SEE HOW EVERY BALE FEEDING

SYSTEM STACKS UP ON 23 ISSUES!

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Which bale feeding CONTENTS

system is right for you? Comparison Overview

Economy of Feeding
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Feed Waste/ Damage / Hoof Tramping 07

With so many different ranch types and bale feeding requirements, choosing the Distribution Speed per bale 08
right system for feeding bales on your ranch can be confusing.
Minimal Soil Damage 09

This Comparison Guide compares every bale feeding method, is derived from more Ease of access to feed for all animals 10
than 30,000 hours of research and aims to simplify the decision-making process by
Manure concentration and nitrogen leeching 11
rating all the available feeding systems on how well they stack up in meeting some
key performance requirements a rancher demands. Ability to use part bales 12

Diesel consumption 13
We’ve been designing and building ranch equipment since 1961. We combine a love
of machines with creativity and a deep understanding of ranching. It is our passion Minimum tractor size required 14
to discover better ways of accomplishing everyday tasks. Maintenance cost over first 3 years 15

Ability to feed various bale types 16

Mix with other ingredients 17

Open field feeding 18

Indoor feeding 19

Bunk, trough, feed-pad feeding 20

Bedding 21

Single tractor operation 22

Hustler Balefeeder Family 23

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Overview 05

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR

TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER

1 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

2 Number of cattle that can feed Up to 1,000 Up to 800 Up to 100 Up to 10 Up to 50 Up to 800 Up to 5,000

3 Feed Waste 5-8% 9-12% 20-30% 40-60% 20-30% 20-30% 7-15%

4 Feed Damage 0-5% 0-5% 0-5% 40-50% 5-10% 30-40% 20-30%

5 Hoof trampling NO NO YES YES YES NO NO

6 Time to feed each bale 2-4 mins 2-6 mins 5-15 mins 1-2 mins 10-12 mins 5-6 mins 30-45 mins

7 Pasture damage 1 1 2 10 7 1 5

8 Ease of access to feed for all animals Best Best Good Poor Average Best Best

9 Manure and nitrogen spreading Best Best Great Poor Average Best Best

10 Ability to use part bales YES YES NO NO NO YES NO

11 Diesel consumption per bale 0.036L 0.054L 0.135L 0.018L 0.180L 1.17L 14.175L

12 Minimum tractor size required 70hp 60hp 50hp 70hp 80hp 120hp 100hp

13 Approx maintenance cost first 3 years $80 $100 $50 $0 $40 $1,200 $2,500

14 Can feed hay bales YES YES YES YES NO YES YES

15 Can feed baleage bales YES YES NO YES YES NO YES

16 Can feed round bales YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

17 Can feed square bales YES Requires extra NO Depends on type NO NO YES
attachment of ring feeder

18 Mix with other ingredients NO NO NO NO NO NO YES

19 Open field feeding YES YES YES YES POOR YES NO

20 Indoor feeding YES YES NO POOR NO NO YES

21 Bunk, trough, feed-pad feeding YES YES NO NO NO YES YES

22 Straw bedding capable YES NO NO NO NO YES NO

23 Single tractor operation YES YES YES YES, but the tractor YES, but the tractor YES NO
requires a front-end requires a front-end
loader. loader.

BEST IN CLASS
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Number Of Cattle Feed Waste/ Damage 07

That Can Feed Hoof Trampling

Fewer moving parts, lower fuel consumption, less maintenance, By feeding out into narrow windrows, a chainless balefeeder
and a longer life make a Hustler chainless balefeeder the most makes feed easily accessible to all animals, and all but eliminates
economical way to feed large numbers of stock. waste caused by hoof trampling.

With its teasing action and delivery of feed into easily accessible windrows, you can be
confident your animals are getting all the high quality fodder they need.
Although the purchase cost of other types of feeder may be less, a chainless feeder works
out to be the most economical option over the longer term. For example, a ring feeder is
cheaper per unit, but each feeder can only feed a limited number of animals (e.g. 100 units
for 1000 cows), so more units are needed.
In contrast to other systems, which feed out in solid clumps that are often left uneaten, a
chainless feeder contributes to higher animals weight gains by teasing feed apart to make
it more palatable and easily digestible.
It handles partly used bales, so you only need to feed out what’s needed on the day, and
its ability to deal with wet or loose bales means there’s no feed loss from the sides of the
balefeeder.

