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In 2005 Berrima Engineering released the B1000, a V Roller-bar rake with 4 metre baskets and is capable of raking up to 10 metres, this is the largest roller bar rake on the market today. It boasts all the same features of the B800, even the tiny 2.3 metre transport width.
The longer basket has been made possible by using larger diameter tyne bars, the longer baskets means a more gentle raking action than smaller machines raking the same width due to an increase in basket angle.

In 2006 Berrima engineering released the B800P which is the 8 metre V Roller-bar hay rake developed with the capability of parallel raking. This was specifically designed for turning two windrows at a time yet still maintaining the same distance between the windrows. This is usually ideal in cases where 16ft or 18ft mowers have been used and two windrows raked together would be too large for most balers but by turning them increases drying time and leaves the optimum windrow size for the baler but best of all raking time is halved! The same adjustments to the rake can still be made automatically to suit windrow centers or for placement of turned hay.
The standard B800 comes with one left and right basket, another left basket is needed so that when the right basket is removed the rake can be fitted with two left baskets allowing the parallel function to be possible. To set the machine up in this configuration only takes approximately 20 minutes and can be adapted to older machines that did not come standard with this feature.
With larger growers it is sometimes more economical (due to productivity) to purchase a second machine, then a spare basket is not required and the respective baskets are swapped on each machine utilizing all four baskets.

Along with the new releases there are continual customised options that have been created, some of which are modifications to wheel frames on our hay rakes to accommodate raking on beds with any bed width and variable basket pitch, which is now standard on all machines. We are also currently working on several prototypes for the hay, seeding and rock clearing industries.

Events Calendar 2007

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