Just like to add to todays video that the net on our bales was an issue this year , we have an extra layer of net underneath the top roll of silage. So this would cause the silage to get held with the wrap. It doesn’t affect the bales but would leave these machines incapable of working correctly. I expect to see this problem on any other bale shear we demo. 👍

Thanks Adrian, nice to get a look at it working and an honest appraisal. 👍🏻

Very well built machine.

Great video Adrian, very well put together and very informative. I think these types of videos are what are needed 👍👍👍.

Good to have the company man on site. Interesting demo. Thank you for sharing.🐄🐄

Great review Adrian. Looks like a solid piece of kit.

Well done great information good to see it working looks fairly good keep it going 👍

Super stuff. Really looking forward to all these demos as need to get a bale shear soon. Was thinking cashels so looking forward to that one, but no doubt the plastic isn’t hanging near as long with the keltec. This is the beauty of seeing these things in operation like this

That was great! Love these because even though I don’t farm I like to see how stuff works! 😊

The wee massey is looking so well and shiny.

I like the way you review stuff Adrian, you tell the goods and the bad. Like you said it gives people a better idea of what machines would suit them without sugar coating anything. Brilliant stuff

Love when you have others on your channel, a nice bit of Ireland.

We have a tanco and id never be without some sort of bale shear again. A fantastic piece of machinery

Best bale shear on the market Adrian,tried all of them and the Keltec works v well for putting bales straight into a tub feeder.All the other makes won't allow you to do that.We have the Keltec with 3 yrs with no issues.

We’ve had a tanco bale shear for ten years now and it’s great attachment.

It actually looks like neat solution

Best design for diet feeders. 👌 looked a weapon on the front. Wonder how many lintels get clobbered 😬.. far play for having a play and showing us what there like or expect. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great video Adrian it is a nice bit of kit 👍👍👍👍

Great review Adrian 👍🏻

Great job you really going I to detail bout everything and that's good 👍

Hi Adrian, we have a Keltec for six years and handle about 650 bales a season, it’s fantastic when you get used to it and we have a wheel on the back for tidying up very little forking it’s mounted on a class 420 here.

Great video

Great video Adrian nice piece of kit 👌

Looks well on The tractor 🚜 👌

Great videos Adrian, this is interesting topic, my dad uses all bales and I’ve told him a bale shear grab would save him getting in and out with a Stanley knife. My dads cousin used one of these Keltecs and said it slower and using a Stanley knife. Everyone raves about a tanco one but I think the Cashels one with the vertical grabbing hooks just logically makes sense, especially with with the left over silage in the plastic, hope you get a tanco and cashel one

That's one hell of a job.

Great video keep up the good work nice bale trailer too

Hi Adrian, I've gone through the pro's and cons of all bale shears about 2 years ago before buying a shears myself. They're a great tool. Especially for splitting bales amongst small numbers of cattle, so as to use up bales quickly and keep silage fresh. They are also easier on a loader, your not trying to pull a bale apart with a grab, shaking the bushing out of the loader. For me the keltec is a bit heavy, very much suited to a big loader Q6 up or a JCB etc. Just on the net issue, normally you get net under the silage with most bales or balers, but if you try the bale film next year you won't have that problem. The film is much easier for the bale shear, no silage get caught up in it, like it does with the net and it all goes to the one pile no splitting plastic and net.. anyway best of luck finding the one for you. 😅

Great video Adrian

Thats a cool bit of kit! 😀

Best video ever 👍🏻

Looks like a great piece of kit and halfway through the video I was thinking, it's the perfect thing for putting bales into a diet feeder since it holds the plastic at the top and it would save the folk that feed that way a bunch of time. Because I guess they would have to drop it on the ground first to rake the plastic away if it's held at the bottom of the splitter

I have a Rohan type made in limerick serious machine on the fermec.it too catches the bale on top cuts 1st then clamps any shape bale.find it handy if you only want to feed half a bale.we too went away from net to plastic great job,well worth the money

Good Morning Adrian

Great video 👍

Great stuff 👏

Good video Adrian

We have the dual purpose Tanco that will take the plastic off the bale's but also act like a normal sheer grab for pit silage. We've had it for years and it has worked a treat. We also don't make bale's with net. All our bale's are made using that newer white plastic instead. Much tidier then netting and easier to manage for the grab. When I'm feeding I never have to get out of the loader. Saves a boat load of time.

