McHale’s design team has designed the frame on the Pro Glide front mower to place the centre of gravity as close as possible to the tractor, which responds better to changes in ground conditions, according to the company.

McHale also claims that the support frame on the McHale Pro Glide mower responds to uneven terrain to glide over the ground through the use of an integrated suspension.

This suspension allows the mowing unit to move independently from the front linkage. At standard settings, the cutter bar has 500mm adaptive range, which allows the mower to automatically adjust to ground contours. The left/right pivot range of 17 degrees allows the cutter bar to follow right to left or left to right changes in ground conditions without overloading the cutter bar.

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The McHale Pro Glide front mower range is fitted with patented active spring compensator technology which ensures that the mower cutter bar always applies the same ground pressure regardless of the working height, according to James. When the ground pressure is set on the springs, as the mower travels downward the patented spring compensator controls the spring tension and ensures that the weight of the cutter bar on the ground is kept uniform.

PRO GLIDE R3100 – Rear Mower

The McHale Pro Glide R3100 rear mower comes standard with McHale patented ground-following technology, break-back protection, hydraulic ground pressure control and heavy duty bed design.

The patented ground adaption technology delivers three-dimensional ground contour tracking for its Pro Glide range of rear mowers, which allows an arc of movement from left to right and forward and back movement of the cutter bar, according to McHale.

The Pro glide range of rear mowers is fitted with patented ground adaption technology. McHale claims this allows the bed to move back and up if the bed encounters small obstacles. The Pro Glide rear suspension springs react to ground contours, which results in high-quality cut even when working at high ground speeds.

McHale claims this allows the mower to easily mow on rough or undulating terrain and still deliver optimum results.

On the Pro Glide rear mowers, the cutter bar ground pressure can be set from the tractor cab. The working pressure is visually displayed on the clock which is mounted on the headstock. Once the desired pressure is selected, the cutter bar working pressure can be isolated from the tractor hydraulics with a mechanical tap.

The McHale Orbital

The McHale Orbital Bale Wrapper is unique to McHale and utilises existing technology such as the McHale patented High Speed Transfer System.

As the lift arm moves the bale towards the wrapping ring, the wrapping roller closest to the tractor pivots out of the way. This reduces the height the bale has to travel to get to the wrapper. This movement allows the bale to move from the ground to the wrapping platform.

Through the use of a patented tip roller, the McHale Orbital Bale Wrapper can wrap bales from 1m up to 1.45m. The tip roller adjusts its height in line with bale size to ensure that the wrapping ring always applies the plastic to the centre of the bale, regardless of the bale diameter, according to McHale.

Once the bale is loaded on to the bale wrapper, McHale claims the high-speed vertical wrapping ring can apply four layers of film to a 1.25m bale in approximately 20 seconds, or six layers of film in 30 seconds. This high-speed wrapping performance is delivered by two 750mm dispensers.

The wrapping system ensures an even overlap of film, even if the machine is working on difficult or bumpy terrain, which is difficult with satellite wrappers. Integral to the wrapping process is the cut and hold system which gathers the film together at one point where it is cut and held. McHale claims this system ensures better grip and provides a more consistent, superior performance, even in wet and windy conditions.

The McHale Orbital High Speed Round Bale Wrapper has been designed with in-built film break sensors, which detect if the film breaks or runs out on either dispenser. The machine alerts the operator in the cab and automatically switches to single dispenser mode.

McHale Engineering Ltd, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo.

Tel: 094-9520300

Email: jbiggins@mchale.net

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