Benefits
- Pre-cutting hay promotes better TMR mixing while reducing stress on the mixer.
- Produces clean cuts on hay fiber, ideal for ruminant feed.
- Produces a higher quality bedding with much less material.
- Reduces losses and insures full use of forage bales.
- Makes handling and distribution of big bales easier.
- Reduces feed and bedding costs.
- Stationary or mobile versions
- Retractable baffles and adjustable grate
- Large rotor and high quality knives
- Simple and heavy duty construction
- 20" (51 cm) Ø rotor
- Hydraulic control chute Optional
- Choice of grate for regular, fine or extra-fine cut Optional
- Auger or blower discharge (stationary only) Optional
Bedding
The Agri-Chopper chops big bales of straw, cardboard or paper to make fluffy and absorbent bedding. Thanks to its powerful blower, the mobile version can be used to spread bedding evenly up to 40' (12m) in free stall barns, hog barns and poultry barns.
Feeding
The Agri-Chopper lets you add the exact quantity of chopped hay into every recipe to deliver a more thorough mix while reducing the stress on your mixer. Whether using large or small bales, square or round and wet or dry, our chopped makes short work of big feeding jobs.
Features
Sturdy rotor and rigid knives
The large diameter and heavy weight of the rotor easily powers through tough material. It is equipped with sharpened rigid knives, delivering precise cutting and durability. Special knives are used to chop cardboard or paper.
Large tub
The large diameter tub features large doors to facilitate the loading of big bales.
Tub extension (option)
A conical extension is available to prevent overflow of the tub when filing with big square bales.
Hydraulic adjustable deflector (option)
To direct the flow, the deep sided chute has an adjustable deflector that can pivot 360° either manually or from the tractor.
| Mobile | Stationary | |||
| Model | H-5500 | H-5600 | H-5500 | H-5600 |
| Tub dimension | 38'' X 84'' (91 cm X 213 cm) | 42'' X 96'' (107 cm X 244 cm) | 38'' X 84'' (91 cm X 213 cm) | 42'' X 96'' (107 cm X 244 cm) |
| Maximum round bale dimension | 60'' X 60'' (152 cm X 152 cm) | 60'' X 72'' (152 cm X 183 cm) | 60'' X 60'' (152 cm X 152 cm) | 60'' X 72'' (152 cm X 183 cm) |
| Machine weight | 5,030 lb (2,282 kg) | 5,920 lb (2,685 kg) | 4,957 lb (2,248 kg) | 5,834 lb (2,646 kg) |
| # standard blades | 156 | 180 | 156 | 180 |
| # fine and extra fine cut blades | 312 | 360 | 312 | 360 |
| Min HP recommended | PTO: 60 HP (45 kW) | PTO: 70 HP (52 kW) | Electric motor: 40 HP (30 kW) | Electric motor: 40 HP (30 kW) |
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