IRISH company McHale might be best known for its balers and wrappers, but it is intent on making serious inroads into other parts of the green harvest market.

At this year’s UK Grassland event it had to the forefront in the demonstration area evidence of its expansion into the twin rotor centre delivery rake range.

Having launched the McHale R62-72 and the McHale R68-78 late last year, this was their first public demonstration.

Also new was the McHale ProGlide B9000, which has hydraulic width adjustment and its butterfly rear mowers now come with a hydraulic width adjustment as an option too.

But the baler ranges have also been revamped and the F5, V6 and Fusion balers all feature a new pick-up.

This has a larger feed auger, bigger diameter rotor, a flexible floor and a camless pick-up option, all aimed at delivering higher output and better reliability.

McHale has also updated the Fusion 3 Plus, mainly in the area of bale quality, with a bale weighing, bale density and bale moisture content recording option available. And, two customisable cameras are now provided as standard on the Fusion 3 Plus machines.

McHale reported that in its main markets some customers are using variable chamber machines for silage. As a result, it has added a single belt option which leads to better belt tracking and less crop loss. This full width single endless belt is standard on all McHale Fusion Vario machines and is available as an option on all V6 variable chamber balers.

The V6 range also features a new high performance hydraulic stretch netter unit and an uprated control box.