Gernhoefer bought the VBP 2160 last year, making 11,000 bales of silage and 3000 bales of hay last season.
He has run Lloyd Gernhoefer Contracting from home at Eltham for 18 years. His services include hay and silage bales, pit silage, hedge cutting, effluent ponds, fertiliser spreading, trailer work, direct drilling and cultivation.
Gernhoefer hadn’t had a Kuhn baler before buying the BalePack but he has owned Kuhn power harrows and a plough.
He looked at the BalePack after realising he wanted something a bit different to replace his standard baler. “I was looking for something different from everyone else. I wanted to see what else was available.
“It makes a nice bale and it has handled the conditions we have to deal with. Some of my country is pretty hard work, and we’ve got a lot of swamp land around here. I had a demonstration model here the summer before I bought it and we put it on some rough country and it handled it well.
“I liked the ease of working on the computer with the BalePack. That was the big thing: the monitor is easy to work… a big advantage at the start.”
He bought the BalePack and did most of his silage with it last season. “It’s really good. I haven’t been driving it myself but my guy who operates it finds it good.”
The BalePack combines two technologies in one machine. This baler/wrapper combination combines the OptiCut integral rotor and unites it with an innovative wrapper system.
The machine can make top-quality bales in all crop conditions and it operates effectively on steep slopes, the supplier says.
Fast and reliable bale transfer combined with a high-speed, twin-satellite wrapping unit enable output up to 55 bales per hour.
Gernhoefer opted for Kuhn’s IntelliWrap 3D wrapping system, which distributes the total film quantity uniformly and efficiently across the entire surface of the bale. “The 3D system is really good, and you hardly get any rips in the wrap when you’re loading and unloading trucks,” says Gernhoefer.
The design embodies fewer moving parts, unmatched crop flow, and outstanding performance and dependability, says the supplier.
Gernhoefer says the VBP 2160 allows him to have one less guy out on the job, making his baling operation more efficient.
The variable chamber also allows him to go from silage in the morning straight into hay in the afternoon.
