McHale
McHale put forward two balers in this segment, namely the Fusion 4 Plus integrated baler wrapper and the F5-550 fixed chamber baler with a 15-knife chopping unit.
The Fusion 4 range features three models. Buyers can choose between a five-tine bar cam track pickup or the optional six-tine bar camless pickup.
The Profi-Flo pickup features a tapered feed channel to encourage the crop to flow from the pickup towards the rotor and into the chamber.
It also features the Adaptive Intake feature, which was designed to allow the intake area to automatically adjust up and down to changes in material flow.
It automatically adjusts the intake area to better handle uneven rows, reducing the chances of a blockage occurring.
The bale chamber is comprised of 18 rollers. Single-sprocket rollers on the chamber drive side are equipped with 50mm shafts and bearings.
Rollers under the most load are fitted with double row bearings. All rollers fitted with double sprockets are equipped with 55mm shafts and double row 55mm bearings.
The new F5 range also features the newly designed Profi-Flo pickup and McHale says that bale density and bale binding has increased to produce higher density bales.
All F5-550 machines also have a bale size adjustment capability to alter the bale size from 1.25m to 1.30m.
McHale F5-550 baler . \ Donal O' Leary
Kverneland
The Kverneland FastBale is the only non-stop baler-wrapper combination designed to maintain continuous operation without interruption.
The FastBale features two bale chambers. One is a full-sized, main chamber and the other is known as a pre-chamber, which is about two-thirds of the size of the main chamber. The baling process starts the same as any other baler, with the main chamber producing the first bale. Once the bale is fully formed, instead of having to stop to apply the net, it diverts the crop flow to the pre-chamber. This, in turn, allows the net to be applied to the bale in the main chamber, before being ejected onto the wrapper.
When the pre-chamber is full, the incoming crop flow and the pre-compressed crop are transferred into the main bale chamber. Here the bale is formed to its final size and density.
Kverneland FastBale Baler. \ Donal O' Leary
Goweil
The Cooney Furlong Machinery Company, Irish importers of the Austrian-built Goweil equipment range demonstrated the latest G-1 F125 Kombi baler/wrapper.
The machine in question has a number of unique features, including a 30-knife chopping unit that is placed above the rotor, meaning crop has to pass over as opposed to under it, leaving knife maintenance easier. Other features include a 2.2m camless pickup, two crop press rollers, one of which is mechanically driven to help pre-compress the crop before being presented to the rotor and knife bank. An Auto Flow Control (AFC) feature monitors the flow of crop and intervenes automatically in the event of a blockage.
Goweil also uses triplex drive chains and offers a hydraulic weight transfer system, designed to place more weight on the balers rear axle to increase the tractor drawbar weight, and thus increase traction.
Goweil G1 F125 Kombi Baler. \ Donal O' Leary
Krone
Farmhand debuted the new CombiPack DP 165 XC at Grass 2026, a machine that brings about many firsts, a lot of which have been adopted from the firm’s forage wagon and BigPack square baler ranges. Some of those include a variable speed pickup and 41-knife chopping unit, and the PowerDrive concept, which relies on gearboxes instead of chains. The baler features a fully variable chamber, using Krone’s mono-belt system and is capable of producing bales from 100cm to 165cm.
An automatic, twin binding unit allows the automatic switching from the cab between film and net binding. The platform moves away from the Comprima’s tandem-axle setup to a single axle and has a driveline rated for 340hp and bale weights up to 1.6t.
Krone CombiPack HDP 165XC baler. \ Donal O' Leary
New Holland
Local New Holland dealer, Murphy Motors demonstrated the New Holland Roll Baler 125 combination round baler. The machine features a 2m, five-row cammed pickup. The chopping unit has a maximum of 20 knives, capable of a 52mm chop length. The chamber is proven from the old Orkel days and measures 121cm wide and is capable of producing bales up to 125cm in diameter. It features 18 rollers that measure 200mm in diameter. Film-on-film is offered as standard, along with net binding. Bales are pushed up to the wrapping table via a cradle, where they are wrapped with the twin satellite wrapper.
