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Watkinsville, GA | Thinking about maybe getting one of our own for next year. I've only seen 2 in action that being an Anderson and a Tube Line machine. Both I thought did great jobs. Just want to do our own and also do some custom wrapping for other around. What do ya'll have/operate? Likes and dislikes about them. TIA |
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Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251 | I have a Vermeer. I think its a model 5500?
We love it. We ran it in a field day a few weeks ago next to a tubeline and another brand, and it made me glad I bought the Vermeer. The Vermeer is made by tubeline, but basically is a more refined model.
The only drawback of the Vermeer is we wish it would turn sharper while driving. It around. The steering doesn't have a long enough range from right to left, so you end up going back and forth a lot to get it lined up for starting a tube. It has been very trouble free.
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Northern CA | I have heard there can be spoilage issues with the inline wrapping. I did a fair amount of research and settled on an individual wrapper. Hopefully some others will weigh in. |
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Watkinsville, GA | I have seen just a few of those Vermeer listed. But not many at all. They do look well built though. Thanks |
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Mid-Missouri | We inline wrap wheat hay to make it haylage. We have most often used a Tubeline. We have also used an individual Mchale baler/wrapper. Lastly we have used an Anderson inline wrapper. There are benefits both ways. The McHale makes good hay as it has knives and wraps the bale immediately. It requires more labor when it comes time to feed it, and special attachments to handle the wrapped bales. I prefer the Anderson over the Tubeline as it is a little more simple for me to use, is self propelled, and pulls down the road very nice. |
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Watkinsville, GA | Thanks for the input. I've noticed that myself about the Anderson. I've watched a few videos and seen that it doesn't have as many switches on it as the Tube line. Also like the way it pulls like a trailer instead of a wagon. Seems to be heavy on the hitch but I have plenty of truck to put in front of it. |
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New Enterprise,Pa. | I have an Anderson NW 660 x-tractor that I bought new 4 years ago. After renting a couple of different tubeline models and the Anderson I went with the Anderson. The main reason I went with the Anderson was the ease of starting and ending a new tube. The pushoff is so slick and simple. Also I bought mine with the remote. Not necessary but makes controlling the wrapper from the skidloader or tractor that you are loading it with a breeze. We have put 6-7000 bales through ours so far. Have not had one problem with it. We even wrap our corn fodder bales with it now. Keeps the fodder nice and dry. I highly recommend the Anderson though I'm sure the tubeline and Vermeer will get the job done.
Lon |
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North Liberty and South Bend, Indiana | Anderson is the Cadillac of inline wrappers. |
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North Central IN | I have an H & S inline wrapper. With remote. The only downside is it's not self propelled. It was around half of the price of the Anderson and Tube Line I looked at. I have been pretty happy with mine. No issues so far, but have wrapped less than 1000 bales.
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NS Canada | They can all do the job nowadays. In the older models the tubelines seemed heavier built than the andersons, but I haven't been around the new ones.
They're fairly simple machines, esp the older ones. Newer ones have more options to do more automated stuff. Inline can make great feed, really helps to have consistent bale size, and get them lines up going in the machine squarely. If they are offset much, its best to stop the machine and run it manually, stopping to put a few more wraps on the offset edge of the bales so they dont pull the wrap open between themselves.
Individual wrappers use +30% more plastic, but gives you more options on stacking bales in smaller spaces, and selling by the bale, rather than opening a tube. Inline is faster, and uses less plastic, less man power typically too.
Edited by Supa Dexta 7/24/2017 06:15
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Galena IL | 5500 tube line the best, Anderson 2, H & S third. H & S the least dollars. I have owned them all,they all work. Ten layers of flim no problems, less than ten layers = spoiled hay.... Dennis |
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In line bale wrapper ?