Ideal weather for a umbrella ☂️ sellsmen

Great review of bale shear Adrian, looks a great job, well built machine but fair weight. Need weight on back wheels for sure

Hi Adrian. Watching you from outside Newry. We have had a Keltec bale shear since 2012. We feed over 300 bales some years. We also have a Tanco dual purpose shear that shears bales and cuts grabs of silage. Tanco machine was bought in 2014 to try to use 1 machine instead of both when filling diet feeder with a mix of pit and bale silage. Keltec is head and shoulders above the Tanco. Tanco is a brilliant shear grab in the silo but the plastic and net grabber isn't reliable when shearing bales especially in sticky or slightly damp bale silage. It simply doesn't grab enough material. I stopped using the Tanco over the diet feeder as it was dropping far too much plastic and net into the feeder. Good luck with your trials!

Good demo🤠

Enjoyed the video you are undersold you are such a easy person to listen to and make the video so easy to follow. Is the rear weight enough for the weight on the front back end looked a little light maybe just the way it was on video.

Your silage looks in great order Adrian, is it as good as it looks, shear looks a good piece of kit, I don't think you were sore on them, I am sure they will be pleased with your demonstration, very interesting video as usual Adrian well done, good luck to you and all yours

Great video, while the under cut is different, a top cut would allow you to take silage from the pit like a shear grab while doing bales without switching implements, looks well made, hope there is a good wareplate under blade for shoving in the silage!

Hello Adrian, I've just came across your channel in the last few days and subscribed straight away. I am a city lad Galway to be exact with absolutely no relation to a farmer or know anything about farming or cow's etc. But I have to say I am thoroughly thoroughly enjoying binge watching your videos I love your attitude to work ethic you do it all yourself and you keep everything nice and tidy. Anyway just said I'd leave a message as Im well Into your channel at this stage. Keep up the good work mate take care 👍👌

That Keltec on that loader and tractor is just fantastic looking. You just needed a bit red lipstick on yourself as a finishing touch. 😉

I have one of these for about 5 years now. Fantastic machine, very strong built! It helps to get the nose of it right out over the bale when you are picking it up, if you follow my meaning. That way the bale sits well back in to the grab when you pick it up.

Adrian you are a natural demonstrator, very well presented GHTYAY

Well done grate video it's some tool very well made 👏. Anyone with bails of silage grate time saver .but expenses would need to come into it 😩 Would need to

Nice to see the 54 is always shining

Good man, great video.. when looking at the blades i believe 'daunting' was the word you were looking for.. 'gaunting' is slightly different..LOL..

Good demo Adrian. You should get onto James Carroll and see if he has a bale splitter you could demo. We have one of his for the last number of years. Very well made bit of kit.

The shearman bale shear looks a good job think Martins garage have them 👍

Great review very interesting I'd love for you to review a cashel one I'd like to see how the hooks work with regards to the net and plastic

Have one for over 8 years. Has well over 20000 bales opened. Great machine. But I’m afraid it will always catch that little bit of silage in the plastic not a big deal really. Very well made machine. Only thing I ever put into my keltec was grease.

Great video Adrian. And when r u doing a video on the cottage?

Third year here with a keltec. Still catching a small bit of silage with the clamp. On a jcb. Great job over a diet feeder. Surely your mchale van be mounted on the front of the loader

Fine machine for diet feeder. Tanco type one will suit u far better more compact lighter and easy to divide bale up into bits after shearing it

The reason you get net onder the silage is the person bailing dosent stop before putting on the net i was told the bailer wouldent pull in net but if its working right it will dont know about automatic . Enjoyed video as always thanks

Thanks Adrian don't need to see any more perfect so it is

The Tanco bale shear would be my preferred shear if I was a farmer and needed one.

That's a class bit of kit Adrian. Was just wondering if the lads at Keltec were to put a second set of knives on the lower section of the shear or even make the knives reversible, say bolt on and off that grab could be used for bales and pit silage. Looking forward to the next video. 👏

Looks to be useful and the amount of faff involved, probably is the same amount with any product. If I recall correctly, I think that with your McHale, you need to first get out and manually remove the wrap and net. You are going to need to get out of the tractor to appropriately dispose of the net and wrap anyway and collecting any silage left over can be done easily at that time and a good old fashioned pitchfork will be your friend. The Bale Shear and tractor will have done the heavy lifting so not so bad. Probably a lot less work than the traditional small bales. So, putting that into perspective, I think this piece of kit and similar is possibly as good as it is likely to get.

