BUYING GUIDE // HUSTLER BALE UNROLLA BUYING
Unrolling bales the Kiwi’s way The bale unroller is now available in many guises, however, New Zealand firm Hustler was the first to establish the concept and has stood the test of time. We look at one of the latest models and see how it has developed WORDS HOWARD SHERREN IMAGES HOWARD SHERREN AND HUSTLER
Hustler Equipment has become known as one of the world’s leading bale feeding equipment specialists and have grown their UK market share considerably over the past decade. The company began in 1961 in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand in the shed of the familyowned orchard of inventor Russell Currie. With the introduction of the widest boom sprayer in the
Below: The Unrolla from New Zealand manufacturer Hustler was one of the first bale unrollers to establish itself across the world before numerous copies were made. This original machine has proved itself with excellent reliability, now offering a four-year warranty from new.
southern hemisphere in the 1960s, to the launch of their revolutionary chainless bale feeders in the 1990s, the Curries have been improving the everyday lives of farmers around the world for six decades. For farmers in Europe and the UK, the most notable product, and successful, was the SL350 bale unroller introduced in 2005. This remained in production for over 10 years and became particularly
well established in the UK. It was replaced by the SL360X in 2016 and the SL300X was introduced a year later in 2017. Hustler was then quick to offer the LM105 and Unrolla LX105 self-unlocking models in 2019, that could take up to 1.5m round bales. This was before the latest update when the models were simplified and the Unrolla LX104 launched in 2022 to replace the others. This included a new green
“They have grown their UK market share over the past decade”
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