2024 McHale Pro Glide R3100 Base

2024 McHale Pro Glide R3100

Every year McHale balers produce over 75 million bales of forage for farmers and contractors. To maximise the feed value of this forage it is important that grass crops are cut when the sugar content is highest, and that the mower leaves clean crop stubble and produces quality forage free from impurities.

The McHale Pro Glide R3100 Rear Conditioner Mower comes standard with our unique patented Ground Following Technology, break-back protection, hydraulic ground pressure control and heavy-duty cutter bar design making the Pro Glide a smart choice for farmers and contractors alike.

McHale have developed a unique patented ground adaption technology which delivers 3-dimensional ground contour tracking. This allows a left to right and forward and back arc of movement of the cutter bar. The cutter bar suspension works to deliver uncontaminated forage, achieving maximum performance and results for the farmer and contractor.

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The left/right transverse movement means the cutter bar maintains a clean cut as it smoothly glides over humps and hollows in the ground.

This movement ensures a precision floatation of the cutter bar for a cleaner cut in all ground conditions.

If the mower encounters an obstacle, the cutter bar can move back and up.

Most rear mowers have a central pin which allows the mower to move left and right to adjust to changes in ground condition.

The Pro Glide range of rear mowers are fitted with patented ground adaption technology, which allows the bed to move back and up if the bed encounters small obstacles. This saves time and maximises throughput as it means the obstacle does not trigger the main break back protection. This results in higher mowing speeds being able to be achieved without the interruption of having to reset the break back.

On the Pro Glide rear mowers, the cutter bar ground pressure can be set from the tractor cab. The working pressure is visually displayed on the clock which is mounted on the headstock. Once the desired pressure is selected the cutter bar working pressure can be isolated from the tractor hydraulics with a mechanical tap.

Pro Glide mowers are fitted with an extremely strong fully welded cutter bar. All 3m cutter bars are fitted with 7 discs while all the 3.4m cutter bars are equipped with 8 discs. The discs are driven by auxiliary gears and as the cutter bar is welded and filled with oil, the gear drive operates in a continually lubricated environment which ensures quiet operations and maximum life.

The Pro Glide cutter bar is powered by a heavy duty right angle gearbox that is positioned behind the inner mowing disc. The positioning of the gearbox allows the operator to mow into corners and over rough terrain without experiencing problems.

The Pro Glide cutter bar has been designed so the rounded low profile front edge lets the fully welded cutter bar glide smoothly over the ground. The slanted leading edge of the cutter bar allows for clean forage separation and reduces ground contamination.

In the cutter bar, large heavy duty drive gears transfer the power to auxiliary gears which power the individual discs. The auxiliary gears which drive the individual discs are mounted in a forward position on the cutter bar which deliver maximum cutting performance even when working in lodged crops.