Anderson bale trailer picks up local award
Innovative RBM PRO 2000 round bale trailer named Elmore Imported Machine of the YearAlso known as a bale chaser, bale handler, bale mover or hay trailer, Canadian company Anderson’s award-winning machine has taken Australia by storm since its launch late last year.
Anderson claims the RBM PRO 2000 is the world’s first self-loading bale trailer capable of quickly and delicately handling wrapped silage bales without much human intervention.
Distributed by Burder Ag Attachments in Australia, the RBM PRO 2000 has managed to capture the attention of local producers and a panel of judges at the 2018 Elmore Machinery Field Days in October last year who have decided to name it the Imported Machine of the Year.
The bale handler has plenty of smarts built in that allow it to automatically sense the presence of bales lying on the ground, pick the bales up and load them on to the trailer.
With self-loading capabilities and a capacity of 20 bales, the trailer only requires a 135hp tractor to operate, hence saving labour, time and money.
“This machine has been in development for the last 18 months and has won some awards overseas as well,” said Burder Ag Attachments dealer development manager, Joe Mancini.
“It is a completely autonomous machine so we don't need a highly skilled operator to drive the tractor, the machine will actually do it all on its own.”
“There's no need to have a number of tractors in the paddock picking up silage bales and put them on trailers, this does it all.
“We only need one tractor and one driver, so there are huge savings to be had for the farmer.”
The RBM PRO 2000 mainly consists of a trailer bed with adjustable, plastic-friendly rollers, an automated loading arm and a number of sensors that initiates a loading sequence once the arm gets in contact with a bale.
While designed to pick up bales standing up vertically on their flat end by default, the grabber at the end of the loading arm can be rotated to pick up a bale sitting in another orientation on the ground with a simple push of a button on the touch-screen monitor in the cab.
The grabber has been designed to handle plastic wrapped bales delicately and prevents plastic puncturation during all stages of the loading, transporting and unloading process.
An Anderson designed ‘In Motion Loading System’ prevents the operator from having to come to a complete standstill while a bale is being loaded on to the trailer, hence reducing downtime. All they have to do is continue driving albeit at a slower speed as they approach a bale for loading, and speed up as they move to the next one.
The width of the trailer bed can be hydraulically adjusted to accommodate larger round bales if required.
“The RBM PRO 2000 also has a rear reversing camera which is great for safety and ease of operation,” Mancini added.
A rear hydraulic stopper at the tail end of the trailer prevents bales from rolling off the machine during loading and transportation from the field to the storage site.
Just before unloading, the stopper will retract which allows the bales to gently slide off the trailer.
As it unloads, the trailer bed tilts to a 35 degree angle and an unloading arm will push the bales gently on to the ground.
Pricing for the Anderson RBM PRO 2000 bale trailer starts from $99,990.
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