Would like to hear from people who own and operate a Bale Bandit. What problems if any have you experienced with your machine?
My brother purchased a Bale Bandit and had it imported into Western Australia for this seasons haymaking. From day one he has had nothing but problems with it, mainly with the strapping of the bales. The manual that comes with the machine is quite frankly useless in diagnosing problems. He has been onto the manufacturers but they have not been a lot of help. He eventually worked out that two of the rams that compress the bales were faulty and had them replaced. This helped but this machine will still not strap every bale. Either one side or the other will not crimp now and then.
This is not an isolated problem as we have now heard from other West Australia farmers who has been experiencing similar problems with their Bale Bandits.
This is also a warning to any potential overseas buyers of these machines. Because the American manufactures will not sell to machinery dealers, (well not in Australia at any rate) you are pretty well left on your own with regards to breakdowns and warranty issues.
These are premium priced machines that should not be causing the grief to farmers that they have been doing.
My brother purchased a Bale Bandit and had it imported into Western Australia for this seasons haymaking. From day one he has had nothing but problems with it, mainly with the strapping of the bales. The manual that comes with the machine is quite frankly useless in diagnosing problems. He has been onto the manufacturers but they have not been a lot of help. He eventually worked out that two of the rams that compress the bales were faulty and had them replaced. This helped but this machine will still not strap every bale. Either one side or the other will not crimp now and then.
This is not an isolated problem as we have now heard from other West Australia farmers who has been experiencing similar problems with their Bale Bandits.
This is also a warning to any potential overseas buyers of these machines. Because the American manufactures will not sell to machinery dealers, (well not in Australia at any rate) you are pretty well left on your own with regards to breakdowns and warranty issues.
These are premium priced machines that should not be causing the grief to farmers that they have been doing.