V8940

Cam Pick-Up

As standard, a cam operated 2.1m high-intake galvanised pick-up ensures excellent ground cleaning in all types of crop. The cam pick-up runs on a cam track that is fitted with double raced cam bearings to stand up to the most testing of conditions.

All cam pick-ups across the McHale Fixed Chamber Baler Range are fitted with 5 tine bars for excellent ground cleaning and delivery of crop to the bale chamber. A side inspection port allows the operator to quickly check and change the cam bearings if needed.

All McHale cam pick-ups have heavy-duty tine bar supports to ensure long service life. McHale have also developed a pick-up tine designed to lift even the shortest of crop

Camless Pick-Up

A 2.1m camless pick-up is available as an option on all machines in the McHale Fixed Chamber Baler Range. Six tine bars are fitted to all McHale camless pick-ups to provide excellent ground cleaning and fast delivery of crop to the bale chamber.

The camless pick-up has been designed to increase output, reduce levels of maintenance and perform better in certain conditions.

All camless pick-ups are fitted with a fully welded tine bar. McHale have also developed a pick-up tine designed to lift even the shortest of crop

The adaptive intake plate sits higher in low volumes of crop and can adjust to a lower position for higher volumes of crop. This avoids peak loads and results in higher daily throughput regardless of working condition.

The McHale variable chamber baler range is fitted with a drop floor unblocking system, which means blockages can be fed through in three simple steps.

1 – Drop the Floor

Should a blockage occur, the sound of the slip clutch alerts the operator, who can hydraulically lower the floor from the tractor cab. When operating the drop floor cycle, the knives and the drop floor drop together during the unblocking process, giving even more clearance to allow the blockage to be fed through.

2 – Re-engage the PTO

This widens the feed channel at both the front and rear of the drop floor where the blockage is more likely to occur. By lowering the front and rear of the drop floor, the blockage can be fed through and effectively cleared when the PTO is re-engaged.

3 – Reset the Floor

The floor can then be reset to its original position and baling can resume. On the F5500,F5600 and F5600 Plus the drop floor is equipped with a drop floor sensor to ensure the chop quality is consistent by indicating to the operator via the control box if the drop floor is open and the knives are down.

Bale Sizes 

The V8940 can make a bale from 0.6m (2 ‘) to 1.9m (6 ‘3 “)

 Size Increments

The bale size can be adjusted up from the minimum setting in increments of 10mm (2/5″)

Bale Chamber – Belt Options

Three Endless Belts

All V6/ V8 variable chamber balers are equipped with 3 heavy duty endless belts as standard. These strong belts exert high pressure in order to form a dense bale in the chamber and are manufactured to the highest of standards using layers of synthetic and rubber material to form a durable endless belt with no joins.

Single Belt (Optional)

A single full width endless belt is also available as an optional extra on the V6740 and V6750. This full width belt reduces crop loss, particularly in alfalfa and provides better belt traction for the operator compared to multiple endless belts.

Continuous Oiling System

The continuous oiling system on the machine is driven off the gearbox and delivers oil to the following chains:

• Chamber Drive Side Chains
• Rotor Drive Chain
• Pick-Up – Drive Chains
• Pick-Up – Cam Track
• Pick-Up – Drive Gears

Greasing

All machines come fitted with a number of manual greasing points which are easily accessible throughout the baler either individually or through a centralised greasing block. The following bearings highlighted below are greased:

• Bale Chamber – Drive Side
• Bale Chamber – Non-Drive Side
• Rotor Bearings – Drive Side
• Rotor Bearings – Non-Drive Side.

A simple yet very effective netting system comprising of a moving roller allows the roll of net to rotate as it is being applied to ensure even net application. Net is stretched around the bale using a hydraulic brake. The brake places a resistance on the speed at which the roll of net can rotate, the greater the resistance the more stretch that is applied to the net. The operator can adjust net tension without having to leave the comfort and safety of the tractor cab.

McHale V6 & V8 balers are fitted with a bale discharge sensor, which notifies the driver when the bale has left the bale chamber and has passed over the heavy-duty bale kicker ensuring a clean separation between the machine and the netted high-density bale. Storage for two extra rolls of net is also provided on the baler platform.

The high performance netter is extremely reliable and features:

Endless Adjustment

Endless adjustment of tension to ensure optimum bind material usage and bale shape

Up to 1300 mm

Capacity to take rolls of net wrap up to 1300 mm in width and 4500m in length.

180-Degree Wrap

180-degree wrap around on the rubber feed roller, eliminating any net or film slippage while feeding

From the control console in the tractor cab the operator can adjust the following;

• Core Size & Bale Size
• Core Density & Bale Density
• Revolutions of Net Being Applied

Expert Plus Control Console Features

Bale Settings

The Expert Plus console, also gives the operator the choice of selecting a soft or hard bale core, depending on the customers feed out requirements. The control console can also store ten bale count totals so the operator can record ten different counts that may be associated with different fields or different customers

Bale Size

The bale diameter can be adjusted on the control console from 0.6–1.9m (2’–6’3″) on the V8940. The preset diameter setting is displayed on the bottom information block on the main screen and a live diameter reading is displayed as the bale is being formed. There is also a vertical bar graph which shows progress as the bale is being made.

Bale Profiles

A bale profile setting retains the operators personal setting choice from core diameter, bale diameter, core density, bale density, net layers and net stretch for use in different crops. There are 5 bale profile settings to choose from. Each profile will retain its own individual settings so that the machine can easily be changed to work in different crops without needing to change a lot of settings.

Bale Shape Indicators

The variable chamber baler range is fitted with bale shape indicators, which indicate to the driver via the control box, which side of the chamber needs to be filled, ensuring that when the machine works in a light swath that the best bale shape is achieved. The bale shape indicator arrows are also accompanied by a series of beeps so the operator does not need to watch the screen. A low tone is emitted when the operator needs to steer left and a higher tone for when the operator needs to steer right.