New Holland roll baler Combi 125. \ Donal O' Leary
McHale
McHale put forward two balers in this segment, namely the Fusion 4 Plus integrated baler wrapper and the F5-550 fixed chamber baler with a 15-knife chopping unit.
The Fusion 4 range features three models. Buyers can choose between a five-tine bar cam track pickup or the optional six-tine bar camless pickup.
The Profi-Flo pickup features a tapered feed channel to encourage the crop to flow from the pickup towards the rotor and into the chamber.
It also features the Adaptive Intake feature, which was designed to allow the intake area to automatically adjust up and down to changes in material flow.
It automatically adjusts the intake area to better handle uneven rows, reducing the chances of a blockage occurring.
The bale chamber is comprised of 18 rollers. Single-sprocket rollers on the chamber drive side are equipped with 50mm shafts and bearings.
Rollers under the most load are fitted with double row bearings. All rollers fitted with double sprockets are equipped with 55mm shafts and double row 55mm bearings.
The new F5 range also features the newly designed Profi-Flo pickup and McHale says that bale density and bale binding has increased to produce higher density bales.
All F5-550 machines also have a bale size adjustment capability to alter the bale size from 1.25m to 1.30m.
McHale F5-550 baler . \ Donal O' Leary
Kverneland
The Kverneland FastBale is the only non-stop baler-wrapper combination designed to maintain continuous operation without interruption.
The FastBale features two bale chambers. One is a full-sized, main chamber and the other is known as a pre-chamber, which is about two-thirds of the size of the main chamber. The baling process starts the same as any other baler, with the main chamber producing the first bale. Once the bale is fully formed, instead of having to stop to apply the net, it diverts the crop flow to the pre-chamber. This, in turn, allows the net to be applied to the bale in the main chamber, before being ejected onto the wrapper.
When the pre-chamber is full, the incoming crop flow and the pre-compressed crop are transferred into the main bale chamber. Here the bale is formed to its final size and density.
Kverneland FastBale Baler. \ Donal O' Leary
Goweil
The Cooney Furlong Machinery Company, Irish importers of the Austrian-built Goweil equipment range demonstrated the latest G-1 F125 Kombi baler/wrapper.
The machine in question has a number of unique features, including a 30-knife chopping unit that is placed above the rotor, meaning crop has to pass over as opposed to under it, leaving knife maintenance easier. Other features include a 2.2m camless pickup, two crop press rollers, one of which is mechanically driven to help pre-compress the crop before being presented to the rotor and knife bank. An Auto Flow Control (AFC) feature monitors the flow of crop and intervenes automatically in the event of a blockage.
Goweil also uses triplex drive chains and offers a hydraulic weight transfer system, designed to place more weight on the balers rear axle to increase the tractor drawbar weight, and thus increase traction.
Goweil G1 F125 Kombi Baler. \ Donal O' Leary
Krone
Farmhand debuted the new CombiPack DP 165 XC at Grass 2026, a machine that brings about many firsts, a lot of which have been adopted from the firm’s forage wagon and BigPack square baler ranges. Some of those include a variable speed pickup and 41-knife chopping unit, and the PowerDrive concept, which relies on gearboxes instead of chains. The baler features a fully variable chamber, using Krone’s mono-belt system and is capable of producing bales from 100cm to 165cm.
An automatic, twin binding unit allows the automatic switching from the cab between film and net binding. The platform moves away from the Comprima’s tandem-axle setup to a single axle and has a driveline rated for 340hp and bale weights up to 1.6t.
Krone CombiPack HDP 165XC baler. \ Donal O' Leary
New Holland
Local New Holland dealer, Murphy Motors demonstrated the New Holland Roll Baler 125 combination round baler. The machine features a 2m, five-row cammed pickup. The chopping unit has a maximum of 20 knives, capable of a 52mm chop length. The chamber is proven from the old Orkel days and measures 121cm wide and is capable of producing bales up to 125cm in diameter. It features 18 rollers that measure 200mm in diameter. Film-on-film is offered as standard, along with net binding. Bales are pushed up to the wrapping table via a cradle, where they are wrapped with the twin satellite wrapper.
New Holland roll baler Combi 125. \ Donal O' Leary
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