenneth Underhill, principal developer of the experimental baler, that it would likely never reach the market. "It's too expensive to manufacture. We have to find a way to keep costs down so it doesn't cost more than 20% above the price of a conventional, single chamber round baler," says Underhill, noting that other round baler manufacturers have also been trying to develop a two-bale baler. "Deere has a couple prototype machines and Vermeer has patented a baler with side-by-side chambers. The operator simply switches to a second windrow pickup when the first bale chamber's full."
So what's the bottom line on New Holland's new baler? It has been "shelved" until there is either a breakthrough in design or until economic conditions change.
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