Because the chainless system teases the bale apart without over-processing, chopping
or grinding the feed remains intact. This prevents the grains and highly nutritional leaves
from being destroyed and blown away allowing your cattle to receive the full nutritional
value of the feed.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“The balefeeder for us was absolutely the most important piece of

3 hay rings serving 30 cattle with 3 bales. Georgia.
To feed 1000 cattle with rings requires 100 hay
rings and 100 bales every few days.
FIELD TESTIMONIAL
Feeding each bale to 60 cattle in 10 minutes/bale
makes it possible to feed over 17 bales to 1000
cows in 3 hours each day. Nebraska.
equipment we had on our ranch this winter. This feeder allows us to ride
into a pasture with a roll of hay, feed out the exact amount that we want
to feed out, whether it be a whole bale, a half bale, or a third of a bale that’s
Cattle shown here grazing from a windrow of
baled silage (haylage) in Virginia up to us and if we’re measuring correctly the amount of hay we’re putting
out. We come back in the next day and it’s almost impossible to tell where
we’ve fed. The cattle literally eat every piece of hay off the ground.”
Eric Elsner
University of Georgia, USA.

“We get excellent feed-out lines, with the material being spread over a
long distance which is ideal for us.” “I was unrolling my bales, then I purchased a bale processor. 3-4 days after
Murray Ballantine I started using the processor, my cattle started consuming as much mineral
Southland, New Zealand.
supplement in one week as they were in a month before. This was because
the processor was knocking most of the nutritious leaf off the hay”.
Phil Allen
Manitoba, Canada.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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 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

Number of cattle that can feed Up to 1,000 Up to 800 Up to 100 Up to 10 Up to 50 Up to 800 Up to 5,000 Feed Waste 5-8% 9-12% 20-30% 40-60% 20-30% 20-30% 5-10%

Feed Damage 0-5% 0-5% 0-5% 40-50% 0-10% 30-40% 20-30%

Hoof trampling NO NO YES YES YES NO NO

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Time To Feed Pasture 09

Each Bale Damage

While other types of feeders can struggle with differences in bale consistency and The gathering of animals in a small area to feed is a major cause of
composition, a chainless balefeeder is designed to handle any type of bale. Tight, loose, or soil compaction and pasture damage. Compacted soil stifles new
ill-formed, it takes every bale in its stride to deliver the fastest feed out time of any feeder.
grass growth and requires damaged areas to be re-seeded with
replacement grass.
BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER
50 $150,000 Balefeeders and hay unrollers cause the least amount of damage to soils because feed is
30-45
mins
distributed over a wider area – so animals are spread out when they feed.

Ring feeders cause the most damage to soils and pasture – made worse by the tearing and
40 $120,000
ripping action needed to access feed.
Time to feed each bale (minutes)

Investment cost per unit ($US)

While mixer wagons and bale splitters can also be used in feeding out – the sheer weight of
30 $90,000
these machines increases the chance of soil compaction and pasture damage.

20 $60,000
5-15
mins $50,000-150,000
10-12
mins

10 $30,000
2-6 5-6
2-4 mins mins
mins 1-2 $20,000-35,000
mins
$9,000-20,000 $7,000-17,000
0 $3,000-10,000 $3,000-6,000 $0
$300-1200

Pasture preserved by free range Pasture damage from localised Pasture damage around hay trailers (movable
feeding. Missouri feeding. Virginia hay rings), Georgia

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“The Hustler bale feeder is the best investment I have made “Hangawera Station gets very dry in summer and extremely wet
since constructing a slatted shed for my cattle and purchasing in winter, making it slippery going around the hills when feeding
a tractor. We currently feed over 300 bales a year and since out. The clay-base soil also means a heavy silage wagon would get
the arrival of the Hustler it has saved me from the back stuck, so overall the Chainless 4000 Balefeeder has proved to be not
breaking work of forking my cattle silage. I now have the only the most reliable feeder, but also the best all-round option.”
capability to feed 60 cattle in under 30 minutes with Ian Mathieson
Hangawera Station, Waikato, New Zealand.
minimum effort. The cost of the Hustler is very small
when it is spaced out over 5 years per animal.”
P J Hynes
Co. Roscommon, Ireland.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR

TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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

Pasture damage 1 1 2 10 7 1 5
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Ease Of Access To Manure Concentration 11

Feed For All Animals And Nitrogen Leaching

Animals need ready access to feed if they are to achieve optimum Regulatory measures being introduced globally to address nitrogen
milk production and target live-weight gains. leaching into waterways have brought the feeding of stock into
sharp focus.
With a chain or chainless balefeeder, you know that all animals can access the nutrition
they need because feed is distributed in windrows. When large numbers of stock gather in a small area to feed, the concentration of dung
and urine causes nitrogen overload. Plants struggle to absorb this excess, which can then
A hay unroller also makes feed easily accessible, but animals have a tendency to lie down leach through the soil and into waterways.
on it – blocking access to others and compressing the feed to make it less palatable.
Balefeeders and hay unrollers help reduce nitrogen leaching by spreading feed out over a
A ring feeder limits the number of animals that can feed at any one time, which means wider area. A lower concentration of feeding animals means a lower concentration of dung
there’s always a risk of runts and animals low in the pecking order missing out. and urine. Plants are more likely to absorb the quantities of nitrogen produced and make
more effective use of valuable nutrients.

Livestock competing for access to feed. Cattle competing for access to a Each bale can be spread out as thick or thin as Because grain/seeds are not destroyed, any Manure is automatically spread throughout Notice how evenly spread the manure is
Cow-calf operation, Missouri, USA hay ring, Hawkes Bay the operator prefers that are not consumed by the cattle the pasture. North Canterbury throughout the pasture. Virginia
germinate, renewing pasture.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“I didn’t realise there was that much feed in one bale.” “It really helped us to stretch our hay supply through the entire winter, but
Russel Porter not only that, it allows you to feed hay throughout the pasture and spread
Kinistino, Saskatchewan.
fertilizer and nutrients around, so it’s been a real money saver for us.”
David Fiske
Virginia Tech University, Virginia, USA.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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 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
Ease of access to feed Manure and nitrogen spreading
Best Best Good Poor Average Best Best Best Best Great Poor Average Best Best
for all animals
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Ability To Use Diesel Consumption 13

Part Bales Per Bale

A balefeeder is the only option that allows you to feed out part More efficient use of power, compatibility with smaller tractors,
bales without compromising the quality of feed left over – because and faster bale feeding all add up to impressive fuel economy
it can be left on the feeder, off the ground and away from moisture, – made possible by the low horsepower requirements of the
ready to feed the next day. hydraulic drive system at the heart of a Hustler chainless
balefeeder.
A hay unroller can also feed part-bales, but the unused portion then has to be removed
and stored – usually on the ground, where it can fall apart and absorb moisture. Unlike most PTO driven balefeeding systems, which need 50 horsepower minimum, the low
speed teasing action of a chainless balefeeder is designed to work with just 3-4 horsepower.
A bale splitter must feed out the entire bale once split, or else it too falls apart. A ring
feeder takes a whole bale – but if only a few animals need feeding, the feed sits around With a feed-out time of just 2-4 minutes per bale, compared with other feeders that can
longer and its nutritional value decreases. take up to 45 minutes, a chainless balefeeder has the lowest diesel consumption per bale
of any mechanical feeder.
A feed mixer or TMR also requires a whole bale, which means any feed left over starts to
degrade through exposure to oxygen and mould can start to form. The following comparison figures are based on industry standard calculations for diesel consumption per
horsepower per hour.

Diesel Consumption per Bale (litres)

Chainless Balefeeder 0.036 L
Chain/ Slat Balefeeder 0.054 L
Hay Unroller 0.135 L
Bale Splitter 0.180 L
Bale Processor/ Chopper 1.17 L
TMR/ Feed Mixer 14.175 L
Feeding part bale to cattle waiting in Part feeding one bale into 4-5 hay rings. Take a bale on the loader, 2 on the feeder and 2x Double acting hydraulic SCV’s are all that’s
holding yards for transport Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. feed part of each bale in each pasture depending required to run Chainless bale feeders
on stocking rates and what your cattle need.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“This feeder allows us to ride into a pasture with a roll of hay, feed “we used to have a processor years ago and we’d use a full
out the exact amount that we want to feed out, whether it be tank of fuel a week when feeding and now with a bale feeder
a whole bale, a half bale, or a third of a bale that’s up to us.” only 3 tanks of fuel for the whole feeding season!”
Eric Elsner Roger Houser
University of Georgia, USA. Luray, Virginia

