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COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER COVER STORY One of the main reasons I love this job is that I get to test Kiwi-made gear that is so impressive, the manufacturers and designers have found solutions to problems that most people didn’t even know were problems. Words and images by Jaiden Drought e rave on about how wellmade European gear is (and it is) but when it comes to no nonsense solutions for Kiwi farmers you’d be hard-pressed to find better than New Zealand-made. This brings me to yet another product reveal from Hawke’s Bay manufacturer Hustler, and if you’ve...

COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER COVER STORY One of the main reasons I love this job is that I get to test Kiwi-made gear that is so impressive, the manufacturers and designers have found solutions to problems that most people didn’t even know were problems. Words and images by Jaiden Drought e rave on about how wellmade European gear is (and it is) but when it comes to no nonsense solutions for Kiwi farmers you’d be hard-pressed to find better than New Zealand-made. This brings me to yet another product reveal from Hawke’s Bay manufacturer Hustler, and if you’ve...

COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER With just four grease nipples in total on the new SL360X there is no real case for a lack of maintenance. Compare machinery specs at Hustler SL360X bale feeder Bale size round: Bale size square: requires optional side bars Bale weight: Unit weight: Hydraulics required: Size (LxWxH): COVER STORY Even feeding right until the end of hard cores WWW Need new feedout gear? There are currently over 200 feedout machines for sale right now at farmtrader.co.nz Hitching on uneven ground is no drama thanks to uneven length tines falsely tripped...

COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER With just four grease nipples in total on the new SL360X there is no real case for a lack of maintenance. Compare machinery specs at Hustler SL360X bale feeder Bale size round: Bale size square: requires optional side bars Bale weight: Unit weight: Hydraulics required: Size (LxWxH): COVER STORY Even feeding right until the end of hard cores WWW Need new feedout gear? There are currently over 200 feedout machines for sale right now at farmtrader.co.nz Hitching on uneven ground is no drama thanks to uneven length tines falsely tripped...

COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER Hydraulic motor drive The trick mechanism that allows the feet to lock and unlock the cradle The drive on the cradle is the same at each end The guide cones allow easy hitching The hitching points can be swapped for loader brackets or shifted 180mm either side for feeding in troughs requiring less grease and will outlast a bush. Proof of this is the fact that for every 1000 bale feeders Hustler has sold in the past, they have only sent out 2.7 replacement bearings. These bearings are mounted outside of the feeding cradle to keep...

COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER Hydraulic motor drive The trick mechanism that allows the feet to lock and unlock the cradle The drive on the cradle is the same at each end The guide cones allow easy hitching The hitching points can be swapped for loader brackets or shifted 180mm either side for feeding in troughs requiring less grease and will outlast a bush. Proof of this is the fact that for every 1000 bale feeders Hustler has sold in the past, they have only sent out 2.7 replacement bearings. These bearings are mounted outside of the feeding cradle to keep...

COVER STORY HUSTLER SL360X BALE FEEDER • No need for ropes to latch and unlatch the cradle • Heavy duty 12,000Ib roller chain • Thermoform polyethylene floor reduces drag by 30% over steel meaning those difficult bales are easier to turn • Shafts are completely covered to eliminate feed wrapping around them • Bearings are mounted outside the cradle and are covered • Drive motor is well protected from a collision with the rear wheel • Uneven forged tines allow you to stab the bale to load with the rear linkage and make it very easy to line up the cradle on un even ground • Mounting points are...