2024 McHale Fixed Chamber Round Balers F5-560-Plus

2024 McHale Fixed Chamber Round Balers F5-560-Plus

The McHale F5-500 Fixed Chamber Baler Range consists of 4 models;

• F5-540 – Non-Chopper Baler

• F5-550 – 15 Knife Chopper Baler

• F5-560 – 25 Knife Chopper Baler

• F5-560 Plus – 25 Knife Chopper Baler with Film Binding Technology

Offering innovative ideas to allow you to work smarter, whilst achieving more output, the McHale name has become synonymous with the production of robust and reliable machines, making McHale the number one choice for professional users.

The McHale F5-560 PLUS is a fully automatic Fixed Chamber Baler equipped with load sensing hydraulics and a 25 knife chopper unit. It is equipped with a film binding system that applies film to the barrel of the bale in the bale chamber. For hay or straw, net can be used. The McHale patented film application system ensures consistent film stretch, reliable film application and delivers optimum bale shape and bale density. The machine is fitted with 500/50-22.5 tyres as standard.

Features may include:

McHale have created their highest output pick-up for the F5 range. The new Profi-Flo pick-up has been designed to increase crop intake through more efficient crop flow and has been engineered to ensure end users are operating with a high-performance pick-up that is designed to suit various working conditions.

Over the last decade, McHale has designed and developed various types of pick-ups. After extensive testing, McHale decided it will offer customers the choice of 2 pick-up options depending on their working conditions.

The specially designed McHale pick-up is positioned close to the rotor to improve delivery of the crop through the rotor to the bale chamber. Large diameter lateral feed augers help direct crop to the bale chamber ensuring a consistent and even crop flow for producing high density bales.

Over the course of a baling season, machines have to work with different volumes of crop. McHale have designed an adaptive intake which allows the intake area to automatically adjust for light and heavy crops to facilitate a smooth crop flow into the chamber.

A 540rpm Split Drive Gearbox is fitted to all machines in the McHale Fixed Chamber Range as standard. The gearbox design ensures that power is evenly distributed to both sides of the machine.

The star shaped, twin finger feed rotor ensures a high-capacity flow of crop into the bale chamber.

To ensure a consistent and even chop quality, two chopping options have been developed for the McHale fixed chamber machines.

All McHale F5-560 Plus machines have the option to be fitted with a selectable knife system. Various knife configurations can be chosen depending on the knife bank specification.

For over a decade, all machines in the fixed chamber baler range are fitted with the McHale Drop Floor Unblocking System, a feature which operators have come to love for it’s simplicity of use and effective unblocking cycle.

The bale chamber on the McHale F5-560 Plus is comprised of an 18 roller bale chamber. It has a diameter of 1.23m x 1.25m (4' ½” x 4' 1¼”) and is formed from heavy duty rollers.