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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 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

Ability to use part bales YES YES NO NO NO YES NO Diesel consumption per bale 0.036L 0.054L 0.135L 0.018L 0.180L 1.17L 14.175L
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Minimum Tractor Maintenance Cost 15

Size Required Over First Three Years

Compact size, combined with the low-speed action and low With fewer moving parts, a chainless requires minimal ongoing
horsepower requirement of the hydraulic drive system, allow maintenance and is easily the quietest of all mechanical feeders.
chainless balefeeders to perform brilliantly with smaller tractors. When it’s time to feed out, all that’s required is the greasing of
four bearings.
This is in stark contrast to the larger, horsepower hungry bale choppers
and TMR feed mixers. Other feeder types are subject to a range of issues:
• Foreign matter causing blockages or damage
• Time consuming drive belt replacement
• Regular gearbox servicing (oil changes, etc)
• Replacement and sharpening of knives and flails
• A shortened lifespan from constant vibration.

Depending on terrain, a small 50Hp tractor is A pickup with bale bed already fitted is capable of Even small 80 horse power tractors can handle Worn blades from grinding up whole bales Worn flails and drum, wrapped with baling twine The original feed rotors of a 12 year old Chainless
big enough to handle a chainless balefeeder. powering the Chainless feeders, allow ranchers to 2x large 2200lb square haylage bales with ease in in TMR after one season. of a bale processor. Stones or wood in a bale cause feeder, after feeding out in excess of 36,000 bales.
South Carolina feed square and round bales. the trailed models. premature wear and maintenance. Virtually no wearing parts.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“The beauty with the Hustler is either one of us can feed “The Hustler bale feeder is reliable and easy to operate.
out, its that easy and it’s a massive time saver, it’s safer and It handles rounds and squares, runs 8 hours a day,
the fact it will run on a small old tractor is huge benefit, 5 days a week, and has been operating since 2003.
our 72Hp Leyland handles the machine like a breeze.” It feeds evenly, and maintenance is virtually nil because
Julian Price there are no chains and the bearings are all sealed.”
Beef rancher, Otago, New Zealand.
Paul Reynolds
Rebaler, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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 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

Minimum tractor size required 40hp 40hp 50hp 70hp 80hp 120hp 120hp Approximate maintenance cost
$80 $100 $50 $0 $40 $1,200 $2,500
over first three years
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Ability To Feed Mix With Other 17

Various Bale Types Ingredients

For sheer versatility, a Hustler chainless balefeeder is the clear Although some ranchers feed out with a balefeeder, then lay mixed
winner for its ability to feed round and square hay bales of any ingredients over the top – a mixer wagon is still the best option for
feed type and has been proven on over 100 different types mixing feed with other ingredients. However, a Chainless feeder
of forages. has a role to play in reducing the time it takes for a mixer wagon
or TMR feeder to grind up an entire bale (typically 45 minutes), by
Chain feeders come in a close second, but are not quite as adept at feeding square feeding directly into the machine.
or tightly packed round bales.
Because the feed is teased apart, a lot less power is needed for mixing – which leads to
savings in time, diesel consumed and maintenance costs.

By using the Chainless system to load the TMR, the exact amount of hay required can be
precisely loaded into the machine. This eliminates complicated ration calculations as well
as errors in working out the correct proportions of other nutrients based on bale weight.

Chainless bale feeders feed out whatever bale you have on hand, round & square, of any material type. The bale feeder cannot mix ingredients, however Feeding into your commodities shed with a bale feeder Feeding into your commodities bunks, Minnesota
The X5000 has been tested on more than 110 different types of forage in both round and square bales. when combined with a TMR, diesel consumption can substantially reduce operating costs and increase
and mixing time can be substantially reduced. flexibility when compared to a tub grinder.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

