SERVICES

Johnstone Contracting baling baleage in Southland using film on film technology.

Baleage and Hay

  •  Mowing (6.5m)
  •  Raking (Swather)
  •  Tedding
  •  Baling and Wrapping 
    • Film on Film Technology, only one waste product 
    • Or traditional Net wrap
    • Higher quality Baleage
    • More on this below (scroll to bottom of page)
  •  Transporting, Stacking, Loading


Cultivation

  •  Ploughing
  •  Heavy disc's
  •  Power Harrowing
  •  Levelling (5m)
  •  Dutch Harrowing (5m)
  •  Roll, sow and cover Grass
  •  Direct Drilling
    •  Accurate Kale and Swede sowing
    • Supply Slug bait with job
    • Option to broadcast small seeds - clover etc
  • Precision Planting
    • Fodder Beet, Swede - with Fertiliser
Johnstone Contracting ploughing in Southern Southalnd

Johnstone Contracting Trailer services, cartage, transport, stacking Baleage, Hay, rock, waste materials etc

Trailer Hire and Cartage

  •  8 tonne Trailer
    •  Rock, sand, waste cartage
    •   Transport and stacking of Baleage or Hay
    •   Or daily Trailer hire
 
Full Management of Crop Establishment
We will coordinate spraying and fertiliser to fit in with cultivation.

Baling with film on film Technology

The McHale Fusion intergrated baler wrapper combines two traditionally separate jobs, namely baling and wrapping and intergrates them into a single operation which can be done by one man and one machine. The Fusion 3 Plus is unique in that it has been specifically designed as a high output machine.

The Fusion 3 Plus is the latest in baling and wrapping combinations on the market.  This baler does not require net to be applied to the bales, only plastic, making it much easier to feed out bales.  Net can be applied if required.

Advantages with Film on Film
The plastic which is added to the barrel of the bale to keep the bale together as the bale passes from the baler to the wrapper also forms part of the wrapping process and adds value by placing more plastic on the largest surface of the bale.

When plastic is applied to the barrel of the bale it can be stretched to approximately 20%. The stretch ratio is higher than what can be achieved with net wrap or twine and as a result the material is kept tighter, which ultimately results in better bale shape.

As the plastic is being stretched as it is being applied to the barrel of the bale it expels more air than net wrap would and as a consequence results in better silage quality.

As plastic is used to both bind the bale in the bale chamber and to wrap the bale, on feed out the farmer will be left with one form of waste. This reduces the time needed to feed the bale and avoids the unpleasant and time consuming job of separating the twine or net wrap from the plastic before the plastic is be recycled.
Johnstone Contracting baling baleage in Southland using film on film technology.
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