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| Claas 850 Forage Harvester filling a Seddon Atkinson truck at Weston, near Oamaru | |||
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| Claas 850 and Claas 860 Forage Harvesters working at Duntroon in the Waitaki Valley | |||
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Claas
850 Forage Harvester fitted with a direct cut cereal head operating
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We
operate our own trucks to cart silage from the paddock to the stacking
area. This Seddon Atkinson truck is fitted with on board scales to record the weight of the load. The distance of the cart can vary from short on farm trips, to over 60 km between paddock and stack. |
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| Fendt
926 tractor fitted with Claas 8500 triple mowers in a lucerne paddock
at Springhill, near Oamaru |
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| Case
Steiger 9350 fitted with a front blade being used as a stack tractor.
This tractor is 300 HP and is fitted with dual wheels all round. |
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| JCB
414S Loader. We place a lot of importance on stack consolidation. This machine is 150 HP and is fitted with tractor grip tyres. Seen here at work on barley silage at Waimate. |
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| Seen
here with a front mounted buck rake on silage at Maheno in North Otago, this Case CVX 170 is used in a variety of jobs including stack work, mowing with a front/rear mowers, as well as being the main tractor used for direct drilling |
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Our
trucks are used for many other purposes. This truck with a 4 axle trailer
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| An important
job is to heavy roll paddocks to eliminate damage to mowers. This 13 tonne water filled roller is used to push any surface rocks or stones down into the soil. |
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