““The Chainless X5000 is a credit to Hustler. It has been “The CHX5000 has performed well in our operation, as a bale unloader in
well thought out and very well built. The company has our bunker silo where we load the hay directly into our feed trucks as well
achieved its goal of building a machine that will feed out as unloading big bales directly into fence line bunks. It has replaced a
any size or shape of bale, of almost any type of feed.” large industrial tub grinder which was expensive to operate and maintain.”
Farm Trader Magazine, Machinery tester Mark H. Mahnken
Waikato, New Zealand. Missouri Legacy Beef, USA.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR

TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER
BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
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 TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER
Can feed hay bales YES YES YES YES NO YES YES 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 baleage bales YES YES NO YES YES NO YES Mix with other ingredients NO NO NO NO NO NO YES
Can feed round bales YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

Can feed square bales YES Requires extra NO Depends on type NO NO YES
attachment of ring feeder
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Open Field Indoor 19

Feeding Feeding
Speed, low maintenance, and ability to handle any type of A Hustler chainless balefeeder is ideally suited to feeding indoors,
bale make a Hustler chainless balefeeder the star all-rounder it creates virtually no dust and its silent operation means animals
of feeders. are spooked less.

It minimises feed waste, allows easy access to feed, and its unique teasing action ensures Chain feeders with their ability to feed out both sides makes it the perfect choice for
that feed is palatable and easily chewed for maximum goodness. Lightness and a compact dead-end sheds.
footprint mean pasture damage and soil compaction are never an issue.

Other types of feeders all have their drawbacks:

• TMR/ feed mixer – sheer weight increases the risk of pasture damage, soil compaction,
and getting stuck.
• Chain feeders – hay is not teased up, so it’s not as palatable.
• Hay unrollers – hay is layed in a mat and trampled on, reducing palatability
• Bale splitter – complicated operation and time consuming.

Open field feeding at the Luling Foundation Open field feeding, dairy farm in Waikato, Open field feeding, beef ranch in Hawkes Bay Feeding indoors with a chainless bale feeder Feeding indoors with a chain/slat bale feeder Feeding indoors with a chainless bale feeder
in Texas. New Zealand. in France. in Ireland. in Vermont, USA.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“I have to say the new Chainless X5000 bale cart is fantastic and a “We’ve seen all kind of feeders that weren’t suitable for us, this
great improvement on the 4000, we have noticed a big difference one does the whole windrow, the cows eat and that’s it. No
in the amount of hay we are feeding out and reduced wastage.” more muscle pain and it saves us 1 hour every day.”
Ella Anderson Martine Ohrel
University of Tasmania, Australia. Habsheim, France.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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 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

Open field feeding YES YES YES YES POOR YES NO Indoor feeding YES YES NO POOR NO NO YES
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Bunk/ Trough Straw 21

Feed-pad Feeding Bedding

A chainless balefeeder offers unrivalled versatility for trough or Some chain feeders offer a bedding option using attachable hay
bunk feeding and with the optional side chute attached can handle tines. These are high maintenance, limited to round bales, and can
virtually any height or width of bunk. only spread hay up to 6 metres. They also create a lot of dust and
pose a danger to animals from solid objects being ‘fired’ at them.
It minimises feed waste, allows easy access to feed, and its unique teasing action ensures
that feed is palatable and easily chewed for maximum goodness. Lightness and With the addition of a Hurricane Straw Bedder, a Hustler chainless balefeeder effortlessly
a compact footprint mean pasture damage and soil compaction are never an issue. spreads round and square bales up to 12 metres.

The Hustler SL450X Chain Feeder is designed specifically for trough or bunk feeding and Its adjustable rotor speed minimises dust and allows you to select bedding widths from
is currently the only chain feeder capable of doing the job. 4 to 10 metres.

With no flails or tines to come loose or flick up solid objects, chainless is by far the safest
option for use around animals. And because it is hydraulically driven, its horsepower
requirements are lower than a PTO driven machine.

Loader mounted chainless bale feeder, feeding Feeding baleage into feed bunks with a chain/slat Feedlot/trough feeding with a chainless Indoor bedding with square bales in France. Bedding round straw bales into pig The low power requirement of the hydraulically
supplementary baleage for sheep into hay racks in bale feeder with adjustable feeding elevator. bale feeder in Saskatchewan, Canada. sheds in New Zealand. driven spreader allows the use on tele-boom
a sacrifice paddock. loaders or skid-loader increasing versatility.