Fill your back Tyers with water and that helps pot more Wight on the back end

Great video, would it work well with film on film rather than net? And not leave that big of silage in the grab.

You should try bust your bales with your fleming bale carrier just spike the bale in the centre take off your net and push the spikes out it should bust the bale and you can shove the silage up with the spikes afterwards…worth a try when you already own one save you buying a new machine if it works 👍👍👍

Tanco I75 MultiShear, worth a go

The johnston sheergrab is just as effective when you get used to it and can spread the silage more evenly and it's yellow which blends in with John deere. There is no need for counter weights on a John deere there a well balanced tractor.

Get loader brackets for your McHale splitter Adrian, only job really, mover-ability and easier for forking out, tidy job all round

Great vid 👍 we've been looking at them but worried about the weight only got a 80hp loader tractor the thing looks well built but I want to keep half a bale to move to a second feed ring and that doesn't look like it keeps the bale ? Thanks 👍

It's ideal for filling diet feeder out in an open yard on a loading shovel or very big tractor but it is very cumbersome to use under low roofs, my biggest gripe with it is I can' t see how you can divide a bale between two feeders

I had these in two different yards with tub feeders. They work well but they always hold onto a bit of silage which is messy. Plastic should be able to be dropped in heap for recycling. Top down ones would be a disaster with tub feeder. Would like to try a tanco for just feeding bales to barrier. Might be tidier. Do t push split bale with the knife like in video. It WILL break

Fine machine a shear grab with plastic catcher be more suited when ya open pit save changing implements

Hope your going to try a tanco. Used one to feed 1000’s of bales and it’s a good all round grab

You should put a set of Euro bracket on your ownership splitter

Ya a good machine but more suited to a loader or 3cx. When you add a dry Bale of 700kg you'd bust your front axle and also for people looking, the top down machines hold the second half of the Bale in them to move to a different pen or bay. I have a spearman for filling a diet feeder and fine. Keep up the good work.

Didn't think that massey was going to lift it. Wouldn't need a weight on the back of a JD 😂. Good demo. 💪

could you fit the bale splitter , with some mods on the loader,

you may try carrol engineering for one we hv kne and is well built

Well Adrian, how u doing ground very wet , l must say that grab is very handy, but it like every thing, it take a bit a getting used to it say , kieran from Laghey donegal town

Good honest review as always Adrian. 👍 How much heavier would that be than your own shear grab?

Well Adrain I was just wondering is the blades on the bale shearer replaceable or is it a case of having to sharpen them not that they should go blur to easily but over time they eventually will

To make it easier to remove the two outside tines to pick up the bale better

Definitely appeared like the net was "grabbing" onto the silage.

How does it work with string tied bales or is it just netting.

Head home for a cup of tea and bun Adrian 😂

Morning Adrian, I could be wrong but I thought I saw small bits of plastic left in the feed when you dropped off the first two bails.

i would prefer the forks detachable, also seems a few too many forks on it i dont want to be patching bales too long. but i would consider buying one after a test drive myself, looks good, seems to do what it says on the tin.

Not sure what the tines are there for especially since you pushed up with the blades ! They could be removed and the rest of the structure moved down and reconfigured to improve visibility?

I haven’t read the comments and someone could have said it already. If you lower the blade a few inches after you drop the second half, most of the silage caught will drop, especially if you give a small shake. The blade will come down a good bit before the clamp opens.

ideal for a 150 plus heard farm last longer than a conventional feeder with less maintenance but feel a bit to big for your farm its alot of weight on your loader but a good maybe cheaper than a feeder

Did you use any knifes when baling?

would work better if you had net replacement film on the bales

Well done Adrian. Good video. I wonder how many bales would ya need to be feeding every winter to justify purchasing one? Most guys have a pit too. If they could make one that would feed pit silage too it would be a great machine.

I don't like that machine to heavy and restricted view but as you said it would be idea for diet feeder, wouldn't like to see the old case trying to use that🤣 I think the tanco and cashels are far neater on the front of a tractor or mchale do one similar to your one on the back but it holds the plastic I think it's called Mchale rs4

There Is Some Netting On The Silage They Are Eating Adrian. ( I Bet You Saw It LOL XX ) It Is A Big Lump Of A Machine

Can I ask what size tyres are on the front of the massey? Great video I much prefer the tanco bale splitter..

Try the prodig

Now that I have seen how you get the plastic off I would like to see how you put the plastic on, please. Curious Canadian.