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Ability To Feed Various Bale Types For sheer versatility, a Hustler chainless balefeeder is the clear winner for its ability to feed round and square hay bales of any feed type and has been proven on over 100 different types of forages. Chain feeders come in a close second, but are not quite as adept at feeding square or tightly packed round bales.
Chainless bale feeders feed out whatever bale you have on hand, round & square, of any material type. The Chainless system has been tested on more than 110 different types of forage in both round and square bales.
FIELD TESTIMONIAL
“During the 20+ years evolution of the Chainless system, the chamber itself has become deeper. This means that the cradle can be brought up on a steeper angle for those ugly soft heavy silage bales, along with the unreal ability to tease biscuits out of square bales and the ability to feed variable chamber bales out continuously to the end. Even with a hard core.” Jaiden Drought, Machinery Tester for Farm Trader Magazine Taranaki, New Zealand.
BALEFEEDER TYPE
CHAINLESS BALE FEEDER
CHAIN/SLAT BALE FEEDER
HAY UNROLLER
RING FEEDER
BALE SPLITTER
BALE PROCESSOR CHOPPER
TMR FEED MIXER
Investment cost each
$9,000-20,000
$7,000-17,000
$3,000-10,000
$300-1200
$3,000-6,000
$20,000-35,000
$50,000-150,000
Can feed hay bales
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
Can feed baleage bales
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
Can feed round bales
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Can feed square bales
YES
Requires extra attachment
NO
Depends on type of ring feeder
NO
NO
YES