FIELD TESTIMONIAL FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“We have around two hundred head of dairy cows and replacements “I enjoy running the Hustler, it handles the hay better than
and we’re feeding youngstock indoors over four foot rails. The Hustler anything I’ve run for products for busting up round bales. I got the
is worth its weight in saving on time and labour compared to manually Hurricane on this one and it tears it apart, fluffs it, more than I
feeding. It loads itself and is very efficient and very well made, a tough can ask for in any other machine I’ve run, I’ve run several different
machine only needs greasing, with virtually nothing to go wrong.” ones, and I wish they would have come out years ago.”
Roger Gardiner Darryl Dostal
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA.

BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER 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 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
Bunk, trough, feed-pad feeding YES YES NO NO NO YES YES Straw bedding capable YES YES NO NO NO YES NO
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Single Tractor The Hustler 23

Operation Balefeeder Family

Fully self-contained operation means the only other machinery
needed for a chainless balefeeder is an off-the-shelf tractor with CHAINLESS BALEFEEDERS
3-point linkage or tow hook. The innovative, ultra-reliable Chainless® balefeeders
without feed chains, will feed out almost any type of
There’s no need for any customisation of your pickup truck deck (unlike hay unrollers) or bale you have on hand, even the tightest of frozen bales.
extra investment in a front-end loader, second tractor (for TMR), or skid steer loader.

With a Hustler linkage feeder, you can simply disconnect the feed cradle and continue
using the bale spears for shifting bales and pallets, and other loading duties.

Chainless 2000 Chainless Hurricane Chainless XR1500 Chainless X5000

Key features Key features Key features Key features

• 3pt mounted, self loading
• 1 bale capacity
• Up to 4 ft wide bales
• 2-in-1 Feeder/Bedder • Stationary, 3 point hitch, mounted • Trailed, self-loading
• Loader or 3pt mounted • 1 bale capacity • 2 bale capacity
• 1 bale capacity • Up to 5 ft wide bales • Up to 5 ft wide bales
• Spreads straw bales up to • Capable of Rebaling large • Total Control Loading
10 metres round bales, into small squares

Suited for Suited for Suited for Suited for

Round & Square bales. Round & Square bales. Round & Square bales. Round & Square bales.
Hay, Straw, Baled Silage. Hay, Straw, Baled Silage. All types. (Rounds only for Rebaling) All types.
Built in self-loading design. On 3 point hitch models The patented total control loading system spears Loading the bale with the spears on the
the headstock disconnects from the feeding cradle the bale and gently loads the bale on the cradle disconnected headstock.
and the bale is loaded with bale tines integrated without tumbling the bale. The spears then
into the head stock. No loader required. withdraw and carry the second bale.

SLX CRADLE BALEFEEDERS

FIELD TESTIMONIAL The SLX range of feeders provide an economical option
for ranchers who primarily feed out round bales.
“We bought a Hustler unroller this year and it is the best money we have
spent in for a long time, have hardly used a graipe this year. When word
got out that we had one a lot of neighbours came to see it working and I
know of 3 more in the area now, brilliant machine. It’s easy to control the
rate of feed as its oil driven and she manages high density bales great.”
John Speechs
Sunny Co Antrim, Ireland.
SL360X SL450X SL700X System 10

Key features Key features Key features Key features

• 3pt mounted, self loading • 3pt mounted, self-loading • Trailed, self-loading • 4-in-1 Multi-tool - Pallet forks,
• 1 bale capacity • 1 bale capacity • 2 bale capacity square bale handling, round bale
BALEFEEDER CHAINLESS CHAIN/SLAT HAY RING BALE BALE PROCESSOR TMR • Up to 5 ft wide bales • Up to 5 ft wide bales • Up to 5 ft wide bales handling, round bale un-rolling
TYPE BALE FEEDER BALE FEEDER UNROLLER FEEDER SPLITTER CHOPPER FEED MIXER • Adjustable extension for • Total Control Loading • Multi spikes grip on bale better
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 feeding into troughs • Unique equalising arms
Single tractor operation YES YES YES YES, but the YES, but the YES NO
tractor requires a tractor requires a Suited for Suited for Suited for Suited for
front-end loader. front-end loader. Round bales. Round bales. Round bales. Round hay bales
Loose silage. Hay & Baled Silage. Hay & Baled Silage. Hay & Baled Silage.
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